Early Socialization

Part 1 The nature of socialization: what do we mean by socialization?. Part 2 Social preadaptation: perceptual biases; social signalling devices. Part 3 Interaction and communication: mother-infant synchrony; turn taking; topic sharing; from nonverbal to verbal communication. Part 4 Attachments: what are attachments?; Bowlby's theory; developmental course of attachment; secure and insecure attachments. Part 5 Deprivation and separation: parental deprivation; separation; some practical implications. Part 6 Long-term effects of early experience: the critical period hypothesis; reversible or irreversible.