Socialization vs. Orientation — What's the Difference?

In sociology, socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society. Socialization encompasses both learning and teaching and is thus "the means by which social and cultural continuity are attained".Socialization is strongly connected to developmental psychology.

The action of orienting someone or something relative to the points of a compass or other specified positions

To place under government or group ownership or control

A person's basic attitude, beliefs, or feelings in relation to a particular subject or issue

To cause to accept or behave in accordance with social norms or expectations

Familiarization with something

To take part in social activities

The act of orienting or the state of being oriented.

The process of learning how to live in a way acceptable to one's own society, said especially about children.

Location or position relative to the points of the compass.

The act of interacting with others, of being social.

The construction of a church so that its longitudinal axis has an east-west direction with the main altar usually at the eastern end.

Taking under government control as implementing socialism.

The direction followed in the course of a trend, movement, or development.

The action of establishing on a socialist basis;

A tendency of thought; a general inclination

The act of meeting for social purposes;

Sexual orientation.

The adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture;

An adjustment or adaptation to a new environment, situation, custom, or set of ideas.

Introductory instruction concerning a new situation

(Psychology) Awareness of the objective world in relation to one's self.

(countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.

(countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.

(uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.

(countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.

(countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.

(countable) An adjustment to a new environment.

(countable) An introduction to a (new) environment.

(education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.

The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.

(LGBT) sexual orientation

The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.

The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented (or "nonorientable"); the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.

The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.

The tendency of a revolving body, when suspended in a certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into parallelism with the earth's axis.

An aspect or fronting to the east; especially (Arch.), the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end.

A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement.

The act of orienting

An integrated set of attitudes and beliefs

Position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions

A predisposition in favor of something;

A person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships

A course introducing a new situation or environment