This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Process by which an individual gradually acquires culture and becomes a member of a social group is known as: September 2009 
Select and explain. 
A. Internalisation, B. Acculturation, C. Socialization, D. Custom
C: Socialization
Answer: C: Socialization 
Explanation: Ans. C: Socialization Acculturation is the exchange of cultural features that results when groups of individuals having different cultures come into continuous first hand contact; the original cultural patterns of either or both groups may be altered, but the groups remain distinct. Socialization is the process by which an individual gradually acquires culture and becomes a member of the social group.