socialization
Sign in to saveIn sociology, socialization (or socialisation) is the process through which individuals internalize the norms, customs, values and ideologies of their society. It involves both learning and teaching and is the primary means of maintaining social and cultural continuity over time. It is a lifelong process that shapes the behavior, beliefs, and actions of adults as well as of children.
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Socialization is the process through which people learn and adopt the norms, values, and beliefs of the society they live in, beginning in childhood and continuing throughout their lives. It matters because it is the main way that societies pass along their culture and maintain social order from one generation to the next.
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- History
- Stages of moral development
- Stages of psychosocial development
- Behaviorism
- Contradictory evidence to behaviorism
- Types
- Primary socialization
- Secondary socialization
- Anticipatory socialization
- Resocialization
- Organizational socialization
- Group socialization
- Stages
- Gender socialization
- Racial socialization
- Self socialisation
- Oppression socialization
- Language socialization
- Oversocialization
- Planned socialization
- Natural socialization
- Digital socialization
- Beneficial aspects
- Challenging aspects
- Political socialization
- Positive socialization
- Negative socialization
- Institutions
- Productive processing of reality
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
In sociology, socialization (or socialisation) is the process through which individuals internalize the norms, customs, values and ideologies of their society. It involves both learning and teaching and is the primary means of maintaining social and cultural continuity over time. It is a lifelong process that shapes the behavior, beliefs, and actions of adults as well as of children.
Socialization is closely linked to developmental psychology and behaviorism. Humans need social experiences to learn their culture and to survive.