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SOCIALIZATION AS MASTERING SOCIAL EXPERIENCE: FUNCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND MECHANISMS

Абрекова Любовь Османовна
Котова Изабела Борисовна

Annotation

The article shows that the concept “socialization” considerably varies in different concepts of personality development. Socialization is defined as the process of personal adaptation to the conditions of social environment. The following levels of adaptation are considered by the authors: purposeful conformism, mutual tolerance, accommodation and assimilation. The authors bring into focus the idea that by means of socialization society reproduces its social system, keeps social structures, forms and social standards, stereotypes as well as group, class, ethnic, professional standards and patterns of role behavior. The main steps or stages of socialization are mentioned in the article. Mechanisms of interiorization and exteriorization and their role in socialization are described in detail. The most well-known classifications of socialization factors are provided in the article. The authors reveal the role of not only social setting but also of natural and geographical environment whic

Key words

socialization, personality, social experience, social adaptation, integration, accommodation, self-actualization, creative abilities, selfdevelopment, self-affirmation, self-education.

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