Social Interaction, Socialization, & Humor

According to Freud, which of the following is the rational, reality-oriented component of personality?

• b. The superego

• a. The ego

• c. The conscience

• d. The id

Why is socialization so important for human beings?

• a. Socialization allows people to challenge societal norms and assert their individualism.

• b. Socialization helps people overcome the biological instincts that drive human behavior.

• c. The content of socialization is the same across cultures and is what unites all societies.

• d. Achieving full human potential requires interaction with others

The process by which a person mentally assumes the role of another person or group in order to understand the world from that person's or group's point of view is called?

• a. role-taking

• c. role-making

• b. role-playing

• d. role conflict

The persons, groups, or institutions that teach us what we need to know in order to participate in society are known as __________.

• a. social influences

• b. a generalized other

• c. agents of socialization

• d. the content of socialization

The functionalist perspective primarily maintains that families

• b. are strongly influenced by social inequalities.

• a. are an important source of secondary socialization.

• d. are essential for the procreation and socialization of children

• c. reaffirm and reproduce existing class structures.

According to sociologists Langhout and Mitchell, which of the following results in minority children being punished disproportionately in schools?

• b. Racial socialization

• a. Social devaluation

• d. The formal education system

• c. A hidden curriculum

What sets peer groups apart from families and schools as agents of socialization?

• a. Peer groups often encourage children to reject cultural norms

• c. Peer groups involve less pressure to conform than do families and schools

• b. Peer groups are the most influential agents of socialization for children.

• d. Peer groups allow children a degree of freedom from authority.

With regard to gender socialization, among African American families, children

• a. are taught more traditional gender roles.

• d. often have "othermothers" who play an important role in their socialization.

• c. are taught that only males hold positions of leadership in the community.

• b. learn to see certain qualities as either strictly male or female.

A fifteen-year-old boy decides that he wants to become a professional chess player. He joins his school chess team, watches videos of chess championships, and joins chess clubs in his locality. This is an example of

• c. anticipatory socialization.

• b. occupational socialization.

• d. reciprocal socialization.

• a. resocialization.

The first step in an involuntary re-socialization process in which individuals are stripped of their former selves through practices such as being denied privacy and being assigned institutional clothing is referred to as

• c. social isolation.

• d. a degradation ceremony.

• b. a rite of passage.

• a. social devaluation.