Socialization Assessment

What is the sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are characteristic of an individual?

• personality

• popularity

• socialization

• all of these

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What influences personality and social behavior?

• heredity

• parental characteristics

• birth order

• all of these

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Which is true about personality?

• It continues to develop throughout an individual's lifetime.

• It develops at varying rates from individual to individual.

• both a and b

• neither a nor b

Which best describes the viewpoint of a sociobiologist?

• Social behavior is determined by birth order.

• Behavioral traits are rooted in genetic makeup.

• Instincts can be altered by learning.

• none of these

Which concept gained acceptance through the work of Ivan Pavlov?

• aptitude

• instinct

• nature

• nurture

Which best describes heredity?

• the transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to children

• the cultural environment inherent to an individual's place of upbringing

• both a and b

• neither a nor b

Which is an example of an aptitude?

• a physical trait inherited by parents

• a natural talent for playing tennis

• a dog that salivates as a bell rings

• none of these

Feral children strongly suggest that a person's personality comes from

• their heredity only.

• their cultural environment only.

• their heredity and cultural environment.

• none of these.

The case study of which person revealed that sometimes it is possible to reverse the effects of a child raised in isolation?

• Anna

• Genie

• Isabelle

• all of these

In 1945, Rene Spitz conducted a study of infants in an orphanage. What were the children deprived of?

• nutritional food

• medical treatment

• adequate shelter

• human contact