Learning Objective Describe the theories of Cooley, Mead, Freud, Piaget, Kohlberg, Gilligan, and Erikson. Because socialization is so important, scholars in various fields have tried to understand how and why it occurs, with different scholars looking at different aspects of the process. Their efforts mostly focus on infancy, childhood, and adolescence, which are the critical … Continue reading 4.2 Explaining Socialization