Question 1

George Herbert Mead focused not on people's actions so much as on their underlying intentions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

According to Erving Goffman, the goal of a total institution is

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A)   to encourage lifelong learning in a supervised context.
B)   to radically alter a person's personality or behavior.
C)   to give a person greater choices about how to live.
D)   to help integrate a troubled patient into the outside world.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Looking at childhood in global perspective, we find that

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A)   biological immaturity is the main factor that defines childhood.
B)   poor societies extend childhood much longer than rich societies do.
C)   rich societies extend childhood much longer than poor societies do.
D)   childhood is a time of play and learning everywhere.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 4

People who grew up during the 1930s Great Depression would correctly be called a

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A)   counterculture.
B)   cohort.
C)   subculture.
D)   social group.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Carol Gilligan extended Lawrence Kohlberg's research, showing that

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A)   girls develop a "justice perspective."
B)   boys develop a "care and responsibility perspective."
C)   girls and boys typically use different standards in assessing situations as right and wrong.
D)   the ability to assess situations as right and wrong typically develops only as young people enter the teenage years.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

In the United States, school children spend about 6 and one-half hours a day in front of video screens, which is about as much time as they spend in school.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Jean Piaget called the level of development at which individuals first use language and other cultural symbols the

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A)   sensorimotor stage.
B)   preoperational stage.
C)   concrete operational stage.
D)   formal operational stage.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 8

A cohort is a category of people with a common characteristic, usually their age.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following concepts refers to an individual person's fairly consistent pattern of acting, thinking, and feeling?

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A)   personality
B)   human nature
C)   behavior
D)   socializationE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

The tragic case of Anna shows how human beings can eventually overcome the effects of severe social isolation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A peer group is a social group whose members share common interests, social position, and a similar age.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Socialization takes place entirely in childhood.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The focus of Lawrence Kohlberg's research was

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A)   moral reasoning.
B)   the importance of gender in socialization.
C)   cognitive development.
D)   social isolation.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 14

A college is a good example of a total institution.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

On the basis of Melvin Kohn's study of what parents expect of their children, we would expect low- income parents to show the greatest concern when their child

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A)   is given a tardy slip at school.
B)   is told what to draw during free art time.
C)   conforms to school expectations.
D)   is very popular with other students at school.  E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 16

Applying Freud's thinking to a sociological analysis of personality development, you would conclude that

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A)   human behavior is basically random.
B)   culture demands that people become more self-centered.
C)   humans have self-centered drives that must be controlled by learning the ways of society.
D)   many humans never manage to learn culture.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C) C

Question 17

What we know of the later lives of socially isolated children squares with the finding of the Harlows in their laboratory research with rhesus monkeys.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 18

Which of the following statements comes closest to describing Erik H. Erikson's view of socialization?

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A)   Personality involves tensions between the forces of biology and forces of culture.
B)   Personality develops over the entire life course in patterned stages.
C)   We come to see ourselves as we think others see us.
D)   Most of our personality development takes place during childhood.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above B

Question 19

Mead's concepts of the "I" and the "me" are basically the same as Freud's concepts of the "id" and the“superego.”

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The focus of Lawrence Kohlberg" research was

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A)   moral reasoning.
B)   cognition.
C)   the importance of gender in socialization.
D)   the generalized other.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Exam 3: Socialization: From Infancy to Old Age

George Herbert Mead focused not on people's actions so much as on their underlying intentions.

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According to Erving Goffman, the goal of a total institution is

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Looking at childhood in global perspective, we find that

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People who grew up during the 1930s Great Depression would correctly be called a

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Carol Gilligan extended Lawrence Kohlberg's research, showing that

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In the United States, school children spend about 6 and one-half hours a day in front of video screens, which is about as much time as they spend in school.

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Jean Piaget called the level of development at which individuals first use language and other cultural symbols the

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A cohort is a category of people with a common characteristic, usually their age.

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Which of the following concepts refers to an individual person's fairly consistent pattern of acting, thinking, and feeling?

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The tragic case of Anna shows how human beings can eventually overcome the effects of severe social isolation.

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A peer group is a social group whose members share common interests, social position, and a similar age.

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Socialization takes place entirely in childhood.

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The focus of Lawrence Kohlberg's research was

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A college is a good example of a total institution.

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On the basis of Melvin Kohn's study of what parents expect of their children, we would expect low- income parents to show the greatest concern when their child

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Applying Freud's thinking to a sociological analysis of personality development, you would conclude that

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What we know of the later lives of socially isolated children squares with the finding of the Harlows in their laboratory research with rhesus monkeys.

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Which of the following statements comes closest to describing Erik H. Erikson's view of socialization?

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Mead's concepts of the "I" and the "me" are basically the same as Freud's concepts of the "id" and the“superego.”

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The focus of Lawrence Kohlberg" research was

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