Question 1

Is anticipatory socialization important or not in most people's passage to adulthood? Explain your answer,including some of your own experiences.

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Anticipatory socialization is definitely...

Question 2

Generalized others are people who don't have close ties to a child but influence the child's internalization of society's norms and values.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

_____ is the process of unlearning old ways of doing things and adopting new norms,values,attitudes,and behaviors.

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A)   The self-fulfilling prophecy
B)   Resocialization
C)   Socialization
D)   The "looking-glass self"
E)   Anticipatory socialization

Question 4

Which of the following theories would agree with this statement: "Humans behave in certain ways,dependent upon past rewards and punishments."

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A)   Functionalist
B)   Social learning
C)   Symbolic interactionist
D)   Conflict
E)   Feminist

Question 5

Goffman used which metaphor to explain social life?

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A)   Life is like a classroom.
B)   Life is like a circus.
C)   Life is like a mirror.
D)   Life is like a theater.
E)   Life is like a box of chocolates.

Question 6

Biologists focus on the role of _____ in human development.Sociologists focus on the role of _____ in human development.

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A)   internalization; socialization
B)   institutionalization; internalization
C)   internalization; institutionalization
D)   socialization; heredity
E)   heredity; socialization

Question 7

Lauren learned from her parents and religious leaders that sex before marriage is wrong.Lauren participated in abstinence-only programs and made a sexual abstinence pledge.Lauren serves on her church's planning organization to promote abstinence-only education and speaks with other youth on the topic.This is an example of

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A)   religious fundamentalism.
B)   assimilation.
C)   socialization.
D)   conversion.
E)   succumbing.

Question 8

When her father gets mad at her mother,Ellen's father yells at her mother.Now,when Ellen gets mad,she yells.This is an example of

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A)   modeling
B)   indirect learning
C)   primary socialization
D)   secondary socialization
E)   resocialization

Question 9

Describe how you were resocialized when you began college.

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When I began college, I was resocialized...

Question 10

Which of the following is not a primary agent of socialization?

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A)   parents
B)   peers
C)   teachers
D)   media
E)   sports

Question 11

Carol is 4 years old.She tends to emulate the words and behaviors of her ________.

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A)   significant roles.
B)   significant others.
C)   a reference group.
D)   generalized others.
E)   anticipatory others.

Question 12

The textbook used which of the following examples to illustrate the importance of nurture?

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A)   a family history of alcoholism
B)   a family history of physical abuse
C)   birth defects
D)   personality disorders
E)   celebrity status

Question 13

Not all peer influence is positive.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

To illustrate the point that nature is more important than nurture,some scientists point to which of the following examples?

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A)   Genie, a girl raised in isolation.
B)   Harlow, a monkey raised in a cage.
C)   David, a boy raised as a girl.
D)   Tanya, a girl raised as a boy.
E)   Steven, a boy raised in isolation.

Question 15

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the functionalist approach to understanding socialization?

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A)   Functionalism suggests that socialization encourages conformity.
B)   Functionalism does not address how socialization works.
C)   Functionalism treats socialization as a one-way process - people are influenced by socialization, but do not influence socialization themselves.
D)   Functionalism suggests that conflict helps socialization develop.
E)   Functionalism suggests that socialization encourages stability.

Question 16

According to George Herbert Mead,in the play stage children learn how to perform a role they don't yet occupy.Mead referred to this process as

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A)   a developing self.
B)   anticipatory socialization.
C)   role taking.
D)   the generalized other.
E)   gender identification.

Question 17

Which of the following statements is true?

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A)   Nature is more important than nurture.
B)   Nurture is more important than nature.
C)   Nature and nurture are important because they are interrelated.
D)   Sometimes nature is more important than nurture and sometimes nurture is more important than nurture.
E)   There are no data that examine the relationship between nature and nurture.

Question 18

Genetically informed sociologists maintain that

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A)   research that combines genetics and socialization can enhance our understanding of how the environment affects genetic predisposition.
B)   genetic research can easily be combined with social research to produce significant findings.
C)   the only way to fully understand human nature is to understand genetics.
D)   DNA testing can allow scientists to identify a "crime gene" which predisposes individuals to commit crimes.
E)   all of the above

Question 19

Which theorist is associated with the "looking-glass self?"

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A)   Charles Horton Cooley
B)   Emile Durkheim
C)   David Deschanel
D)   Max Weber
E)   Jane Addams

Question 20

In which of Mead's stages do children understand and take the role of the generalized other?

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A)   perception stage
B)   preparatory stage
C)   response stage
D)   play stage
E)   game stage

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