Socialization Test

What do sociologists call a continuing process whereby individuals acquire personal identities and learn the norms, values, behaviors, and social skills appropriate to his or her social position?

• sociology
• socialization
• culture
• a mouth full

The “nature” argument suggests that people socialize and behave in certain ways because of 

• the way they are born
• the way they are raised
• the alignment of the stars
• the cultural expectations of the society

The “nuture” argument suggests that people socialize and behave in certain ways because of 

• the way they are born
• the way they are raised
• the alignment of the stars
• the cultural expectations of the society

The “Genie” documentary demonstrated that 

• long-term social isolation leads to permanent damage 
• short-term social isolation leads to permanent damage
• long-term social isolation does not lead to permanent damage
• short-term social isolation does not lead to permanent damage

Which agent of socialization has the most impact on our development?

• Education
• Family
• Mass Media
• Peer Groups

Breaking with past experiences and learning new values and mores

• Resocialization
• Internalization
• Socialization
• Assimilation

Does the study of feral children support the nature side or the nurture side of the nature vs. nurture argument?

• Nature
• Nurture

What did Mead call the part of the self that is creative, unpredictable, and spontaneous?

• the role-taking self
• the “me”
• the “I”
• the generalized self

___________ views socialization as a way of teaching the child his or her social class and therefore maintaining the status quo.

• Functionalism
• Conflict theory
• Symbolic interactionism
• Role-taking theory

Role taking allows people to

• practice for our role in life.
• imagine that they act alone without the input of other people.
• see themselves as other people see them.
• skip the imitation stage of socialization.