Question 1

Socialization generally ends by the beginning of adulthood.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following is true of expressions given, as defined by Erving Goffman?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are typically verbal and intentional. 
B)  They are typically nonverbal. 
C)  They may be either intentional or unintentional. 
D)  They often include facial expressions, body language, and style of dress. 
E)  They are usually beyond the control of the individual giving them. 
A)  They are typically verbal and intentional. 
B)  They are typically nonverbal. 
C)  They may be either intentional or unintentional. 
D)  They often include facial expressions, body language, and style of dress. 
E)  They are usually beyond the control of the individual giving them.

Question 3

Given what Chapter 4 says about socialization, how do you think new forms of technology will change the role and significance of the four major agents of socialization?

Accepted Answer

Any competent answer should be able to i

Question 4

Sociologists have often wondered about financial collapses, like those of the 1930s, in which rumors of insolvency, when believed by enough depositors, resulted in bank failures. What sociological concept describes this phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A)  expressions given off 
B)  the Thomas theorem 
C)  dramaturgy 
D)  the generalized other 
E)  the dual nature of the self 
A)  expressions given off 
B)  the Thomas theorem 
C)  dramaturgy 
D)  the generalized other 
E)  the dual nature of the self

Question 5

Several cases of children growing up in extreme social isolation, documented by Kingsley Davis, suggest that:

Accepted Answer

A)  most mental capacities, and perhaps even the ability to think, are learned through social interaction. 
B)  human intelligence is almost entirely determined by heredity. 
C)  the effects of isolation at an early age are easily reversible if caught in time. 
D)  the effects of extreme isolation in children are irreversible if the situation isn't corrected by the time the child is five years old. 
E)  Mead's view of the development of the self is flawed. 
A)  most mental capacities, and perhaps even the ability to think, are learned through social interaction. 
B)  human intelligence is almost entirely determined by heredity. 
C)  the effects of isolation at an early age are easily reversible if caught in time. 
D)  the effects of extreme isolation in children are irreversible if the situation isn't corrected by the time the child is five years old. 
E)  Mead's view of the development of the self is flawed.

Question 6

According to the symbolic interactionist George Herbert Mead, the generalized other is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the inability of very young children to differentiate between themselves and others. 
B)  the guidelines and expectations associated with a particular role. 
C)  an understanding of the rules governing a number of different players in related roles. 
D)  any agent of socialization who serves to teach an individual to become a member of a social group. 
E)  the role toddlers take on when they graduate from the meaningless imitation of infancy to the play-acting stage of young childhood. 
A)  the inability of very young children to differentiate between themselves and others. 
B)  the guidelines and expectations associated with a particular role. 
C)  an understanding of the rules governing a number of different players in related roles. 
D)  any agent of socialization who serves to teach an individual to become a member of a social group. 
E)  the role toddlers take on when they graduate from the meaningless imitation of infancy to the play-acting stage of young childhood.

Question 7

According to George Herbert Mead, what are children learning when they begin to take the perspective of a generalized other in their games?

Accepted Answer

A)  the values and beliefs of their parents 
B)  the behaviors associated with particular roles 
C)  how to imitate things 
D)  the attitudes and expectations of society as a whole 
E)  the unconscious drives that make them behave the way they do 
A)  the values and beliefs of their parents 
B)  the behaviors associated with particular roles 
C)  how to imitate things 
D)  the attitudes and expectations of society as a whole 
E)  the unconscious drives that make them behave the way they do

Question 8

Why are adults not considered to be completely socialized?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most people eventually enter a total institution, which requires them to learn a whole new set of norms. 
B)  There will always be new situations and new roles to learn. 
C)  People are spending more and more time in school. 
D)  The family and school do a poor job of socializing children. 
E)  Adults tend to watch more television than adolescents. 
A)  Most people eventually enter a total institution, which requires them to learn a whole new set of norms. 
B)  There will always be new situations and new roles to learn. 
C)  People are spending more and more time in school. 
D)  The family and school do a poor job of socializing children. 
E)  Adults tend to watch more television than adolescents.

Question 9

Churches usually teach their members rules, often codifying these rules into formal commandments to be followed. In that they are at all successful, churches would be called:

Accepted Answer

A)  dramaturgists. 
B)  part of the media. 
C)  closer to nature than nurture. 
D)  total institutions. 
E)  agents of socialization. 
A)  dramaturgists. 
B)  part of the media. 
C)  closer to nature than nurture. 
D)  total institutions. 
E)  agents of socialization.

Question 10

Which one of the following is NOT an element of the looking-glass self?

Accepted Answer

A)  We imagine how we appear to those around us. 
B)  We imagine others' evaluations of us. 
C)  We determine whether or not our parents' evaluations of us are similar to our grandparents'. 
D)  We develop a self-concept based on what we think others think of us. 
E)  We modify our own behavior based on what we believe others think of us. 
A)  We imagine how we appear to those around us. 
B)  We imagine others' evaluations of us. 
C)  We determine whether or not our parents' evaluations of us are similar to our grandparents'. 
D)  We develop a self-concept based on what we think others think of us. 
E)  We modify our own behavior based on what we believe others think of us.

Question 11

When a college professor begins to lecture and the class at least pretends to take notes, what are the students doing in terms of impression management?

Accepted Answer

A)  cooling the mark out 
B)  observing the self from the inside 
C)  socializing the professor 
D)  interacting with their peers 
E)  supporting the self that the professor is trying to project 
A)  cooling the mark out 
B)  observing the self from the inside 
C)  socializing the professor 
D)  interacting with their peers 
E)  supporting the self that the professor is trying to project

Question 12

Children raised without human interaction or with a minimum of human contact are referred to as ____________ children.

Accepted Answer

A)  feral 
B)  institutionalized 
C)  cognitively disadvantaged 
D)  environmentally challenged 
E)  isolationist 
A)  feral 
B)  institutionalized 
C)  cognitively disadvantaged 
D)  environmentally challenged 
E)  isolationist

Question 13

The nature vs. nurture debate helps us understand:

Accepted Answer

A)  how to perfect survey research. 
B)  the contradictions between primary and secondary group socialization. 
C)  the complex interaction between hereditary traits and social learning. 
D)  why biology has nothing to do with human potential. 
E)  how biology determines physical characteristics, while social learning alone determines a person's personality and habits. 
A)  how to perfect survey research. 
B)  the contradictions between primary and secondary group socialization. 
C)  the complex interaction between hereditary traits and social learning. 
D)  why biology has nothing to do with human potential. 
E)  how biology determines physical characteristics, while social learning alone determines a person's personality and habits.

Question 14

Appearance, manner, style of dress, race, gender, and age are all elements of:

Accepted Answer

A)  role strain. 
B)  an individual's personal front. 
C)  setting or region. 
D)  expressions given. 
E)  the superego. 
A)  role strain. 
B)  an individual's personal front. 
C)  setting or region. 
D)  expressions given. 
E)  the superego.

Question 15

If a professor were to trip over his own feet and fall down while trying to write something on the blackboard, very few students would point and laugh. And if the professor then loudly insisted, "I meant to do that!" chances are no one would contradict him, at least not verbally, but instead would assist their instructor in regaining his dignity. What would Goffman call this process?

Accepted Answer

A)  cooling the mark out 
B)  dramaturgy 
C)  the social construction of reality 
D)  the ghost in the machine 
E)  autoethnography 
A)  cooling the mark out 
B)  dramaturgy 
C)  the social construction of reality 
D)  the ghost in the machine 
E)  autoethnography

Question 16

Many natural scientists argue that behavioral traits can be explained through genetics. Many social scientists believe that behavior is learned and shaped through human interaction. According to Chapter 4, which view is correct? Justify your answer.

Accepted Answer

Both views contain elements of truth. Th

Question 17

What does Erving Goffman call it when we help someone save face by preventing them from realizing that they've done something embarrassing?

Accepted Answer

A)  agency 
B)  impression management 
C)  cooling the mark out 
D)  reverse socialization 
E)  adult socialization 
A)  agency 
B)  impression management 
C)  cooling the mark out 
D)  reverse socialization 
E)  adult socialization

Question 18

What must happen before an individual experiences role-taking emotions?

Accepted Answer

A)  The individual must understand the role of the particular other. 
B)  The individual must be able to see things from another person's point of view. 
C)  The individual must have a job that requires managing his emotions. 
D)  The individual must be resocialized into a new role with new norms and values. 
E)  The individual must avoid role strain and role conflict. 
A)  The individual must understand the role of the particular other. 
B)  The individual must be able to see things from another person's point of view. 
C)  The individual must have a job that requires managing his emotions. 
D)  The individual must be resocialized into a new role with new norms and values. 
E)  The individual must avoid role strain and role conflict.

Question 19

If a college student plans to go to graduate school because she thinks of herself as having excellent critical thinking skills and a brilliant mind, where would Charles Cooley's theory of the looking-glass self suggest that she got these ideas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cooley would argue that these ideas are mostly genetic, part of the structure of her personality that she was born with. 
B)  Cooley would argue that she got the ideas as a child. 
C)  Cooley would argue that these ideas came from fellow students and teachers expressing admiration. 
D)  Cooley would argue that these ideas came from the ease with which she understood new ideas. 
E)  Cooley would argue that these ideas came from the inherent confidence that comes with truly exceptional mental abilities. 
A)  Cooley would argue that these ideas are mostly genetic, part of the structure of her personality that she was born with. 
B)  Cooley would argue that she got the ideas as a child. 
C)  Cooley would argue that these ideas came from fellow students and teachers expressing admiration. 
D)  Cooley would argue that these ideas came from the ease with which she understood new ideas. 
E)  Cooley would argue that these ideas came from the inherent confidence that comes with truly exceptional mental abilities.

Question 20

The indie rock band the Halo Benders once sang: "Part environment
And part heredity
What we're born with
And what's been fed to me"
What issue is being referenced in this song?

Accepted Answer

A)  the nature vs. nurture debate 
B)  impression management 
C)  dramaturgy 
D)  role conflict 
E)  how food affects our understanding of self 
A)  the nature vs. nurture debate 
B)  impression management 
C)  dramaturgy 
D)  role conflict 
E)  how food affects our understanding of self

Socialization generally ends by the beginning of adulthood.

Which of the following is true of expressions given, as defined by Erving Goffman?

Given what Chapter 4 says about socialization, how do you think new forms of technology will change the role and significance of the four major agents of socialization?

Sociologists have often wondered about financial collapses, like those of the 1930s, in which rumors of insolvency, when believed by enough depositors, resulted in bank failures. What sociological concept describes this phenomenon?

Several cases of children growing up in extreme social isolation, documented by Kingsley Davis, suggest that:

According to the symbolic interactionist George Herbert Mead, the generalized other is:

According to George Herbert Mead, what are children learning when they begin to take the perspective of a generalized other in their games?

Why are adults not considered to be completely socialized?

Churches usually teach their members rules, often codifying these rules into formal commandments to be followed. In that they are at all successful, churches would be called:

Which one of the following is NOT an element of the looking-glass self?

When a college professor begins to lecture and the class at least pretends to take notes, what are the students doing in terms of impression management?

Children raised without human interaction or with a minimum of human contact are referred to as ____________ children.

The nature vs. nurture debate helps us understand:

Appearance, manner, style of dress, race, gender, and age are all elements of:

Many natural scientists argue that behavioral traits can be explained through genetics. Many social scientists believe that behavior is learned and shaped through human interaction. According to Chapter 4, which view is correct? Justify your answer.

What does Erving Goffman call it when we help someone save face by preventing them from realizing that they've done something embarrassing?

What must happen before an individual experiences role-taking emotions?

If a college student plans to go to graduate school because she thinks of herself as having excellent critical thinking skills and a brilliant mind, where would Charles Cooley's theory of the looking-glass self suggest that she got these ideas?

The indie rock band the Halo Benders once sang: "Part environment And part heredity What we're born with And what's been fed to me" What issue is being referenced in this song?

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The Macro-Micro Link in Social Institutions: Politics, Education, and Religion

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Exam 4: The Self and Interaction

Socialization generally ends by the beginning of adulthood.

Which of the following is true of expressions given, as defined by Erving Goffman?

Given what Chapter 4 says about socialization, how do you think new forms of technology will change the role and significance of the four major agents of socialization?

Sociologists have often wondered about financial collapses, like those of the 1930s, in which rumors of insolvency, when believed by enough depositors, resulted in bank failures. What sociological concept describes this phenomenon?

Several cases of children growing up in extreme social isolation, documented by Kingsley Davis, suggest that:

According to the symbolic interactionist George Herbert Mead, the generalized other is:

According to George Herbert Mead, what are children learning when they begin to take the perspective of a generalized other in their games?

Why are adults not considered to be completely socialized?

Churches usually teach their members rules, often codifying these rules into formal commandments to be followed. In that they are at all successful, churches would be called:

Which one of the following is NOT an element of the looking-glass self?

When a college professor begins to lecture and the class at least pretends to take notes, what are the students doing in terms of impression management?

Children raised without human interaction or with a minimum of human contact are referred to as ____________ children.

The nature vs. nurture debate helps us understand:

Appearance, manner, style of dress, race, gender, and age are all elements of:

Many natural scientists argue that behavioral traits can be explained through genetics. Many social scientists believe that behavior is learned and shaped through human interaction. According to Chapter 4, which view is correct? Justify your answer.

What does Erving Goffman call it when we help someone save face by preventing them from realizing that they've done something embarrassing?

What must happen before an individual experiences role-taking emotions?

If a college student plans to go to graduate school because she thinks of herself as having excellent critical thinking skills and a brilliant mind, where would Charles Cooley's theory of the looking-glass self suggest that she got these ideas?

The indie rock band the Halo Benders once sang: "Part environment And part heredity What we're born with And what's been fed to me" What issue is being referenced in this song?

Sociology and the Real World

Studying Social Life: Sociological Research Methods

Cultural Crossroads

Separate and Together: Life in Groups

Deviance

Social Class: the Structure of Inequality

Race and Ethnicity As Lived Experience

Constructing Gender and Sexuality

The Macro-Micro Link in Social Institutions: Politics, Education, and Religion

The Economy, Work, and Working

Life at Home

Leisure and Media

Health and Illness

City and Country: the Social World and the Natural World

Social Change: Looking Toward Tomorrow

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