Socialization is______________?

Correct answer: C. the process of becoming part of a society by learning its norms and values

  • A. the formation of an attachment bond between an infant and its carer
  • B. a tendency of social theorists to explain everything in terms of social causes
  • C. the process of becoming part of a society by learning its norms and values
  • D. the historical process by which societies change from traditional to modernTrace Family History

Explanation

Socialization is the lifelong process through which people learn the norms, values, roles and expected behaviour of their society. Attachment describes an infant-carer bond, while modernization describes social change rather than socialization.

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