 Dear students, in this module we are going to talk about socialization into the self and mind. These two aspects are very interesting aspects of human personality, that how our self is constructed and how our mind plays its role while constructing our social self. So socialization into the self and mind involves the development of a sense of self and ability to understand the perspectives of others, that how other people are viewing us, how they judging us, how they making sense of our actions, behaviors and practices. So it is a lifelong process that begins in the childhood and continues throughout our lifespan. In Pakistan for example, socialization into the self and mind might involve the learning to balance the individual needs and desires with the needs and desires of the larger community. Mind or self, because it is a continuous process and that is why we see our personality in a larger context. We do not see what we are as an individual, in fact we also see what we are as a society and in this context we see our norms, values and belief systems as a society as well. So it is a continuous mutual process in which society socializes with us and in the same way society uses the process of socialization for our personality building. The development of self and mind is shaped by both nature like biology and nature like our external environment. So it is a very interesting aspect of human being that how external environment is affecting our brain and then how this mind construct different ideologies, different opinions, different values within our mind and that ultimately are reflected through our own social self. So in this approach socialization is viewed as a way of creating a shared reality and promoting the social integration. By shared reality it means that reality is not something that is only constructed within our brain and that only we as individuals can have the perception about. This is a process in which our concept of reality is a shared concept. For example, we consider the language as a shared entity and its meanings are not considered by us until it is shared. So on the whole mind and self they are continuous process one supplementing the other.