Editing Socialization (section)

=== Resocialization ===
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Resocialization refers to the process of discarding former behavior-patterns and reflexes while accepting new ones as part of a life transition. This can occur throughout the human life-span.{{sfn|Schaefer|Lamm|1992|p=113}} Resocialization can be an intense experience, with individuals experiencing a sharp break with their past, as well as a need to learn and be exposed to radically different norms and values. One common example involves resocialization through a total institution, or "a setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society and manipulated by an administrative staff". Resocialization via total institutions involves a two step process: 1) the staff work to root out a new inmate's individual identity; and 2) the staff attempt to create for the inmate a new identity.{{sfn|Macionis|Gerber|2010|pp=120-121}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Martin |first=Samuel D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iRbRVsvOiFAC |title=How to Achieve Total Enlightenment: A Practical Guide to the Meaning of Life |date=1 January 2009 |publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing |isbn=9780740786808 |publication-place=Kansas City |page=44 |chapter=Self-Help or Personal Development Groups |quote=Similar to Gurdjieff's philosophy, the Landmark Forum teaches that we must break out of our traditional habits in order to see and act differently [...]. [Seminars] are highly controlled and teachers seek to break students down emotionally and then build them back up. |access-date=15 June 2023 |orig-date=2005}}</ref>
Other examples include the experiences of a young person leaving home to join the military, or of a religious convert internalizing the beliefs and rituals of a new faith. Another example would be the process by which a [[transsexual| transsexual person]] learns to function socially in a dramatically altered gender-role.