Editing Socialization (section)

=== Negative socialization ===
Negative socialization occurs when socialialization agents use punishment, harsh criticisms, or anger to try to "teach us a lesson"; and often we come to dislike both negative socialization and the people who impose it on us.<ref name="Baldwin 2001" /> There are all types of mixes of positive and negative socialization, and the more positive social learning experiences we have, the happier we tend to be—especially if we are able to learn useful information that helps us cope well with the challenges of life.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} A high ratio of negative to positive socialization can make a person unhappy, leading to defeated or pessimistic feelings about life.<ref name="Baldwin 2001" />

[[Bullying]] can examplify negative socialization.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Price |first=Stuart |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kOwpAQAAMAAJ |title=Brute Reality: Structures of Representation in 'The War on Terror' |date=15 March 2010 |publisher=Pluto Press |isbn=9780745320809 |publication-place=London |page=53 |quote=Acts of violence and forms of bullying contribute to the negative socialisation imposed on soldiers, representing an acclimatisation to the production of lethal force; the internalised resentment and anger of the recruit is directed outwards [...]. |access-date=15 June 2023}}</ref>