Sociology Mid term exam 2

_____ is the process by which people learn their culture.

• Transculturation

• Intercultural communication

• Socialization

• Cross-cultural communication

According to the _____ theory, individuals use the perceptions that others have of them to develop judgments and feelings about themselves.

• taking the role of the other

• cognitive development

• moral development

• looking-glass self

_____ is the term for parents and other important individuals in the lives of children.

• Significant others

• imaginary friends

• generalized others

• dependents

_____ occurs through four stages, the final stage of it being the formal operational stage.

• cognitive development

• taking the role of the other

• looking glass self

• moral development

In moral development, while boys tend to use formal rules to decide what is right or wrong, girls tend to take _____ into account.

• individual behaviors

• societal norms

• personal relationships

• religious beliefs

In Erikson’s theory of identity development, the fifth stage occurs in adolescence and is especially critical because teenagers often experience a(n) _____ as they move from childhood to adulthood.

• identity diffusion

• emotional withdrawal

• lack of friendships

• identity crisis

This theory understands, by interacting with other people we gain an impression of how they perceive us.

• psychoanalytic theory

• cognitive development matrix

• looking-glass self theory

• moral development stages

Whether errors occur or not, the process Cooley described is especially critical during _____, when our self is still in a state of flux.

• infancy

• childhood and adolescence

• old age

• middle age

According to Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, in the conventional stage, _____

• young children equate what is morally right simply to what keeps them from getting punished

• children do not develop a conscience

• children might engage in harmful behavior if they think they will not be punished

• adolescents realize that their parents and society have rules that should be followed because they are morally right to follow, not just because disobeying them leads to punishment

Which of the following is the most important agent of socialization for infants and young children?

• Peers

• Religion

• Schools

• The family