Sociology Unit 2: Culture & Socialization

Which of the following terms means way of life?

• society

• culture

• taboo

• sanction

Which of the following is not a type of norm?

• folkway

• more

• taboo

• sanction

Requiring that all people dress alike and isolating people from outside the group are ways that _____ desocialize members of the group.

• total institutions

• academic institutions

• complete institutions

• normal institutions

Which of the following is part of a school's hidden curriculum?

• knowing the three branches of government

• teaching the different structures of the brain

• teaching cooperation

• learning about the pythagorean theorum

Which of the following would be an example of a total institution?

• school

• job

• church

• prison

Which of the following terms means how we think other people view us?

• self-concept

• self-image

• looking-glass self

• self-respect

Giving a person a standing ovation after a great performance would be an example of a _____.

• positive formal sanction

• negative formal sanction

• positive informal sanction

• negative informal sanction

The things that we find to be desirable in our lives are our _____.

• taboos

• values

• beliefs

• laws

What is socialization?

• a group of people's way of life

• learning how to participate in group life

• how we view ourselves

• rewards or punishments to enforce conformity

How do peer groups function as an agent of socialization?

• help form basic values, beliefs

• teach children to be self-sufficient and develop ties outside the family

• show role models to copy behaviors

• put children in the care of non-relative adults for the first time