Definition
Socialization comprises the processes that facilitate an individual becoming part of a social group. Socialization is a bidirectional relationship between the individual and socializing agents such as families, peers, educational systems, workplaces, and the media. These socializing agents provide the individual with information regarding the values, skills, and roles that will allow them to become incorporated into a particular group. In other words, socialization encompasses the processes through which culture is transmitted.
Introduction
Socialization is a process that occurs throughout the life span, but one that has garnered particular empirical attention in early development. Indeed, much of the seminal work on socialization focuses on what is termed primary socialization, or the processes through which children learn the information necessary to become incorporated into a larger societal culture (Maccoby 1992). Early work on socialization focused on the processes...
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McCarty, M.K., Bediako, H. (2018). Socialization. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1845-1
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