Exam 4: Socialization

A process in which we learn and internalize the attitudes, values, beliefs, and norms of our culture and develop a sense of self is called ________.

The book written by Charles Darwin that contended all organisms are in a constant state of struggle to survive through making biological and physiological changes was ________.

The term sociologists use to describe children reared briefly in the presence of people and then abandoned to be cared for by animals is ________.

What did Charles Horton Cooley call the process in which individuals use others like mirrors and base their conceptions of themselves on what is reflected back to them during social interaction?

The book written by George Orwell that presented a frightening scenario of the role government would play in the socialization of citizens from their birth to death was ________.

Which sociological perspective stresses how socialization reinforces the social structure, perpetuates society, and transmits culture from one generation to the next?

Places where people carry out virtually all their activities under supervision and some level of control, such as prisons, jails, mental hospitals, and military bases, are called social institutions.

A field that integrates theories and research from biology and sociology in an effort to better understand human behavior is ________.

The term George Herbert Mead used for a person's conscious recognition that he or she is a distinct individual who is a part of a larger society is ________.

The single most powerful medium for communicating a standardized message to millions of people in a matter of moments is ________.

Developmental socialization, resocialization, and desocialization are primarily aspects of the adult developmental process.

Identify the three agents of socialization most widely accepted as legitimate socializing agents and discuss the role each plays.

New research suggests there are physiological differences between the brains of males and females as well as between homosexuals and heterosexuals which may have a profound effect on the socialization process.

The social scientist who addressed the social world of convicts in maximum security prison and their simultaneous resocialization process was ________.

The term George Herbert Mead used to describe specific people with whom we interact and whose response has meaning for us was primary group members.

An overriding way of viewing and interpreting the world defines life theme.

The workplace is especially important as an agent of socialization in societies driven by an agrarian economy.

Learning to better fulfill a role one already occupies, such as by attending professional seminars and earning additional degrees in the profession one practices, is called ________.

The three stages in the theory of social development proposed by George Herbert Mead were the id, the ego, the super ego.

What is the most productive and scientific approach to studying identical twins who were reared apart in totally different environments?