Exam 3: Socialization: From Infancy to Old Age

Describe the function of total institutions.

As the proportion of people in old age increases in Canada, which of the following is most likely to become true?

Mead argues that the "self"stems from:

According to Gilligan, both sexes use the same standards of "rightness."

You are interested in learning about universities because you want to become a professor someday. In what process are you engaging?

People who have special importance for socialization are termed "significant others"by George Herbert Mead.

The difference between childhood and adulthood is rooted in biology, not culture.

Studies of child-rearing show that working-class parents stress:

According to Mead, the self develops with social experience.

Heredity plays a part in our intelligence, aptitudes, and personalities.

The number of people from minority groups who appear in mass media has increased mainly because of concern for equality.

Briefly explain what Mead meant when he said that social experience is the exchange of symbols.

According to Kohlberg, a child's view of "right and wrong"is defined in terms of what pleases parents and conforms to cultural norms in the ________ stage of moral development.

The sad case of "Anna"shows the explanatory power of biology over socialization.

The "self"is:

Psychologist John B. Watson argued that specific behaviour patterns are not instinctive, but learned.

The purpose of a total institution is:

Freud's concept of the id and the superego and Mead's concept of the I and the me are the same theory of personality development.

Industrialization:

In adulthood, women are more likely than men to face the realization that "doing it all"can be extremely difficult.