Sociology 3
- 1.
From the cases of institutionalized children, it is possible to conclude that:
- A.
Humans have no natural language
- B.
Social interaction is important for humans to establish close bonds with others
- C.
It is impossible for a person who has been isolated to progress through normal learning stages
- D.
All of the above
Correct Answer
B. Social interaction is important for humans to establish close bonds with others -
- 2.
The looking-glass self includes:
- A.
Imagining how we appear to those around us
- B.
Interpreting others' reaction to us
- C.
Developinga self-concept
- D.
All of the above
Correct Answer
D. All of the above -
- 3.
All of the following statements about Cooley's theory of the development of self are correct except:
- A.
The development of self is an ongoing, lifelong process
- B.
We move beyond the looking-glass self as we mature
- C.
The process of the looking-glass self applies to old age
- D.
The self is always in process
Correct Answer
B. We move beyond the looking-glass self as we mature -
- 4.
Taking the role of the other means to:
- A.
Put ourselves in someone else's shoes
- B.
Take a role away from someone
- C.
Develop self-esteem
- D.
Reach the play stage
Correct Answer
A. Put ourselves in someone else's shoes -
- 5.
According to George Herbert Mead which of the following is not one of the three stages in learning to take the role of the generalized other?
- A.
Imitation
- B.
Transition
- C.
Play
- D.
Game
Correct Answer
B. Transition -
- 6.
The stage of learning to take the role of the other, which generally takes place from three to six years of age, is:
- A.
The play stage
- B.
The games stage
- C.
The imitation stage
- D.
The sensorimotor stage
Correct Answer
A. The play stage -
- 7.
According to Jean Piaget, children develop the ability to use symbols during the __________ stage.
- A.
Sensormotor
- B.
Preoperational
- C.
Concrete operational
- D.
Formal operational
Correct Answer
B. Preoperational -
- 8.
In Piaget's formal operational stage children are:
- A.
Capable of abstract thinking
- B.
Capable of only taking the role of the other
- C.
Capable of only using symbols
- D.
Capable of understanding numbers
Correct Answer
A. Capable of abstract thinking -
- 9.
Freud's term for a balancing force between the inborn drives for self-gratification and the demands of society is the:
- A.
Id
- B.
Superego
- C.
Ego
- D.
Libido
Correct Answer
C. Ego -
- 10.
Paul Ekman found that everyone in the world experiences six basic:
- A.
Beliefs
- B.
Values
- C.
Emotions
- D.
Folkways
Correct Answer
C. Emotions -
- 11.
_________ not only leads to different ways of expressing emotions, but even affects what we feel.
- A.
Language
- B.
Socialization
- C.
Culture
- D.
Religion
Correct Answer
B. Socialization -
- 12.
The result of being socialized into a self and emotions sets up effective _____ over our behavior.
- A.
Controls
- B.
Laws
- C.
Agents
- D.
Customs
Correct Answer
A. Controls -
- 13.
Usually, the significant others who first teach us our part in the gender-division of the world are:
- A.
Our peers
- B.
Our parents
- C.
Our teachers
- D.
Our televisions
Correct Answer
B. Our parents -
- 14.
People and groups that influence our self-concept, emotions, attitudes, and behavior are:
- A.
Likely to be in single-parent households
- B.
Generalized others
- C.
Agents of socialization
- D.
Primarily passive influences
Correct Answer
C. Agents of socialization -
- 15.
According to sociologist Melvin Kohn, middle-class parents try to develop their children's:
- A.
Outward conformity
- B.
Level of obedience, neatness, and cleanliness
- C.
Curiosity, self-expression, and self-control
- D.
All of the above
Correct Answer
C. Curiosity, self-expression, and self-control -
- 16.
When we examine influences of religion, approximately how many Americans belong to a local congregation?
- A.
Ten percent
- B.
Sixty-five percent
- C.
One-hundred percent
- D.
Thirty percent
Correct Answer
B. Sixty-five percent -
- 17.
A National Institute of Child Health and Human Development study on kindergarten children indicated that:
- A.
Time spent in kindergarten has little effect on cooperation with others
- B.
Time spent in kindergarten has no effect on the bonds with their mothers
- C.
Time spent in kindergarten negatively affects bonds with their mothers and cooperation with others
- D.
Time spent in kindergarten has negative effects only because of the quality of the time spent in day care and the level of social class
Correct Answer
C. Time spent in kindergarten negatively affects bonds with their mothers and cooperation with others -
- 18.
According to a study by Adler & Adler, the norms that made boys popular in elementary school include all except:
- A.
Athletic ability
- B.
Family background
- C.
Coolness
- D.
Toughness
Correct Answer
B. Family background -
- 19.
__________ socialization is learning to play a role before entering it.
- A.
Total
- B.
Childhood
- C.
Workplace
- D.
Anticipatory
Correct Answer
D. Anticipatory -
- 20.
In a highly patriarchal society, women "socially" become men for:
- A.
Biological reasons
- B.
Developmental socialization
- C.
Mature socialization
- D.
Practical reasons
Correct Answer
D. Practical reasons -
- 21.
Total institutions:
- A.
Is a term coined by Harold Garfinkel
- B.
Exist primarily in societies with totalitarian governments
- C.
Are places in which people are cut off from the rest of society and are almost toally controlledby the officials who run the place
- D.
All of the above
Correct Answer
C. Are places in which people are cut off from the rest of society and are almost toally controlledby the officials who run the place -
- 22.
The stages that we all go through in life are called the:
- A.
Birth to death sequence
- B.
Life course
- C.
Life stages
- D.
Birth to death stages
Correct Answer
B. Life course -
- 23.
Everyone's childhood occurs atsome pointinhistory, and is embedded in:
- A.
Particular social locations
- B.
Social class
- C.
Gender
- D.
All of the above
Correct Answer
D. All of the above -
- 24.
The sandwich generation experience is most likely to occus in the United States during:
- A.
The early middle years
- B.
The older years
- C.
Young adulthood
- D.
The later middle years
Correct Answer
D. The later middle years -
- 25.
Given recent socail changes that have taken place within the United States, which of the following groups are particularly challenged by the early middle years stage of the life course?
- A.
Generation X
- B.
Women
- C.
Baby boomers
- D.
Men
Correct Answer
B. Women -
- 26.
For many aging people, the most comfortable period in their lives is:
- A.
The older years
- B.
The later middle years
- C.
Young adulthood
- D.
The early middle years
Correct Answer
B. The later middle years -
- 27.
With the change from agricultural societies to industrialized societies, what used to be thought of as old age (40) has stretched out to include a new stage of life beginning around 63. This stage is:
- A.
The later middle years
- B.
The pre-retirement years
- C.
The post-retirement years
- D.
The transitional older years
Correct Answer
D. The transitional older years -
- 28.
Increasingly during the last stage of life, people begin to contemplate:
- A.
Death
- B.
Retirement
- C.
Taking care of grandchildren
- D.
Loss of physical ability
Correct Answer
A. Death -
- 29.
What is it that prevents us from being prisoners of socialization?
- A.
Our culture
- B.
Our education
- C.
Our self
- D.
Our families
Correct Answer
C. Our self -
- 30.
Each of us is actively involved in the construction of the:
- A.
Mind
- B.
Self
- C.
Norms of society
- D.
Id and the ego
Correct Answer
B. Self -
- 31.
Studies of both isolated and institutionalized children demonstrate that some of the characteristics that we take for granted as being "human" traits result from our basic instincts.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 32.
Studies of monkeys suggest that animals do not react in smiliar ways to humans when isolated.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 33.
Socialization is the process by which we learn the ways of society, or all particular groups.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 34.
George H. Mead introduced the concept of the generalized other to sociology.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 35.
According to Cooley, the development of the self is essentially completed by adolescence.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 36.
Mead thought that play is crucial to the development of the self.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 37.
According to Mead, from the ages of about three to six, children can only mimic others.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 38.
The I is the self as subject.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 39.
Piaget used the term "operational" to mean the ability to reason.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 40.
During Piaget's preoperational stage, a child'sunderstanding is limited to direct contact with the environment.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 41.
The technique of psychoanalysis was founded by Piaget and Freud.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 42.
Freud assumed that to be male is normal.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 43.
Each culture has norms of emotion that demand conformity.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 44.
Our social mirror sets up effective controls over our behavior.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 45.
Sociologists Melvin Kohn found that the main concern of middle-class parents is their children's outward conformity.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 46.
The Adler study found that athletic ability helped make boys popular.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 47.
Anticipatory socialization involves learning to play a role before actually taking on that role.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 48.
A person, who was married but is now divorced and single will experience the process of resocialization.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 49.
Total institutions rarely encourage degradation ceremonies.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 50.
Industrialization brought with it a delay in the onset of old age.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
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