Principles of Socialisation

Socialisation is the process by which humans learn the norms and values of their particular social group, enabling psychosocial development into adulthood and beyond. The processes and principles by which this happens are documented in detail, and require input from sociology, psychology, and social psychiatry. Social structure is described and problematic socialisation, or privation and deprivation studies, are reviewed and discussed. Twenty eight human psychosocial needs are consequently deduced, and explained as a prior step to isolating essential principles that permit process. Three principles are extrapolated as being essential to the primary socialisation process for any human group in any culture. Those extrapolated principles concern timely provision of adequate and appropriate attention and direction, each of which is analysed in detail. Consequences of psychosocial privation are then considered, leading to reviewing issues associated with psychoses.

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Valerie is a trained teacher and researcher. Her qualifications include a BA in anthropology awarded with first class honours from the University of Western Australia, and an M.Litt from Oxford University. Research interests include the socialisation process, psychosocial needs, autism, mental health, social stratification and social institutions.