Question 1

What do sociologists call the process by which people learn norms, role expectations and skills?

Accepted Answer

A)   Networking
B)   Socialization
C)   Secondary socialization
D)   Anticipatory socialization B

Question 2

Define socialization. How can you apply the structure/agency thinking frame to it?

Accepted Answer

Socialization is a lifelong process of learning norms, role expectations, and skills, in order to become a functional individual in a social world.
Agents of socialization are people and organizations that exert socializing influences, but the process is not unidirectional: individuals actively interpret, negotiate and resist socializing messages.
The structure/agency thinking frame allows us to ask questions about the relative power of agents of socialization (e.g. why do gender roles change little from generation to generation?) and socialized individuals (e.g. why do children socialized in similar ways come to do gender in different ways?).

Question 3

Sexism is a belief system supported by the following system of social inequality:

Accepted Answer

A)   matriarchy
B)   patriarchy
C)   matrilinearity
D)   patrilinearity B

Question 4

Ten-year old Tiffany's working-class parents have saved to buy her a miniature dirt bike and pay for membership at a track. Which of the following parenting strategies have her parents exhibited?

Accepted Answer

A)   Gender socialization
B)   Concerted cultivation
C)   Symbolic indulgence
D)   Consumer restraint

Question 5

Define gender policing. Is this concept compatible with the essentialist view of gender? Why?

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Question 6

Research has discovered the following about poor African American girls, who only have access to white dolls:

Accepted Answer

A)   they refuse to play with white dolls
B)   they style the dolls' hair into African American styles
C)   they grow up to accept racial inequality
D)   they grow up to challenge racial inequality

Question 7

West and Zimmerman's idea of "doing gender" emphasizes the following aspect of social life:

Accepted Answer

A)   structure
B)   agency
C)   material
D)   cultural

Question 8

Which of the following is a factor contributing to the increasing consumption of toys in our society?

Accepted Answer

A)   Low-cost production
B)   Environmental awareness.
C)   Children's consumer sovereignty.
D)   Parental consumer sovereignty.

Question 9

Which of the following is a characteristic of patriarchy?

Accepted Answer

A)   Biological basis
B)   Universal acceptance
C)   Stability over time
D)   Inequality

Question 10

Define excess consumption. What factors contribute to excessive consumption of toys in our society?

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Question 11

Biology is to sex as society is to:

Accepted Answer

A)   gender
B)   transsexuality
C)   transgender
D)   heteronormativity

Question 12

Research has discovered that middle-class parents purchase toys with the intention of developing children's:

Accepted Answer

A)   intelligence
B)   marriage potential
C)   knowledge of finances
D)   cultural capital

Question 13

Summarize the main changes in gender division of toys and toy advertising in North America during the 20th century. What important lesson about gender can we learn from these changes?

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Question 14

What is the importance of toys for gender socialization?

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Question 15

How do middle-class and working-class parents, respectively, use toy purchases in socializing their children?

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Question 16

The textbook shows that the quantity of mozzarella cheese eaten by Americans and the number of civil engineering doctorates awarded in the U.S. have been changing in a similar way over the past few decades. What is this relationship between mozzarella consumption and the number of doctorates called?

Accepted Answer

A)   Independence
B)   Interdependence
C)   Correlation
D)   Causation

Question 17

Which of the following is correct about the gender binary?

Accepted Answer

A)   It has been abandoned in all modern societies.
B)   It is present and enforced in all societies.
C)   It is based on biological fact.
D)   It is ideological.

Question 18

How do poor children gain acceptance in a group of more affluent ones?

Accepted Answer

A)   By owning at least one expensive toy
B)   By showing knowledge of desirable toys
C)   By owning unique hand-made toys
D)   By doing gender conventionally.

Exam 7: Barbies and Monster Trucks: Socialization and Doing Gender