Culture is a shared perspective. The most important time when socialization occurs is between the ages of one and ten . We obviously learn throughout our lives, but this first ten years is most important in determining who we are for the rest of our lives. A. Primary Socialization Primary socialization is the process whereby people learn the attitudes, values, and actions appropriate to individuals as members of a particular culture . Gender socialization refers to the learning of behavior and attitudes considered appropriate for a given sex.
Boys learn to be boys and girls learn to be girls.
The family is certainly important in reinforcing gender roles, but so are one's friends, school, work and the mass media. D. Resocialization Resocialization refers to the process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life. Resocialization can be intense with the individual experiencing a sharp break with past and the learning and exposure to radically different norms and values. An example would be the experience of a young man or woman leaving home to join the Marines. This term was coined in 1961 by Erving Goffman and was designed to describe a society which is generally cut off from the rest of society but yet still provides for all the needs of its members.