Political scientists refer to the process by which individuals acquire core beliefs and political attitudes as political assimilation.

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Political scientists refer to this process as political socialization, not political assimilation. Political socialization is the process through 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 Scientists Refer to the Process by Which Individuals Acquire