unit #3 socialization

A child learns how to behave within her family by watching how her parents judge her behavior and then judging herself accordingly. Charles Horton Cooley called this process 

• desocialization.
• resocialization.
• the play stage.
• the looking-glass self.

Why is taking on a “role” important?  

• It allows us to determine who our important family members are.
• It allows us to view ourselves through someone else’s eyes.
•  It teaches us skills that protect us later in life.
• It prevents us from considering the thoughts of others.

Our self-concept  

•  allows us to have an image of ourselves that is separate from those around us.
• has little to do with how others see us.
• stays the same throughout our lives.
•  is something we are born with and has nothing to do with the ways others interact with us.

_________________ holds that society exists because it is necessary to teach children to work together to create a stable society.  

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

 Which of the following is one way that religion serves as an agent for socialization?  

• It shows students how to learn more effectively.
•  It evaluates children on the basis of objective standards
• It teaches children morals and beliefs.
• It prevents children from being isolated.

Which of the following is an example of a hidden curriculum at most schools?  

• acting a role in a play
• reading a poem
• learning the rules of a game  
• learning to behave

What did Mead call the part of the self that is created during socialization?   

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

Which of the following is an example of a peer group?   

• students and teachers  
• children and parents  
• classmates and friends  
• players and coaches

___________ 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

Aman is graduating from college and looking forward to his new role in his job as a computer scientist for a large firm. This is an example of  

• resocialization.
• anticipatory socialization.
• the imagination stage.  
• the game stage.