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Lifelong process of inheriting and disseminating norms, customs and ideologies
In sociology, socialization is the process through which individuals internalize the norms, customs, values and ideologies of their society. It involves both learning and teaching and is the primary means of maintaining social and cultural continuity over time. It is a lifelong process that shapes the behavior, beliefs, and actions of adults as well as of children. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SocializationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Development and socialization of self-regulation from infancy to adolescence: A meta-review differentiating between self-regulatory abilities, goals, and motivationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The House of MirthThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Place-identity: Physical world socialization of the selfCited 2,212 times
- Go sideways: Primary socializationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Internalization (sociology)A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The process of learning how to live in a way acceptable to one's own society, said especially about children.
Noun The act of interacting with others, of being social.
Noun Taking under government control as implementing socialism.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Place-identity: Physical world socialization of the self
Childhood Experience, Interpersonal Development, and Reproductive Strategy: An Evolutionary Theory of Socialization
Parental Socialization of Emotion
Parents' ethnic-racial socialization practices: A review of research and directions for future study.
Consumer Socialization of Children: A Retrospective Look At Twenty‐Five Years of Research
SOCIALIZATION TACTICS, SELF-EFFICACY, AND NEWCOMERS' ADJUSTMENTS TO ORGANIZATIONS.
A reinterpretation of the direction of effects in studies of socialization.
Matching People and Organizations: Selection and Socialization in Public Accounting Firms
🆕 Influential since 2022
Development and socialization of self-regulation from infancy to adolescence: A meta-review differentiating between self-regulatory abilities, goals, and motivation
Children's perspectives on friendships and socialization during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative approach
Learning to Dislike Your Opponents: Political Socialization in the Era of Polarization
New Horizons for Newcomer Organizational Socialization: A Review, Meta-Analysis, and Future Research Directions
GHG emissions and firm performance: The role of CEO gender socialization
📚 Books worth reading
The House of MirthEdith Wharton · 1905
Manifest der Kommunistischen ParteiKarl Marx, Friedrich Engels · 1848
Manifest der Kommunistischen ParteiKarl Marx, Friedrich Engels · 1848
PygmalionGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1912
Down and Out in Paris and LondonGeorge Orwell · 1933
The Open Society and Its Enemies (1+2)Karl Popper · 1945
These Old ShadesGeorgette Heyer · 1926
Games People PlayEric Berne · 1964
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🔗 Related topics
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