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socialization
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socialization [‚sō·shə·lə′zā·shən]
(psychology)
The process whereby a child learns to get along with and to behave similarly to other people in the group, largely through imitation as well as group pressure.


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The six to 24-month criterion was selected based on the literature suggesting that the socialization period varies in length from initial entry up to two years (Cable & Parson, 2001; Stringer, Gustav, & Friedrich, 1998).
Role model concepts before and after the formal professional socialization period.
And with homo sapiens you have an extended socialization period of dependency (thirty-plus years?
 
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