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- 1. Multiple Choice
Groups help connect us to the larger society
True
False
- 2. Multiple Choice
Social roles rarely conflict with each other
True
False
- 3. Multiple Choice
You can only hold one status at a time
True
False
- 4. Multiple Choice
Social roles are the same for every culture
True
False
- 5. Multiple Choice
In a hunting and gathering society, which type of ascribed status is important?
Occupation
Age
Education
All of the above
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an achieved status?
Age
Occupation
Race
All of the above
- 7. Multiple Choice
Gerhard Lenski argued that what makes society evolve?
Environment
Technology
Sports
Food
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the expected behavior for a particular status or social position?
Social Role
Social Institution
Social Network
Social Media
- 9. Multiple Choice
At which stage in society did education become its own social institution rather than something that the family handled?
Hunting & Gathering
Horticultural
Industrial
Agrarian
- 10. Multiple Choice
What of the following shapes a person’s identity and often all aspects of their life?
Ascribed status
Achieved status
Master status
Social status
- 11. Multiple Choice
Only one agent of socialization helps a child learn their culture from the age of 5 to 10
True
False
- 12. Multiple Choice
Anticipatory socialization occurs as a person “rehearses” for a new role, occupation, or relationship
True
False
- 13. Multiple Choice
Today, most scientists would agree that the interaction of both our genes and our environment influences and shapes our development and behaviors.
True
False
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a stage in the looking-glass self theory?
We imagine what it would be like to go to college.
We imagine how other judge us.
We develop feelings about our parents.
All of the above
- 15. Multiple Choice
As a child ages, the importance of their peer group as an agent of socialization does which of the following
Decreases
Stays the same
Increases
- 16. Multiple Choice
The process of socialization ends once a child has reached adulthood.
True
False
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is typically the first agent of socialization that a person encounters?
Media
Peer Group
Family
School
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an individual’s social equals?
Teacher
Self
Peer Group
State
- 19. Multiple Choice
The looking-glass self describes how our self develops through what?
Genetics
Interaction with others
Formal Education
Personality
- 20. Multiple Choice
The Sea Monsters and Barbie Girls example illustrates which concept?
Preparatory stage
Socialization
Feral children
Extreme isolation
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