Socialization

Socialization refers to the ways in which people learn to conform to their society¡¯s norms, values, and roles. Primary socialization consists of the ways in which the newborn individual is molded into a person who can interact with others according to the expectations of society. Secondary socialization occurs in childhood and adolescence, primarily through schooling, and adult socialization refers to the ways in which a person learns the norms associated with new statuses. Among the most basic questions in the study of socialization is that of ¡°nature¡± versus ¡°nurture¡±: to what extent does the development of the person depend on genetic factors, and to what extent does it depend on learning? In my opinion, I think the personality comes from nurture, because it is easy to find criminals in family with problem. The first social scientist to develop a theory that addressed this issue was Sigmund Freud. Freud believed that the personality develops out of the processes of so...