The behavior of one of your classmates influences the behavior of others, and you are also influenced by the conduct of others. The reaction of the mutual influences of behaviors is called interaction. Interaction is the key issue of any social life. That means a person's socialization occurs through the actions and responses of the social environment, social life, and social values. So, the influence of these three components is evident in the formation and development of human personality.
1. Social Environment: The particular social system where a man lives is his social environment. Man blooms through his social environment. The social environment also influences a person’s economic, psychological, and moral life. The social environment includes social manners, conventions, customs, institutions, rules and regulations, all types of tendencies, problems, and so on. The social environment comprises the economic, cultural, psychological, and technological environment. The economic environment is a part of the social environment. In the kingdom of nature, human beings are producing different economic articles and goods. The root cause of this is his own happiness and comfort. Market, land, garden, domestic animals, machinery, etc., are the various components of the economic environment. Besides, numerous institutions, including the family and other religious institutions, are formed in the social environment. Culture developed through these institutions influences the behavior of a person in many ways, which is also a part of the cultural environment.
The cultural environment is formed through the man made components of the society. Everything, including dwelling houses, roads, behaviors, science, and knowledge, encompass the cultural environment. In the process of socialization, the influence of the cultural environment on people is also deep. Man’s human quality develops, and his mental faculty broadens in a developed cultural environment.
Human beings are recognized as social creatures because of their united living. There is a psychological reason behind such united living. The growth and development of mechanical civilization in all the surroundings is called technological environment. This environment also influences our social environment. Technological inventions, for example, the computer, television, internet etc., also influence man’s behavior and conduct. Besides, natural factors also influence in many ways on the lives of people’s social life.
2. Social Life: Social life is an important component of socialization. The social life of a human being is mainly regulated through several behavioural factors and conduct. The social life is a set of conduct, behaviour and life style of a human being that he acquires form living in a society. People participate in various activities and ceremonies of the society. People try to adapt to those activities and ceremonies through their actions, reactions, and behaviours. In this respect, people try to perform their work by imitating the behaviours of other people. It means that through this tendency of imitation, people acquire various things like language, pronunciation, mode of speaking, etc. Many things of the society and its culture are transmitted through the language to the people. Ceremonies like birthdays, marriage ceremonies, Eid day, puja festivals, Christmas day, the birth anniversary of Buddha, marriage anniversary etc. are observed in our social life. These ceremonies of social life influence the process of socialization.
3. Social Values: Values are specific features of our social life. The standard of people's lifestyle can be measured through these values because, by exercising these values, a man's conduct becomes obvious regarding social rules and regulations, norms, customs, respect for social laws, etc. The social values at our common cultural ideals. The views, needs, and good and bad aspects of people in the society can be assessed through these ideals.
As people grow up, they learn all the social values. Everyone gets equal importance and facilities in the society. Showing respect to the elderly person, offering love and affection to the younger one, exercising truthfulness and justice are the social values present in almost every society. People acquire these values from society. The values of the united social life can be expressed through their lifestyle; for example, the social values of a Bangladeshi or an Indian are different from that of a Chinese person. The Bangladeshi and the Indian are different from that of Chinese people. The Bangladeshi or an Indian are different from that of a Chinese people. The Bangladeshi and the Indian people stress much importance on their lifestyle about the spiritual development, sacrificing own interest for the sake of others etc. On the contrary, the fundamental characteristic of the life of Chinese people is the development of prosperity or wealth. The social values influence the personality of a human being that can be evident from his thinking, behaviour and conduct.
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Reference: Bangladesh and Global Studies, Class 9-10, 2025
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