Socialization is the process through which communities transact or educate their members about the norms and values of society to be socially acceptable.It simply refers to acquiring the socially approved ways of behavior and taking ideal expectations seriously.Socialization is the continuous process of negotiating identities and shaping ones concept of self, identity, various attitudes, and behaviors. Socialization has 4 major agents namely family, school, peers, and mass media. Types of Socialization: There are mainly two types of socialization including primary and secondary socialization.Secondary Socialization: It occurs once the infant passes into the childhood phase and continues into maturity. It refers to the process that begins in the later years through agencies such as school and peer groups. During this phase more than the family, some other agents of socialization like the school and peers group begin to play a role in socializing the child.For example, Schools and peers help children in learning the importance of social cohesion and unity and inculcating the informal cues about social roles through interaction.Hence, it could be concluded that the Peer group has a significant role in the secondary socialization of childhood.Additional InformationPrimary Socialization: It happens during infancy and childhood. It refers to the process where the child becomes socialized through the family in the early childhood years. This highlights that primary socialization occurs within the family when children first learn their individual identity, acquire language and develop initial cognitive skills.For example, a very young child in a family has little knowledge of his culture. It is through the family that the child gets to know what is accepted and what is not in a particular society.