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    Socialization is the lifelong process by which individuals learn the values, behaviors, and social skills needed to participate in society. It begins in childhood as individuals learn from others through social experiences, but continues throughout life. The main goals of socialization are to help individuals develop a self-concept, learn basic social and cultural norms, understand appropriate social roles, and acquire the necessary skills to function within their social system. Agencies like family, friends, school, and community play an important role in socializing individuals at different stages across the lifespan.

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    Socialization is the lifelong process by which individuals learn the values, behaviors, and social skills needed to participate in society. It begins in childhood as individuals learn from others through social experiences, but continues throughout life. The main goals of socialization are to help individuals develop a self-concept, learn basic social and cultural norms, understand appropriate social roles, and acquire the necessary skills to function within their social system. Agencies like family, friends, school, and community play an important role in socializing individuals at different stages across the lifespan.

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    Socialization is the lifelong process by which individuals learn the values, behaviors, and social skills needed to participate in society. It begins in childhood as individuals learn from others through social experiences, but continues throughout life. The main goals of socialization are to help individuals develop a self-concept, learn basic social and cultural norms, understand appropriate social roles, and acquire the necessary skills to function within their social system. Agencies like family, friends, school, and community play an important role in socializing individuals at different stages across the lifespan.

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    :Meaning and aims of socialization 3.

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     Socialization is the process by which children and adults learn from
    others.
     Many people think that socialization is especially important for children
    and infants.
     Psychologist now realize that socialization continuous all across the life
    span, as long as people continue to learn from social experiences.
    The process beginning during childhood by which individuals acquire the
    values, habits, and attitudes of a society. (Robert Karen).
    Meaning:
    Socialization is that process by which a living organism is changed into a person
    and a social being. It is with the help of this process that a younger generation
    learns the adult role which it has to play subsequently.
     The process continues from generation to generation.
     It starts with a birth of an individual and continues till death and
    even after death.
     Through this process of socialization a child learns to behave as
    per the expectations of the society.
     An individual learns the reciprocal responses of the society so that
    he can anticipate the behavior of others towards him as well as his
    own behavior towards others.
    Aims:
    Socialization the process of cultural learning and social development whereby
    a new person acquires necessary skills and education to play regular part in a
    social system, is aimed at following:
     Develop a self-concept
     The Basic Discipline
     The Accepted Aspiration
     The Appropriate Roles
    Develop a self-concept:
     Critical elements of self-concept developed during childhood and early
    adulthood include: a sense of trust in oneself and other people.
     Elements of self-concept critical to adulthood and later life are a sense
    of generativity or productivity.
    The basic discipline:
     Socialization inculcates basic disciplines, ranging from toilet habits to the
    methods of science.
     The individual is taught the accepted ways by which he may express his
    emotions.
    The Accepted Aspirations:
     Socialization teaches skill. Only by acquiring the needed skills, an
    individual can fit into a society.
     In simple societies, traditional practices are handed down from
    generation to generation and are usually learned by imitation and
    practice in the course of everyday life.
     In societies with advanced technology, central task of socialization is
    inculcating the abstract skills through formal education.
    The Appropriate Roles:
     Role performance is very important in the process of socialization.
    Parsons defines socialization as “the acquisition of the requisite
    orientations for satisfactory functioning in a role.”
     Social roles, thus, remain central to the process of socialization.
     If the individuals have to play a functional and predictable part in social
    interaction, they need to be trained of the accepted social roles. For
    instance, roles of mother, father, parents, children etc.
    3.2 Agencies of socialization:
    Agencies of socialization are the various groups or institutions that play a
    significant role in socialization of an individual and in shaping that person's
    personality.
    3.3 Stages of social development:
    Social Development refers to how people develop social and emotional
    skills across the lifespan, with particular attention to childhood and
    adolescence. Healthy social development allows us to form positive
    relationships with family, friends, teachers, and other people in our lives.

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