Deck 6: A: Socialization and Social Interaction

Question 1

Most sociologists agree that genetics are important to a limited extent in how they influence human behaviour.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Mead's theory of self-development centres upon unconscious instincts and drives.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Most sociologists would agree that in contemporary Western society,mass media is the most significant agent of socialization.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

It is very common for teachers today to perpetuate gender-based stereotypes.

Question 5

Walking through a secondary school you notice that shop class has 14 boys and 2 girls,and home economics has 15 girls and 2 boys.This could be representative of the hidden curriculum.

Question 6

Being exposed to a variety of cultures through travel to exotic locations,visiting art galleries,and speaking multiple languages all give a person cultural capital.

Question 7

The stripping away of an individual's former identity within a total institution is typically both symbolic and literal.

Question 8

Forced resocialization is generally successful in achieving the goal of creating a new and more socially acceptable identity.

Question 9

The most compelling argument to support sociobiology's claims to the importance of genes is what happens when individuals are isolated as children.

Question 10

Most social scientists accept sociobiology and evolutionary theory's assertion that some human behaviour is determined by genetics.

Question 11

Social learning theorists argue that children imitate behaviours and attitudes that they are exposed to.

Question 12

Sociologists agree that women have evolved to have desire for partners who can provide for them and their children.

Question 13

The play stage associated with Mead's understanding of how the self develops involves children taking on the roles of others.

Question 14

According to Mead,the play stage is when children become proficient at taking on multiple roles at once.

Question 15

Statistics show that marriage rates in Canada have steadily increased since the late 1980s.