Socialization prepares people for social life by teaching them a group's shared norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors.
Is nature (an individual's innate qualities) or nurture (personal experience) more important in determining physical and behavioral traits?
Sociobiology examines and explains social behavior based on biological evolution.
Social deprivation, or prevention from culturally normal interaction with society, affects mental health and impairs child development.
Social isolation refers to a complete or near-complete lack of contact with society, which can affect all aspects of a person's life.
A feral child is a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age.
Institutionalized children may develop institutional syndrome, which refers to deficits or disabilities in social and life skills.