Question 1

Which part of the mind would Freud have described as being like a "type of conscience that punishes misbehavior with feelings of guilt?"

Accepted Answer

A)  the ego 
B)  the master status 
C)  the superego 
D)  the id 
E)  the looking-glass self 
A)  the ego 
B)  the master status 
C)  the superego 
D)  the id 
E)  the looking-glass self

Question 2

What happens to individuals who are not socialized?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are likely to produce their own words and therefore have a much larger vocabulary than the average person. 
B)  They tend to live with wild animals. 
C)  They are devoid of many of the qualities we associate with being human. 
D)  They have a much harder time with reading and math. 
E)  They are more likely to divorce. 
A)  They are likely to produce their own words and therefore have a much larger vocabulary than the average person. 
B)  They tend to live with wild animals. 
C)  They are devoid of many of the qualities we associate with being human. 
D)  They have a much harder time with reading and math. 
E)  They are more likely to divorce.

Question 3

Susie isn't old enough to go to school yet, but she loves to play house. She has a toy stove and pretends to be a mother. Sometimes, when that gets boring, she goes outside, takes a garden hose, and pretends to be a firefighter. George Herbert Mead would say that she is:

Accepted Answer

A)  taking into account the roles of all the other players. 
B)  in the play stage. 
C)  in the game stage. 
D)  her own generalized other. 
E)  aware of the roles of others. 
A)  taking into account the roles of all the other players. 
B)  in the play stage. 
C)  in the game stage. 
D)  her own generalized other. 
E)  aware of the roles of others.

Question 4

Cases in which children have been raised in social isolation demonstrate that people are born with the instincts necessary to fully develop into a functioning human being.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the steps in Charles Cooley's model of the looking-glass self?

Accepted Answer

A)  We try to interpret others' reactions to our presence and our presentation of ourselves. 
B)  We imagine others' judgments of ourselves. 
C)  We experience ourselves based on our perception of others' opinions. 
D)  We imagine how we look to others. 
E)  We attempt to achieve pleasure and avoid pain. 
A)  We try to interpret others' reactions to our presence and our presentation of ourselves. 
B)  We imagine others' judgments of ourselves. 
C)  We experience ourselves based on our perception of others' opinions. 
D)  We imagine how we look to others. 
E)  We attempt to achieve pleasure and avoid pain.

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of resocialization?

Accepted Answer

A)  a teenager being pressured to take up smoking by his friends 
B)  ads for fast food that air during Saturday morning cartoons to convince children to eat more cheeseburgers 
C)  parents teaching their children how to behave around company 
D)  a stay-at-home mother becoming paralyzed in a car accident 
E)  a child attending the first day of kindergarten 
A)  a teenager being pressured to take up smoking by his friends 
B)  ads for fast food that air during Saturday morning cartoons to convince children to eat more cheeseburgers 
C)  parents teaching their children how to behave around company 
D)  a stay-at-home mother becoming paralyzed in a car accident 
E)  a child attending the first day of kindergarten

Question 7

What is resocialization? Give an example of a circumstance in which it would happen.

Accepted Answer

The textbook defines resocialization as

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the case of Isabelle, the child raised in isolation and studied by the sociologist Kingsley Davis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Isabelle was an illegitimate child born in the 1930s to a deaf-mute mother. 
B)  Isabelle was kept secluded from the rest of the world in a dark room of her house. 
C)  Isabelle's behavior was primitive and bizarre at the time she was rescued by social workers. 
D)  Isabelle was delighted by the presence of strangers and warmly greeted the social workers who had come to rescue her. 
E)  Isabelle made rapid progress through the developmental stages once she began interacting with others. 
A)  Isabelle was an illegitimate child born in the 1930s to a deaf-mute mother. 
B)  Isabelle was kept secluded from the rest of the world in a dark room of her house. 
C)  Isabelle's behavior was primitive and bizarre at the time she was rescued by social workers. 
D)  Isabelle was delighted by the presence of strangers and warmly greeted the social workers who had come to rescue her. 
E)  Isabelle made rapid progress through the developmental stages once she began interacting with others.

Question 9

Nancy Chodorow has adapted Freudian theory to help understand how patterns of gendered parenting and early-childhood development lead to the reproduction of traditional sex roles. Which of the following quotes sounds like it could be by Nancy Chodorow?

Accepted Answer

A)  "The Collective Unconscious is universal and resonates with every human being. It cannot be built up like one's personal unconscious, because it predates the individual and is the repository of all the religious, spiritual, and mythological symbols and experiences of the human race." 
B)  "Humans act toward things based on the meanings the things have for them and these meanings arise out of the social interaction one has with others. Meaning is therefore a social product rather than a given or constant." 
C)  "It is more difficult for boys to develop an identity as they have to separate from their mothers and model themselves after a parent who is far more likely to be emotionally absent, while daughters maintain close and intense relationships with their primary role model, leading them to value nurturing and connecting with others." 
D)  "Men and women are inherently different due to an internal essence, and the difference is not just one of degrees, in fact they are opposites. Gender differences aren't really differences in gender, they reflect a biologically based difference that is consistent across all cultures." 
E)  "All individuals go through a preparatory stage in the first year of life, where they engage in meaningless imitation. This is followed by a play stage where children engage in 'taking the role of the other.'" 
A)  "The Collective Unconscious is universal and resonates with every human being. It cannot be built up like one's personal unconscious, because it predates the individual and is the repository of all the religious, spiritual, and mythological symbols and experiences of the human race." 
B)  "Humans act toward things based on the meanings the things have for them and these meanings arise out of the social interaction one has with others. Meaning is therefore a social product rather than a given or constant." 
C)  "It is more difficult for boys to develop an identity as they have to separate from their mothers and model themselves after a parent who is far more likely to be emotionally absent, while daughters maintain close and intense relationships with their primary role model, leading them to value nurturing and connecting with others." 
D)  "Men and women are inherently different due to an internal essence, and the difference is not just one of degrees, in fact they are opposites. Gender differences aren't really differences in gender, they reflect a biologically based difference that is consistent across all cultures." 
E)  "All individuals go through a preparatory stage in the first year of life, where they engage in meaningless imitation. This is followed by a play stage where children engage in 'taking the role of the other.'"

Question 10

The satirical newspaper The Onion once ran a story headlined "Man Reading Pynchon on Bus Takes Pains to Make Cover Visible." The story then went on to describe a bus passenger reading a book by the critically acclaimed, but difficult and confusing, author Pynchon. Instead of holding the book on his lap, he held it directly in front of his face so the front was visible to everyone, and he occasionally glanced about to see if anyone noticed. What would Erving Goffman say about this?

Accepted Answer

Any good answer should start by pointing

Question 11

A high school football coach is worried about how she should handle her roster. On the one hand, it's her job to try and win as many games as possible, which means playing the best players; on the other, her contract also requires that she try to allow every member of the team to meaningfully participate. The tension she feels is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  role strain 
B)  the definition of the situation 
C)  role conflict 
D)  the Thomas theorem 
E)  emotion work 
A)  role strain 
B)  the definition of the situation 
C)  role conflict 
D)  the Thomas theorem 
E)  emotion work

Question 12

A waitress is hired at the local branch of La Maison de la Casa House, and on her first day, she is given strict instructions to always wear black pants with a white shirt, to never carry a notepad, and to always address customers as "sir" or "madam." All of these things are elements of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the region. 
B)  backstage. 
C)  the looking-glass self. 
D)  role strain. 
E)  her personal front. 
A)  the region. 
B)  backstage. 
C)  the looking-glass self. 
D)  role strain. 
E)  her personal front.

Question 13

Parents often buy their children gender-specific toys. Boys get action figures that encourage active and aggressive play, while girls get dolls and toy ovens that encourage domesticity. This is part of what process?

Accepted Answer

A)  expressions of behavior 
B)  personality 
C)  socialization 
D)  social isolation 
E)  status conflict 
A)  expressions of behavior 
B)  personality 
C)  socialization 
D)  social isolation 
E)  status conflict

Question 14

In his book The Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud suggested that:

Accepted Answer

A)  thoughts must originate in the superego. 
B)  behavior could best be explained through the looking-glass self. 
C)  the conscious level of awareness is but the tip of the iceberg and that just below the surface is a far greater area of the mind, the subconscious and the unconscious. 
D)  dreams result from inconsequential superstitions and have to be "worked through" in order for analysis to succeed. 
E)  people are in control of their own dreams and can consciously choose to steer them in one direction or another. 
A)  thoughts must originate in the superego. 
B)  behavior could best be explained through the looking-glass self. 
C)  the conscious level of awareness is but the tip of the iceberg and that just below the surface is a far greater area of the mind, the subconscious and the unconscious. 
D)  dreams result from inconsequential superstitions and have to be "worked through" in order for analysis to succeed. 
E)  people are in control of their own dreams and can consciously choose to steer them in one direction or another.

Question 15

If a bride is upset on her wedding day because her family members don't seem excited enough for her, sociologists might argue that the family members are violating:

Accepted Answer

A)  their role as socializers. 
B)  the primary task of impression management. 
C)  the looking-glass self. 
D)  a feeling rule. 
E)  the social contract. 
A)  their role as socializers. 
B)  the primary task of impression management. 
C)  the looking-glass self. 
D)  a feeling rule. 
E)  the social contract.

Which part of the mind would Freud have described as being like a "type of conscience that punishes misbehavior with feelings of guilt?"

What happens to individuals who are not socialized?

Susie isn't old enough to go to school yet, but she loves to play house. She has a toy stove and pretends to be a mother. Sometimes, when that gets boring, she goes outside, takes a garden hose, and pretends to be a firefighter. George Herbert Mead would say that she is:

Cases in which children have been raised in social isolation demonstrate that people are born with the instincts necessary to fully develop into a functioning human being.

Which of the following is NOT one of the steps in Charles Cooley's model of the looking-glass self?

Which of the following is an example of resocialization?

What is resocialization? Give an example of a circumstance in which it would happen.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the case of Isabelle, the child raised in isolation and studied by the sociologist Kingsley Davis?

Nancy Chodorow has adapted Freudian theory to help understand how patterns of gendered parenting and early-childhood development lead to the reproduction of traditional sex roles. Which of the following quotes sounds like it could be by Nancy Chodorow?

A waitress is hired at the local branch of La Maison de la Casa House, and on her first day, she is given strict instructions to always wear black pants with a white shirt, to never carry a notepad, and to always address customers as "sir" or "madam." All of these things are elements of:

Parents often buy their children gender-specific toys. Boys get action figures that encourage active and aggressive play, while girls get dolls and toy ovens that encourage domesticity. This is part of what process?

In his book The Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud suggested that:

If a bride is upset on her wedding day because her family members don't seem excited enough for her, sociologists might argue that the family members are violating:

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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

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Exam 4: The Self and Interaction

Which part of the mind would Freud have described as being like a "type of conscience that punishes misbehavior with feelings of guilt?"

What happens to individuals who are not socialized?

Susie isn't old enough to go to school yet, but she loves to play house. She has a toy stove and pretends to be a mother. Sometimes, when that gets boring, she goes outside, takes a garden hose, and pretends to be a firefighter. George Herbert Mead would say that she is:

Cases in which children have been raised in social isolation demonstrate that people are born with the instincts necessary to fully develop into a functioning human being.

Which of the following is NOT one of the steps in Charles Cooley's model of the looking-glass self?

Which of the following is an example of resocialization?

What is resocialization? Give an example of a circumstance in which it would happen.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the case of Isabelle, the child raised in isolation and studied by the sociologist Kingsley Davis?

Nancy Chodorow has adapted Freudian theory to help understand how patterns of gendered parenting and early-childhood development lead to the reproduction of traditional sex roles. Which of the following quotes sounds like it could be by Nancy Chodorow?

A waitress is hired at the local branch of La Maison de la Casa House, and on her first day, she is given strict instructions to always wear black pants with a white shirt, to never carry a notepad, and to always address customers as "sir" or "madam." All of these things are elements of:

Parents often buy their children gender-specific toys. Boys get action figures that encourage active and aggressive play, while girls get dolls and toy ovens that encourage domesticity. This is part of what process?

In his book The Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud suggested that:

If a bride is upset on her wedding day because her family members don't seem excited enough for her, sociologists might argue that the family members are violating:

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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