Socialization Chapter

The process by which individuals learns the norms of and how to function in society?

• stratification

• specialization

• socialization

• cultivation

A person's individual identity is the

• self

• family

• other

• nature

Family, school, peers and the media are the

• total institutions

• role strains

• agents of socialization

• role-taking stages

The debate over the impact of biology vs. socialization on behavior is

• media vs. family

• home vs. school

• genes vs. chemicals

• nature vs. nurture

Cooley's idea that we develop a self-concept by imagining how others see us is

• the looking-glass self

• role-taking

• socialization

• generalized other

So called "feral" children who have suffered from extreme social isolation have difficulty

• acquiring meaningful language

• socializing with peers and adults

• forming relationships

• all of the above

The primary (most important) agent of socialization is the

• peers

• school

• media

• family

Ann Lareau labeled the middle class approach to raising children as concerted cultivation and the lower and working class approach as the accomplishment of

• natural growth

• wild growth

• responsible growth

• negligent growth

The microsociological approach that focuses on face-to-face interactions, including words, gestures and personal space is

• Conflict Theory

• Structural Functionalism

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Feminist Theory

Imitation, pretend play and organized games are G.H. Mead's

• agents of socialization

• total institutions

• role-taking stages

• methods of resocialization