Socialization is the process by which individuals acquire the behaviors, social skills, values, and norms required to function within a social group or society. It occurs through several stages from infancy through adulthood as individuals learn from agents of socialization like family, school, peers, media, and religion. The socialization process shapes people's identities and abilities to interact within groups and society.

1. Definition of socialization
Socialization is a process by which
individuals acquire the knowledge,
language, social skills and value to conform
to the norms and roles required integration
into a groups or community.

2. Another definition
• Socialization is the process by which
human beings beginning at infancy
acquire the habits, beliefs, and
accumulate knowledge of society through
education and training for adults’ status.
The socialization that we receive in
childhood has a lasting effect on our
ability to interact with others in society.

3. STAGES OF SOCIALIZATION
• Investigation: This stage is marked by a
cautious search for information. The
individual compares groups in determine
which one will fulfill their needs
(reconnaissance), while the group
estimates the value of the potential
number (recruitment).

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• The end of this stage is marked by entry
to the group, whereby the group asks the
individual to join and they accept the
offer.

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• Socialization: At this stage, the individual
accepts the group’s norms values, and
perspectives (assimilation), and the group
adapts to fit the new members needs
(accommodation). The acceptance transition
point is the reached and the individual
becomes a full member

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• Maintenance: During this stage, the
individual and the group negotiate what
contribution is expected of members remain
in this stage until the end of their
membership; some individuals are not
satisfied with their role in the group or feel
to meet the group expectations (divergence).

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• Remembrance: In this stage, former
remembers reminisce about their memories
of the group, and make sense of their recent
departure. If the group reaches a consensus
on their reasons for the departure,
conclusion about the overall experience of
the group become part of the groups
tradition

8. TYPES OF SOCIALIZATION
• The type happens when a child learns the
values, norms, and behaviors that should be
displayed in order to live accordingly to
specific culture.

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• Primary socialization: This types of
socialization when a child learn the values,
norms and behaviors that should be displayed
in order to live accordingly to a specific
culture Example A child hears his farther talk
bad words against an old lady. The child
would think that this behavior is especially
acceptable so he would start talking bad
words against older people.

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• Secondary socialization: This type occurs
when a person learns on appropriate
behavior to be displayed within a smaller
group which is still part of a larger society.
The changes within the values, attitudes and
believes of an individual are seen to be less
importance than the changes made in him as
he participates in the large society.

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• example a high school graduate chooses a
career in business management after
participating in a small group career
seminar led by college majors.

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• Developmental socialization: It involves
a learning process where in the fear on
developing our social skills example
Ashy senior high school starts to teach
English to new freshman students in
order to develop verbal communication

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• Anticipatory socialization: This type refers
to the process where in person practices a
rehearses for future social relationship
example a child anticipates parenthood he is
observes his parents perform their daily
roles

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• Re socialization: This involves rejecting
previous behaviors patterns and accepting
new ones so the individual can shift from
one part of his life to another. Re
socialization is paid to be happening
through out human life cycle example when
a criminal is rehabilitated he has to change
role radically.

15. AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION
• Family: There is no better way to start than
to talk about the role of family in our social
development as family is usually
consideration to be the important agents of
socialization. As infant is completely
dependent on others to survive.

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• . Our parents or those who play the parents
role are responsible for teaching us to
function and care for our selves. They along
with the rest of our family, also teach us
about close relationship, group life and how
to share resources.

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• School: The next importance agent of
childhood socialization is the school. Of
course the official purpose of school is to
transfer subject knowledge and teach life
skills such of the following directions and
meeting deadlines.

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• But students don’t just learn from the
academic curriculum prepared by
teachers and school administrators. In
school we also learn social skills
through our interaction with teachers,
staff and other students.

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• Peers: Peer group allow children to form
relationship and learn without direction of
adults. However, our peers also give us the
chance to develop many of the social
skills we need as adults for example
Alexander will certainly experience
moments when his friends behavior and/
or values he obtained from the family. He
has to learn to decided which norms and
values to keep, reject, or use and follow in

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• Mass media: The last agent of
socialization is that, we are going to
discuss this lesson is mass media, which
include television, internet, radio, movies,
books and magazine. This agent that our
parents are understandably concerned
about.

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• As with our peers, we often learn things
through mass media that our parents would
probably rather we didn’t. Especially today,
children are exposed to a wide variety of
content, including violence and sex, which
many deem inappropriate. Mass media also
seems to reinforce.

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• Religion: religions plays significant role
in socialization. It influences morality
becoming a key component in people’s
ideas of right and wrong. The influences
of religion extends to many areas of our
lives. For example participation in
religious ceremonies not only teaches us
beliefs about dress, manners and so on.

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• While the major function of religion in
the process of socialization is teaching
people, belonging to different religions,
to be tolerant and respectful towards each
other, things do not always work out as
desired. Therefore, the power of religion
as a socializing agent should be
understood well, and any sort of
misinterpretations need to be avoided.

24. conclusion
• Under the contrary socialization play a
big role in unifying people so that they
can acquire one’s character and they can
share multi-things in common that may
encourage social development
accordingly since the spread of ideology
among the people take over.

25. REFFERENCES
• www.soc.ucsb.edu/faculty/...../scznDEF.h
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• www.busdict.com/...../socialization
• www.merriam –
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• www.buzzle.com/articles/agents-of-
socialization.html