Socialization

What do sociologists call a continuing process whereby individuals acquire personal identities and learn the norms, values, behaviors, and social skills appropriate to his or her social position?

• sociology
• socialization
• culture
• a mouth full

Which agent of socialization has the most impact on our development?

• Education
• Family
• Mass Media
• Peer Groups

Breaking with past experiences and learning new values and mores

• Resocialization
• Internalization
• Socialization
• Assimilation

Which of the following is an example of a total institution?

• a day camp
• a prison
• a public university
• a hospital emergency room

Which of the following are NOT an agent of socialization?

• family
• peers
• school
• food

Individuals of roughly the same age and with similar interests are often a

• peer group

• hidden curriculum

• play stage

• socialization

The four primary agents of socialization in the U.S. are

• family, work, religion, peers
• school, parents, heredity, culture
• family, school, peer group, mass media
• mass media, family, school, culture 

Which of the following is NOT an example of a total institution?

• Prison
• Mental Institute
• Military boot-camp
• Public library

Which term refers to the cultural learning you experience as a child?

• Agents of Socialization
• Primary Socialization
• Socialization
• Resocialization

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

• resocialization

• total institution

• agents of socialization

• heredity