Question 1

Research has shown that children who veer away from the culturally prescribed expectations of gender roles find that their peers act as

Accepted Answer

A)   buffers between those children and their families.
B)   a source of encouragement to explore concepts of gender.
C)   resources to demonstrate the right way for each gender to behave.
D)   "gender police" to reel them back in. D

Question 2

Which of the following is characteristic of primary groups?

Accepted Answer

A)   They are large and impersonal.
B)   They are formally organized.
C)   They are task-oriented.
D)   They are informal and long-lasting. D

Question 3

According to Nilsen, the military found it necessary to _____ in order to preserve new recruits' sense of masculinity.

Accepted Answer

A)   change the names of jobs considered to be "women's work"
B)   assign "men's work" only to male recruits and "women's work" to female recruits
C)   increase practice with automatic weapons
D)   exempt men from serving in the same branches of the military as women A

Question 4

While children are born with human genes, they require _____ to become fully human.

Accepted Answer

A)   innate traits
B)   evolution
C)   self-awareness
D)   social contact

Question 5

When Douglas started first grade, he did not like school as much as preschool because he was expected to do the same thing at the same time as the other children. But soon, he was raising his hand and waiting for his turn to talk, just like everyone else. This is because school is a place where students learn to function in the larger society by learning

Accepted Answer

A)   individuality is only for very young children and that maturity equals conformity.
B)   the formal prescriptions of society and that to get along one must go along.
C)   good people are always cooperative and do as they are told.
D)   failing to comply with school rules will result in a note in their permanent records that will follow them for the rest of their lives.

Question 6

An overprotective parent who hovers over his or her child at every stage of development is often called a(n) _____ parent.

Accepted Answer

A)   active
B)   helicopter
C)   trainwreck
D)   super

Question 7

Whereas the formal curriculum in schools teaches subjects such as math and English, the _____ teaches students the society's expectations regarding behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)   hidden curriculum
B)   Core Curriculum
C)   faculty
D)   coaching staff

Question 8

Which social theorist noted that children will adopt behaviors that result in outcomes they value?

Accepted Answer

A)   Sigmund Freud
B)   Charles H. Cooley
C)   Albert Bandura
D)   George Herbert Mead

Question 9

Which statement most accurately sums up Cooley's idea of the looking-glass self?

Accepted Answer

A)   I am what I think I am.
B)   I am what you think I am.
C)   I am what I am.
D)   I am what I think you think I am.

Question 10

Which term was used by George Herbert Mead to mean the pressures and expectations of parents, friends, and society?

Accepted Answer

A)   Generalized other
B)   Internalization
C)   Socialization
D)   Secondary group

Question 11

According to Dubow et al., "what children observe through _____ window on the world alters their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors."

Accepted Answer

A)   the mass media's
B)   their family's
C)   the school's
D)   their peers'

Question 12

Which theorist advanced the theory of the "looking glass self"?

Accepted Answer

A)   Sigmund Freud
B)   Charles H. Cooley
C)   Albert Bandura
D)   George Herbert Mead

Question 13

At approximately what age do children enter the "play stage," according to Mead, in which they pretend to be people in different roles, such as mothers, teachers, doctors, or police officers?

Accepted Answer

A)   Ages 1-4
B)   Ages 4-7
C)   Ages 7-10
D)   Ages 10-12

Question 14

Freud's term for the rational part of the personality that controls basic urges and finds realistic ways of satisfying biological cravings is

Accepted Answer

A)   id.
B)   ego.
C)   superego.
D)   morals.

Question 15

Which of the following is the primary agent of socialization for an individual?

Accepted Answer

A)   Media
B)   Peers
C)   School
D)   Family

Question 16

Compared to primary groups, secondary groups are

Accepted Answer

A)   smaller and more personal.
B)   larger and more impersonal.
C)   more informal and long-lasting.
D)   more influential in terms of socialization.

Question 17

Stories abound of children who were raised by animals, but these accounts should be

Accepted Answer

A)   understood in the context of history.
B)   treated with skepticism.
C)   considered isolated incidents with no bearing on socialization.
D)   a touchstone in the study of socialization and humanity.

Question 18

Which of the following represents the psychoanalytic view of socialization?

Accepted Answer

A)   Sigmund Freud
B)   Charles H. Cooley
C)   Albert Bandura
D)   George Herbert Mead

Question 19

Which of the following would be an example of a primary group?

Accepted Answer

A)   Nuclear family
B)   Scout troop
C)   Large university class
D)   Group of commuters on the highway

Question 20

_____ is the process of learning cultural values, norms, and expectations.

Accepted Answer

A)   Belief systems
B)   Culturization
C)   Aculturalization
D)   Socialization

Exam 4: Socialization

Research has shown that children who veer away from the culturally prescribed expectations of gender roles find that their peers act as

Which of the following is characteristic of primary groups?

According to Nilsen, the military found it necessary to _____ in order to preserve new recruits' sense of masculinity.

While children are born with human genes, they require _____ to become fully human.

An overprotective parent who hovers over his or her child at every stage of development is often called a(n) _____ parent.

Whereas the formal curriculum in schools teaches subjects such as math and English, the _____ teaches students the society's expectations regarding behavior.

Which social theorist noted that children will adopt behaviors that result in outcomes they value?

Which statement most accurately sums up Cooley's idea of the looking-glass self?

Which term was used by George Herbert Mead to mean the pressures and expectations of parents, friends, and society?

According to Dubow et al., "what children observe through _____ window on the world alters their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors."

Which theorist advanced the theory of the "looking glass self"?

At approximately what age do children enter the "play stage," according to Mead, in which they pretend to be people in different roles, such as mothers, teachers, doctors, or police officers?

Freud's term for the rational part of the personality that controls basic urges and finds realistic ways of satisfying biological cravings is

Which of the following is the primary agent of socialization for an individual?

Compared to primary groups, secondary groups are

Stories abound of children who were raised by animals, but these accounts should be

Which of the following represents the psychoanalytic view of socialization?

Which of the following would be an example of a primary group?

_____ is the process of learning cultural values, norms, and expectations.