One of the most important stages in socialization occurs during infancy, and this stage is referred to as the imitation stage. When I was learning to talk, walk, smile, laugh, etc it was all an imitation of what I saw going on around me. In fact, as an infant I may have not even realized what or why I was doing what I was doing, but because I saw my parents or others doing it I assumed it must be okay and continued to mimic that action. This stage in one

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