ch. 4 Intro to Sociology

Those characteristics that identify us, such as our individual attitudes, beliefs, and values, make up our

• intelligence

• role taking

• personality

• significant others

You want to do research on the effects of a weight lifting program on a group of high school students. You divide the in half; one half performs the program three times a week, the second group continues on with their normal routine. The group performing the weight lifting program is the ______________ group.

• socialized

• control

• experimental

• functional

In question # 2, the group that continues on with their normal routine is the ___________________ group

• socialized

• control

• experimental

• functional

Which of following best describes the results of Harry Harlow's research on rhesus monkeys?

• The monkeys nearly always stayed with the wire mother because it was the one with food

• The monkeys starved to death because they stayed with the terrycloth-covered mother and did not go to the wire mother who had food

• The monkeys primarily stayed with the terry-cloth -covered mother, only going to the wire monkey for food

• The monkeys showed no preference for one mother over the other

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

• Functionalism

• Conflict perspective theory

• symbolic interactionism

• role taking theory

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

• Functionalism

• Conflict perspective theory

• symbolic interactionism

• role taking theory

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 throughout our lives

• is something we are born with and has nothing to do with the ways others interact with us

Which of the following is NOT one of the concepts that is important in symbolic interactionism

• significant others

• looking-glass self

• maintaining a status quo

• the self concept

Functionalism states that network television is a force for stability because

• it functions as a looking - glass self

• everyone is exposed to the same shared beliefs and values

• those people whose opinions are expressed on television exert power over the community, helping to institute change

• it encourages the sharing of different social and political views

Which of following is NOT an example of a hidden curriculum at most schools

• to cooperate with classmates

• to take turns when playing games

• to be a good sport when losing a game

• to be able to perform arithmetic