Socialization is a process in which an individual's standards, skills, motives, attitudes, and
behaviors change to conform to those regarded as desirable and appropriate for his or her …

Parents, peers, siblings, teachers, and the media all function as agents of socialization for
children. By way of their interactions with these agents, children come to acquire a host of …

Human beings across cultures may differ in various aspects of socioemotional and cognitive
functioning. For example, compared with their Western counterparts, children and …

The parent—child relationship initiates a child into the social world and reshapes
components of the adult self-concept into identification with parental roles. Much of what …

Families have traditionally been viewed as the major socialization agency for the
development of children's social behavior. Under the influence of Freudian theory and …

This collection of authoritative studies portrays how the A basic agencies of socialization
transform the newborn human organism into a social person capable of interacting with …

In the current decade, the US population reached historically high levels of ethnic–racial
diversity and reelected the nation's first Black–White biracial President. Simultaneously …

This volume is concerned with elucidating similarities and differences in enculturation
processes that help to account for the ways in which individuals in different cultures develop …

Broadly, socialization refers to the process by which youth are helped to acquire the skills
necessary to function competently and successfully as members of their social group or …

Children learn moral values and social conventions through a process of socialization, much
of which involves parenting. The process is bidirectional and involves a complex interplay …