Exam 5: A: Socialization

A cohort is a category of people with something important in common,usually their age.

What we know of the later lives of the socially isolated children squares with the finding of the Harlows in their research.

Industrialization brings with it a rise in the social standing of old people.

Socialization within the family is always intentional.

Anticipatory socialization refers to trying to avoid unpleasant social experiences.

Of all social institutions,the family has the greatest impact on socialization.

Cooley's term for self-image based on how we think others see us is "mirrored image".

Psychologist John B.Watson claimed that specific patterns of behavior are not instinctive,but learned.

According to Jean Piaget,language and other symbols are first used in the preoperational stage.

The "id" in Freud's work represents the human being's basic needs,which are unconscious and demand immediate satisfaction.

Childhood and other stages of the life course are defined in much the same way in all societies.

While many researchers have studied outward behavior,George Herbert Mead focused on symbolic meaning-specifically the meaning people attach to behavior.

Mass media is the means for delivering impersonal communication to a vast audience.

During adolescence,the family's influence on children virtually stops.

Every stage of life is socially constructed in ways that vary from society to society.

Members of a peer group share common interests,social position,and a similar age.

Even years of social isolation in infancy may not cause permanent and irreversible developmental damage.

The Harlow studies found that six months of social isolation was sufficient to permanently damage infant rhesus monkeys.

Erik H.Erikson emphasized that almost all important socialization takes place in childhood.

As the proportion of women and men in old age increases,we can expect Canadian culture to become more comfortable with the reality of death.