Unit 3: Personality & The Individual In Society Review

Nature v. Nurture is a major debate in the world of personality. Sofalse or true? Nature is the idea of personality being based on biological traits while nurture is based on your surroundings.

• False

• True

Aptitude, or the ability to learn a new skill would fit with what personality factor?

• Hereditary Traits

• Birth Order

• Parental Characteristics

• Cultural Environment

Personality can be based on the order you were ____ in. Particularly if you have siblings.

The characteristics of the parent can influence a child's personality. What can also influence the child's personality based on their parents that we discussed in class?

• If the grandparents are still alive

• The jobs that the parents have

• If the parents are still together or divorced

• Age difference between parents and the child

The ______ that a culture holds can influence the personality of the people living in it.

Which statement fits with socialization the best?

• Enforcement through punishment of the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of society.

• Process through which people learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of society.

• Process through which people learn the cultural beliefs of another culture that they have not always been a part of.

• Process through which people learn the basics of sociology because it is such a great class!

Your sense of ____ is what sets you apart from others and society, and makes you unique.

What is the idea of the tabula rasa in terms of how socialization happens?

• You take on the role others and anticipate their actions

• You mimic the actions of others

• We are born as blank slates.

• We view ourselves based on how we think others view us

Who developed the theory of tabula rasa?

• Charles Cooley

• George Herbert Mead

• Ryan Moretz

• John Locke

The Looking-_____ Self is the idea that we become socialized by viewing ourselves based on how we think we appear to others.