Exam 4: Socialization

The last residential school for Canadian Aboriginal children closed in 1956.

"Jack,will you please clear the table while your sister takes out the garbage? You can both play when these chores are done." Which social norm is this parent is trying to socialize these children to break?

Friends accused Sandra of being too dedicated to her daily responsibilities,thereby making everyone else look bad.As a result,she has decided to intentionally make mistakes and fall behind on her work in order to fit in better with the others.If this is a statement about Sandra's socialization priorities,which demographic group does she most likely belong to?

Rosenthal and Jacobson found that when teachers treated students as if they were intellectual bloomers,the students became high achievers.What is this process known as?

Although she has a model-thin body,Janine believes that everyone around her considers her to be overweight.As a result,she drastically cuts her food consumption,and when she does eat,she makes herself vomit in order to purge the calories.Which concept best describes Janine's behaviour?

Significant others are of central importance in the development of the self.

What term refers to associations of people,scattered across the country or the world,who interact via the computer on subjects of mutual interest?

A Grade 11 girl signs up for a co-op program at school and chooses an opportunity to work at a pharmacy as part of her studies.Which term best characterizes this experience?

Ella is almost two years old.Her mother is cleaning the windows in the living room.Ella grabs a towel and begins wiping the windows with her mother.According to George Herbert Mead,what stage in the development of taking the role of the other is Ella displaying?

John loves spending time with Ryan because he is so much fun and they do things John would never do with his family.As a peer-group socializing agent,what status does Ryan have in comparison to John?

What is Mead's term for the widespread and shared set of cultural norms and values used in self-evaluation and developing concepts of the self?

A young Marine manned a helicopter machine gun during the Vietnam War and indiscriminately shot women and children in rice paddies.When asked at his court martial how he could shoot women and children,he simply replied,"It's what I am trained to do." Which socialization process best explains his emotional detachment?

What are the four main agents of socialization?

What ripple effects are being experienced in Aboriginal communities as a result of the residential school system implemented by the Canadian government?

High school graduation,university convocation,a wedding ceremony,and a funeral are all examples of rites of passage.

"Situations we define as real become real in their consequences." What is this statement known as?

For George Herbert Mead,the "me" is the subjective side of the self and the "I" is the objective side,learned in the course of social interaction.

Who coined the concept of the looking-glass self?

According to George Herbert Mead,which term refers to the stage in which children act out behaviour without understanding it?

Describe Cooley's looking-glass-self theory and provide examples from your personal experiences or those of your friends and family.Who are your mirrors,and why?