Locational socialization endures as predictive knowledge even when its rules are disobeyed

Evidence

But much of it will undoubtedly stand him in good stead. This is not to say that the individual continues to follow childhood instructions. He may, once free of parental control, decide to patronize the forbidden candy store, or others like it. The important point-assuming there has not been too much change-is that if he does so, he knows what to expect. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 577

Categorization

• XREF: Shows the payoff of socialization as expectation management rather than obedience — connects to how the urban observer’s stored categorical knowledge lets him act in public space without interpersonal trust (Lofland’s own central thesis).