No student devices needed. Know more
142 questions
What is the part of the self created through socialization called?
Me
I
Self-Concept
Looking-Glass Self
What is the part of the self that accounts for unlearned, spontaneous acts called?
Me
I
Self-Concept
Looking-Glass Self
What is the process of learning to participate in a group called?
Socialization
Role Taking
Resocialization
Desocialization
What are those whose reactions are the most important to your self-concept called?
Significant Others
Agents of Socialization
Generalized Other
Peers
Which sociological perspective would look at how mass media helps to stabilize society?
Symbolic Interactionism
Feminist Theory
Conflict Theory
Functionalism
Which sociological perspective are we using as we talk about socialization and the self?
Symbolic Interactionism
Feminist Theory
Conflict Theory
Functionalism
Which perspective would study how mass media maintain the status quo by affirming and transmitting stereotypes?
Symbolic Interactionism
Feminist Theory
Conflict Theory
Functionalism
What is the result of the looking-glass self process?
Distortion
Self-evaluation
Self-concept
Socialism
Which term refers to the informal and unofficial aspects of culture taught in schools?
Hidden Curriculum
School Socialization
Invisible Values
Class Dissemination
As children get older, __________ becomes the most important agent of socialization.
Their peer group
Family
Gender
The Self
What is the primary agent in childhood socialization?
Gender
Family
Mass Media
Religion
Can you think of a toy or other product that is marketed to girls and describe 2 characteristics that help teach us that it is intended for girls? (This can be how it looks (i.e., colors or images), or how it is marketed in commercials).
Yes
Just pick yes
Even if you can't yet just pick yes
Can you think of a toy or other product that is marketed to boys and describe 2 characteristics that help teach us that it is intended for boys? (This can be how it looks (i.e., colors or images), or how it is marketed in commercials).
Yes
Just pick yes
Even if you can't yet just pick yes
Can you list two concepts that each of the five major agents of socialization teach, knowing that "teaches values, norms, and beliefs" counts as one concept?
Pick this one.
Pick the other one.
Socialization happens best by:
Living in a cave
Interacting with animals
Interacting with other humans
Interacting with chemicals
Family, school, peers and the media are the
total institutions
role strains
agents of socialization
role-taking stages
The debate over the impact of biology vs. socialization on behavior is
media vs. family
home vs. school
genes vs. chemicals
nature vs. nurture
Imitation, pretend play and organized games are G.H. Mead's
agents of socialization
total institutions
role-taking stages
methods of resocialization
Which of these sets can be considered achieved statuses?
daughter, female, white
volunteer, athlete, lawyer
son, musician, male
father, cousin, military officer
An ascribed status is
assigned at birth or assumed involuntarily later in life
always a master status
a position a person takes on voluntarily that can reflects both personal ability and merit
easy to change
The behaviors that come with statuses are
impressions
conflicts
strains
roles
During her first day of kindergarten, Marie does not understand how the lunch line in the cafeteria works. She hesitates and watches as the older kids pick up their trays and silverware and then get in line. She follows their lead and successfully buys herself lunch. Marie’s experience in the lunchroom is an example of _____.
Socialization
The looking glass self
Pluralism
Primary groups
Sumaira is scared that she will not find a job in the current economy. She decides to be a business major and attend one of the top business schools in the country. Upon graduation, she is hired by a major investment banking firm in New York. Sumaira has completed:
Anticipatory socialization.
A degradation ceremony.
Developing her sense of self.
Developing her sense of morality.
Some sociologists have pointed out that gender roles are often determined by how a society socializes young boys and girls. Which of the following is an example of socializing a child into a gender role?
Taking Jimmy to the aquarium.
Buying Sarah a toy kitchen to play with.
Letting Kim wear pants to school.
Allowing Joey to sleep with his “blankey.”
Ahmed has been trying to change his schedule so that he can take one more AP class his senior year in high school. He keeps running between the guidance office and the administration office to sort out the problem. Ahmed’s interaction with the school’s bureaucracy is an example of:
The influences of a total institution
The generalized other
The influences of one’s peer groups
The hidden curriculum of schools
how others might interpret our actions and what our conscience tells us to do.
The Harlows’ study on rhesus monkeys showed that:
rhesus monkeys raised by other primate species are poorly socialized
monkeys can be adequately socialized by imitating humans
food is more important than social comfort
social comfort is more important than food
From a sociological perspective, which factor does not greatly influence a person’s socialization?
Gender
Class
Blood type
Race
Anticipatory socialization is so named because we anticipate taking on a certain role and try to learn rules and values beforehand.
Connolly proposed the development of self perspective was "the looking glass self" which means:
You must view others through their own values.
the self develops through a process of reflection based on imagined social interactions with others.
put yourself in others people shoes before judging them
socialization depends on the family too often.
Stripping of your self identity takes place at a ____________.
total institution
counter-culture
boring seminar
looking glass identity
Check the boxes for the 4 stages of cognitive development
Sensorimotor stage (birth-2 years)
infancy stage (birth to 2 years)
preoperational stage (2-6 years)
concrete operational stage (7-11 years)
formal operational stage (12 years - adult)
What stage includes an infant exploring the world through sensory and motor contact?
Concrete operational
Preoperational
Sensorimotor
Formal operational
What years are the Preoperational stage of Development
0-2 years
2-7 years
7-11 years
11+ years
Which stage of Piaget's cognitive development involves the ability to solve abstract problems?
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete
Formal
Vygotsky was different from Piaget and said the origins of cognitive development come from?
Ourselves- internal/natural changes
Surroundings - other people
One of your friends tells you to steal some sweets. You are in the pre-conventional stage, why do you NOT steal?
Finish the quote
"You can't..."
Be here
Sit with us
Be one of us
Be Spring Fling Queen
What type of socialization when an individual moves to a new group, and he must learn the new values and beliefs of the new group?
Primary socialization
Secondary socialization
Anticipatory socialization
Resocialization
Socialization by outside influences other than those that have raised you is known as:
Primary Socialization
Secondary Socialization
Outside Socialization
Media Socialization
Secondary Socialization usually takes place first in:
School
The home
Teenage friend groups
Adulthood
The argument between genetic characteristics versus environment and social learning
achievement vs failure
nature vs nurture
resocialization vs instinct
looking glass self vs. generalized other
Your teacher has asked you to share an example of how socialization affects our daily lives. What is the BEST example you can offer?
You are hungry, so you eat a cheeseburger.
You are starting a new job and you ask what the dress code is.
A baby's diaper is wet and cries out to be changed.
You watch the new Scream movie and fear afraid.
Which of the following is a stage in Cooley's looking glass self theory?
We imagine how we look to other people.
We pretend to be someone else we admire.
We spend time looking at ourselves in the mirror.
We discard past patterns and adapt new ones.
_______ refers to a person’s pattern of attitudes, emotions, characteristics, and behavior.
Socialization
Personality
Self
Sociobiology
_________ refers to the people and organizations that teach a culture’s norms, language, values, and other aspects.
Peer groups
Agents of socialization
Sociologists
Sociobiologists
_______ refers to an identity and designation that sets us apart from other people.
Personality
Agents of socialization
Self
Socialization
______ is used to describe two or more individuals who interact with each other and share similar norms, interests, and expectations about their interactions.
A society
A status
An in-group
A social group
What is the expected behavior for a particular status or social position known as?
social institution
social role
social status
social structure
The period between the normal onset of puberty and the beginning of adulthood.
puberty
teenager years
adolescence
society
The meeting of people as a romantic engagement. More casual than courtship.
dating
courtship
hanging-out
talking
Formal arrangements with the purpose of marriage.
courtship
hanging out
dating
arranged marriage
Co-educational public schools increased interaction between adolescent boys and girls
True
False
Which stage of male development is characterized by trying to establish yourself in society and separating from mentors?
Early adult
Age 30 transition
Settling down
Mid-life transition
Which term means the combo of statuses, roles, activities, goals, values, beliefs and life circumstances that a person has.
Profession
Life Structure
Personality
Life expectancy
Why do some argue that women go through different life stages than men?
Because they are a different gender
Because they don't usually go to college
Because they differ greatly in their social roles
Because they typically start careers earlier
Which stage of adult female development is characterized by breaking from work to have kids, which can cause strain on a woman's career?
Leaving the family
Entering the adult world
Re-entering the work world
Which stage of adult female development is characterized by committing to a career at same time that the husband is doubting his career?
Leaving the family
Entering the adult world
Re-entering the work world
A stage of middle adulthood SOME people go though when they are unhappy with the circumstances of their choices at the midpoint of their lives.
Midlife Transition
Despair
Midlife Crisis
Identity Crisis
Stage of adulthood where we are at our best mentally, physically and may get married.
Early Adulthood
Middle Adulthood
Late Adulthood
Adolescence
Stage of adulthood where we pursue our careers, take care of our children and our older parents:
Early Adulthood
Middle Adulthood
Late Adulthood
Adolescence
Which stage of Mead's role-taking, must children focus on the rules and the roles of the others players?
Imitation Stage
Play Stage
Game Stage
Generalized other
What group of people have direct influence on our socialization?
generalized others
significant others
role-takers
society
Which of the following may NOT be a factor in personality development?
birth order
genetics
cultural environment
language
Being born with no predetermined personality type is a description of:
tabula rasa
looking-glass self
role-taking
An infant’s personality can be molded and shaped at will is a description of:
tabula rasa
looking-glass self
role-taking
Which birth order group tends to result in more rebellious behavior?
firstborn
middle
youngest
only
Which birth order group tends to result in more perfectionist behavior?
firstborn
middle
youngest
only
Which birth order group tends to result in more risk-taking, fun-loving behavior?
firstborn
middle
youngest
only
Explore all questions with a free account