Intro To Sociology, Chapter 4
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- 1.The process by which existing social structures and norms are transmitted from generation to generation, providing continuity.
- A.
Acculturation
- B.
Cultural relativity
- C.
Social reproduction
- D.
Socialization
- 2.According to sociologist George Herbert Mead, human beings achieve self-awareness when they learn to ___________.
- A.
Judge between what is right and wrong in their society.
- B.
See themselves through the eyes of others.
- C.
Choose a career they think will fit them.
- D.
Imitate the actions of others.
- 3.What are the stages of Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
- A.
Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
- B.
Preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational, abstract operational
- C.
Sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational, abstract operational
- D.
Option 4
- 4.Social identity refers to:
- A.
The ways in which people understand who they are and what is meaningful to them
- B.
The process of self-development through which people create a unique sense of themselves and their relationship to the world
- C.
The characteristics that other people attribute to an individual
- D.
The process of constant negotiation between an individual's public and private lives that shapes his or her sense of self
- 5.From a sociological perspective, what is a characteristic of human beings that most distinguishes us from other animals?
- A.
Human beings go through a process of socialization, which begins in infancy.
- B.
Human beings tend to pick mates for life, a practice that does not exist among any other animals.
- C.
Human beings are aware that they have a distinct identity that is separate from others.
- D.
Human beings have social roles, a concept that does not exist in the animal kingdom.
- 6.The process through which people learn the values, norms, and social practices of their culture and thus learn how to function as members of that culture:
- A.
Social reproduction
- B.
Socialization
- C.
Cultural universal
- D.
Cognitive development
- 7.Egocentric thinking involves understanding objects and events in the environment solely in terms of the child's own position.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Social roles assigned to each sex and labeled as masculine or feminine are known as sexual identity roles.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Socially defined expectations of an individual in a given status, or social position are known as social roles.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.The learning of language is of vital importance to the processes by which the child learns to become a self-conscious being.
- A.
True
- B.
False