Sociology Chapter 4 Test

Sometimes it is impossible to reverse the effects of prolonged isolation, even with the help of dedicated specialists.

• True
• False

People who shape themselves to fit what they think a group wants them to be show a need for

• an accurate sense of self
• peer acceptance
• rebellion against their friends and family
• individuality

An image of ourselves based on imagining how we appear to others is called

• the generalized other.
• nature versus nurture.
• the looking-glass self.
• restrictive behavior.

Inherited genetic characteristics versus environment and social learning is also called

• achievement versus failure.
• nature versus nurture
• resocialization versus instinct
• looking-glass self versus generalized other

Philosopher who believed that people are born without personalities

• John Locke
• Rene Spitz
• George H. Mead
• John B. Watson

Studied the effects of institutionalization on infants

• Charles H. Cooley
• Rene Spitz
• George H. Mead
• Ivan Pavlov

A break with past experiences and the learning of new values and norms is called

• resocialization.
• role-taking.
• instinct.
• sociobiology.

The most important agent of socialization in almost every society is

• the mass media
• the family
• an accurate sense of self
• school

Raised without the influence of a cultural environment

• feral
• instinct
• me
• generalized other

Part of self that is aware of the expectations and attitudes of society

• instinct
• I
• generalized other
• me