Socialization theory can contribute to consumer research because it focuses on (1) youth and development, (2) interaction of factors affecting consumer behavior, and (3) linkages between mental processes and overt behavior. Various approaches to socialization research and consumer research are described, including cognitive development and…

The central thesis of this article is that schools may be used by a governing population to impede the integration of subordinate national minorities into the national society while simultaneously fostering a sense of identification with the symbols of that society. (Author)

Examines the extent that educational institutions are proper instruments of "socialization" and whether they should encourage belief in the existence of absolute moral values. Attempts to show that even those educational theorists who have realized that education is civilization have failed to apply this insight in dealing with these two central…

To test the hypothesis that television content can teach sex-typed attitudes, this study presented third and eighth graders with television commercials showing either traditional or nontraditional women. Crossing this manipulation, the children's perceptions of the reality of the commercials were altered with instructions. (Author)

Suggesting that American ideas of individualism may be responsible for the failure of radical school reform, the author advocates fostering a collectivist character in children based on altruism, cooperation, and concern for others. She reviews literature on education in socialist nations and on experimental research and suggests activities for…

Results indicate that when all variables were considered simultaneously, attitudinal factors were found to best predict career aspirations, while socialization variables were relatively unimportant. (Author/AM)

Presented is a mainstreaming paradigm--situational socialization--which is the process component of an input-process-output model, and which represents the process of acquiring the new knowledge, behavior, and attitudes that both normal and mild to moderately handicapped learners need for success in interpersonal relationships. (Author/DLS)

Parsons (1964) believed that children were prepared for legitimate social life in classrooms and that the playground was the nursery of crime. This theory is challenged with the view that deviance is learned in classrooms rather than playgrounds. Students' accounts of order and disorder in school are given and contrasted with behavior created by…

Examines intergenerational similarity in political and religious orientations among 653 father-mother-youth triads. Results indicate substantial parental prediction of children's responses. Mothers show higher levels of prediction emphasis on most variables. Results suggest socialization theory should give greater emphasis to parental…

A field study involving beginning teachers in elementary schools documents a hesitation by beginning teachers to ask for assistance and a hesitation by experienced teachers to offer it. (Author)

Presents a review of the burgeoning field of Canadian political socialization research as it applies to children and youth, and considers some implications of recent findings for the Canadian studies curriculum. (Editor)

Offers a single framework for a social theory of dying. Selected contributions are reviewed under rubrics of social psychological coping processes, institutional role relationships, and societal values and attitudes. Socialization is applied as a framework to codify existing approaches and move toward a more encompassing social theory of dying.…

In a program of deinstitutionalization 61 elderly state hospital patients were successfully placed outside the institution. Changes in definition of the patients' situation, collective approach to resocialization, careful medical evaluation, and familiarity of patients with possible alternatives help reduce patients' commitment to the institution…

A three-stage model of sex-role development which accounts for the failure of traditional models to explain sex-role socialization and eliminate discrimination is proposed. The model necessitates exploration of multiple interactive processes which influence sex-role development and several different mechanisms of growth. (Author/AM)