The teaching and learning of political culture ... - WAEC Government 2011 Question

Political socialization is the "process by which individuals learn and frequently internalize a political lens framing their perceptions of how power is arranged and how the world around them is (and should be) organized; those perceptions, in turn, shape and define individuals' definitions of who they are and how they should behave in the political and economic institutions in which they live."

Political socialization also encompasses the way in which people acquire values and opinions that shape their political stance and ideology