Socialization: A Change with Passing Generations

Running head: SOCIALIZATION: A CHANGE WITH PASSING GENERATIONS
SOCIALIZATION: A CHANGE WITH PASSING GENERATIONS
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1SOCIALIZATION: A CHANGE WITH PASSING GENERATIONS
Socialization is a process by which an individual learns to mix among other
individuals of the society by accepting proper behavioural patterns that are accepted by
society (Bales & Parsons, 2014). The process starts with an individual since the time the
individual is born to a family. Culture, on the other hand, refers to a set of beliefs and norms that
a particular group of people follow who share common ideas. Culture is a man-made
institution and it is subject to changes as it is passed from one generation to another
(Vanini, Waskul & Gottschalk, 2013). This paper attempts to examine how the process of
socialization in the 1950s has changed as compared to the process of socialisation in the modern
scenario. This paper also attempts to analyse areas of family bonds and bonds of friendship with
school mates, which has a significant effect on an individual’s socialization process, especially in
the initial stage of life.
Beliefs are a set of ideas which people possess and have convictions of them being
true. Beliefs largely vary from one person to another and these belief systems of people take
the form of values which they transmit from one generation to other (Boudon, 2017). The
relation with family is an important aspect in the upbringing of a child because it is family which
imbibes the idea of self-identity which helps the individual interact with other individuals,
possessing a unique identity. According to my grandfather, the process of socializing a child with
the family has drastically changed as compared to the times when he was of my age. The
collective feeling shared among families in the 1950s seems to have disappeared from the
modern generation where every youth possess an individualistic nature. Advance in technology
is also another reason for this isolation because today, every youth like me refers the internet for
any problem rather than discussing it with the elders of the family. This phenomenon was
significantly different during my grandfather’s time because kids back then possessed a habit of