Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

"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?

Accepted Answer

A)  that children should learn responsibility 
B)  that play is an important socialization tool 
C)  the gendered division of labour 
D)  that girls and boys are equal

Question 3

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  children under 12 
B)  adolescents 
C)  adults 
D)  seniors

Question 4

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  social class bias 
B)  self-fulfilling prophecy 
C)  unethical practice of authority 
D)  reverse discrimination

Question 5

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  looking-glass self 
B)  taking the role of the other 
C)  culture of thin 
D)  self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A)  global communities 
B)  virtual communities 
C)  computer-mediated communities 
D)  deep net communities

Question 8

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  anticipatory socialization 
B)  resocialization 
C)  adult socialization 
D)  secondary socialization

Question 9

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  play 
B)  sensorimotor 
C)  imitation 
D)  game

Question 10

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ryan has more status than John. 
B)  Ryan has less status than John. 
C)  Ryan and John have equal status. 
D)  Ryan has a status but John does not have a status.

Question 11

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  looking-glass self 
B)  generalized other 
C)  role of the other 
D)  walk in my moccasins

Question 12

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  resocialization 
B)  secondary socialization 
C)  adult socialization 
D)  anticipatory socialization

Question 13

What are the four main agents of socialization?

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Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Matthew effect 
B)  Thomas theorem 
C)  Jevon's paradox 
D)  self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 17

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Who coined the concept of the looking-glass self?

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Horton Cooley 
B)  Talcott Parsons 
C)  Margaret Mead 
D)  George Herbert Mead

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A)  play stage 
B)  copy stage 
C)  imitative stage 
D)  game stage

Question 20

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?

Accepted Answer

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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?

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?

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?