 Dear students, in this module, we are going to talk about morality and emotions which are important part of our personality. Socialization is a key means by which individuals learn personality traits, moral values and emotional expressions. As you know that this is the unique characteristic of individual that they do possess the sense of right and wrong, unlike other species. And they are also much expressive according to their own sense of right and wrong. And when we talk about the sense of right and wrong, it is a part of moral systems, although the definitions of right and wrong can vary from one society to another. However, it is universally available phenomenon that moral systems do exist in almost all of the societies that we know. In Pakistan, socialization might involve learning the value of hospitality, respect for the elders and strong work ethics. We respect the elders in the Pakistani Mosque, we are hospitable, we have a sense of hospitality This is a part of our value system and our moral system. Along with this, the hard work that we have to do is also seen as a positive value. Socialization also teaches individuals to express and regulate their emotions in culturally appropriate ways. It is not that the socialization process is arbitrary, random and this can be built on your personality without emotions. In fact, the role of your emotions is very important because we as individual beings and social beings are also emotional beings. So, it keeps that point of view within that process that how our emotional self is being constructed within that cultural context. And personality and moral values are learned through the process of internalizing cultural norms and values while keeping in view that our emotions are also part of that cultural context. Emotions or feelings can be natural but their expressions are culturally determined. For example, if there is anger on something, then it is a natural process that you have feelings of anger as a species being. But how to express that anger? In this approach, socialization is viewed as a means of transmitting cultural values and shaping the individual's behaviors and attitudes. So, in a nutshell, if we talk about how our emotions and moral values are important for the process of socialization, yes, they are very important. They are basically the building blocks of your socialization. These are the standards for which you are socialized. For example, if you do not have the right or wrong definition, then your socialization process cannot guide you what is valuable for you and what is less valuable for you. So this aspect of morality and emotion is very crucial to understand the process of socialization.