(i) Relationship between Assimilation and Socialization: The process of learning and instilling the values and socially approved ways of behaviour is known as socialization.

Members of a society are required to behave in ways that are in accordance with the values of the group. The process of assimilation of newcomers enables us to achieve this end. The newcomers are not immigrants from other societies or subcultures of the same society but are new born babies. The new born infant has certain needs like those for food and warmth which his mother mainly satisfies. The child depends upon her and "identifies oneself" with her emotionally. It is believed by some that the child is aware of his mother even before he is aware of himself.

The mother and the child at first have a common identity. The mother is "internalised" by the infant with the satisfaction of food and other bodily needs. In due course, the child differentiates himself from his mother. He is then faced with the problem of integrating himself and the mother into a social system. In this way, role system comes into existence. Therefore, the child learns to differentiate himself from his mother.

Later, it is believed that the child repeats the process of assimilation with his father as well. Thus, the child differentiates between father as a person from his mother and then integrates father to the social system in a new enlarged way, which takes into account not only father's relationship to him, but to the mother also. In this way, the relationship between socialization and assimilation is established.

2. Relationship between Enculturation and Socialization: Enculturation refers to learning of cultural patterns from one generation to the next. All the while, new patterns are continuously added. Thus, enculturation ensures the processes of cultural continuity along with change in the society. Enculturation could take place either consciously or unconsciously or both ways. In this situation, the older generation invites or induces and compels the members of succeeding generations to adopt their ways of thinking and behaving. Thus, enculturation is based on the authority of the older generations to ensure that the younger generations do not adopt the cultural practices of other groups. In this way, the elders take full care that the existing values are imbibed by the newcomers so that these values are further strengthened and continued.