Exam 4: Socialization,Interaction,and the Self

Many people are afraid of picking up hitchhikers.Imagine that a hitchhiker,to get a ride,makes a suitcase out of a gasoline can so that he looks like he's a stranded motorist rather than a hitchhiker.A sociologist would say that the hitchhiker was working on

How do sociologists define the self?

As children get older,which agent of socialization tends to replace parents as their most intense and immediate influence?

The term "master status" is defined as a

Several cases of children who grew up in extreme social isolation,such as the case of Genie in 1970,suggest that

In 2000,Campbell Soup Company launched an ad campaign that showed prepubescent boys offering soup to prepubescent girls.The girls declined because they were concerned about their calorie intake.The boys explained that "lots of Campbell's soups are low in calories," which made them OK for the girls to eat.The ads were pulled after parents expressed concern.Why were parents worried?

What is resocialization? Give an example of a circumstance that would necessitate resocialization.

Victor of Aveyron was a feral child who wandered out of the woods in 1800 when he was approximately twelve years old.After being reintroduced to human society,Victor was incapable of talking and never fully adjusted to life with other humans.This case shows the importance of

A sociologist observes that kindergartners are not just being taught about arts and crafts.They are also being taught how to be students including how to follow rules,remain in their seats,and other skills that will be necessary for the rest of their education.What are these other things that are taught in kindergarten called?

According to Erving Goffman,people define situations interactionally through expressions of behavior,which are the tools we use to project our definition of a situation to one another.Explain what Goffman means by expressions given and expressions given off.

Who argued that the personality passes through four distinct psychosexual stages of development?

Read the quote from Freud below,which describes a part of the mind as he theorized it. It is the dark,inaccessible part of our personality,what little we know of it we have learnt from our study of the dream-work and of the construction of neurotic symptoms.. . .We all approach [it] with analogies: we call it a chaos,a cauldron full of seething excitations. Which part of the mind was he talking about?

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

The University of California,Santa Barbara,is located near the Pacific Ocean and many students live within walking distance to the beach.Although the students feel that it's perfectly normal to wear a bathing suit while at the beach,most of them put on a cover-up or wrap themselves in a towel to make the short walk back to their apartments.This is because the beach,unlike the street,is a(n)________ where wearing nothing but a bathing suit is considered normal and acceptable.

A woman is hired at a restaurant.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 the waitress's

Agents of socialization are mutually exclusive and do not overlap.

Why does the family have such a powerful impact as an agent of socialization?

The nature vs.nurture debate helps us understand

One of the most striking contrasts in restaurants is between the demeanor of cooks and that of servers.Servers are paid to be nice,pleasant,and courteous.Cooks,on the other hand,are usually not required to act this way.The part of a server's job that does not apply to a cook is called

Which of the following is an example of resocialization?