Socialization

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

• Education
• Family
• Mass Media
• Peer Groups

unofficial aspects of culture that children are taught in school

• hidden curriculum
• rites of passage
• role taking
• peer group

individuals of roughly the same age and with similar interests

• peer group
• hidden curriculum
• play stage
• socialization

Which of the following is an example of a peer group?

• students and teachers
• children and parents
• classmates and friends
• players and coaches

Which of the following is generally the first agent of socialization for most people?

• family
• mass media
• religion
• medicine

Breaking with past experiences and learning new values and mores

• Resocialization
• Internalization
• Socialization
• Assimilation

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

Socialization, as a sociological term, describes:

• how people interact during social situations

• how people learn societal norms, beliefs, and values

• a person’s internal mental state when in a group setting

• the difference between introverts and extroverts

The Harlows’ study on rhesus monkeys showed that:

• rhesus monkeys raised by other primate species are poorly socialized

• monkeys can be adequately socialized by imitating humans

• food is more important than social comfort

• social comfort is more important than food