Anticipatory+Socialization

Anticipatory socialization is the process that occurs when an individual develops expectations and knowledge about possible jobs and positions. It is usually the first step that occurs in the search and acceptance of an individual into an organization. There are many ways that anticipatory socialization can displayed. If you are switching schools, moving to a new town, or going to college you have anticipations of what the social life will be like. Assumptions are made, and you have expectations that can either hurt you or harm in the end. Assumptions can be very broad, or topic specific.

Pros
 * Helps in the overall form of expectations
 * Never have a blank idea of what is going to happen
 * Allows you to make good assumptions about the future
 * Can allow you to analyze different future careers and pick which one you like best

Cons
 * Can interpret things in a wrong way
 * Make false assumptions
 * Risk of picking the wrong future
 * Can learn the wrong skills they anticipated for a job

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This article speaks of how expectations for college can lead to marijuana abuse. It is said that is expected to be a part of college life. If one does not expect to go to college than they are even more likely to abuse marijuana or at least try it in high school. It is a very interesting article on how marijuana is being used more frequently by upper- class and kids coming from "good homes". =﻿= =CHART=