Throughout history, parents and communities have been concerned with ways to influence
the young. Children are born into many different types of worlds, and caregivers hope to …

The processes of interest in the study of socialization have extended in a number of ways
during the most recent review period. New directions include changes in both biological and …

The main body of this chapter takes three perspectives and applies them to the topic of
socialization. We have labeled the three biological, cognitive, and social-cultural. Cutting …

The chapter begins with a consideration of the changing nature of the content, theoretical
perspectives, and models in the field of socialization. It then moves on to (1) the biological …