Socialization

This Article discusses the learning process called socialization. The term can also refer to nationalization of industries.

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Socialization in the study of animal and human behavior (ethology, social psychology, and psychology) is the process by which human beings or animals learn to adopt the behavior patterns of the community in which they live. For both humans and animals, this typically occurs during the early stages of life, during which individuals develop the skills and knowledge necessary to function within their environment, insofar as interaction/coexistence with other members of their species or culture is concerned, but also includes adult individuals moving into an environment significantly different from one(s) in which they have previously lived and must thus learn a new set of behaviors.

Related Topics:
Ethology - Social psychology - Psychology - Human beings - Animals - Behavior - Community - Early stages of life - Individual - Species - Culture

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Sociologists may distinguish:

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• primary socialization: the upbringing of a dependent infant, the initiation into a mother-tongue. mostly socialize with parents, siblings or other members of the family. it happens in the home.
• secondary socialization: training for specialist roles in society through education systems and social groups by building on the basic assumed primary socialization.
 
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