Which process involves reengineering one’s social values, beliefs, and norms?

The process being described is resocialization, which involves altering an individual's social values, beliefs, and norms. This process typically occurs when a person enters a new social environment that requires them to adjust and adapt to different expectations and norms.

Resocialization often takes place in contexts such as total institutions, where the individual undergoes a significant transformation in their identity and learned behaviors. Examples include entering a rehabilitation program, the military, or a boarding school, where individuals must abandon some of their previous social norms and adopt new ones that align with the institution’s values.

Socialization refers to the ongoing process of learning and internalizing the norms and values of one’s own society throughout life but does not encompass the significant change in beliefs and norms implied by resocialization. Acculturation involves adopting the cultural norms of a new culture while retaining some aspects of the original culture, and cultural assimilation is the process where individuals or groups adopt the culture of another group, often losing their original identity in the process. Resocialization, however, specifically focuses on the deliberate and often intense alteration of an individual’s core values and identity to fit a new social setting.