Sociology Unit 2 quiz

Research on the effects of institutionalization has shown that children raised in orphanages

• Display characteristics similar to children raised in families

• Display characteristics similar to children raised in isolation

• Demonstrates no differences to children raised outside orphanages.

The studies of Anna, Isabelle, and Genie show that normal social development in children depends on?

• Birth Order

• Human Interaction

• Heredity

Personality traits that are based on social environment and can be taught/trained are said to come from

• Nurture

• Nature

• Heredity

Which theorist proposed the looking-glass theory is central to the development of the self?

• John Locke

• Erving Goffman

• Charles Horton Cooley

Who believed human beings can be molded into any type of character?

• Charles Horton Cooley

• John Locke

• George Herbert Mead

Which theorist said much of our time is spent managing our impressions; therefore we are changing the self we display.

• Erving Goffman

• John Locke

• Charles Horton Cooley

Which agent of socialization becomes more important as a person enters their teenage years?

• School

• Peer Groups

• Mass Media

Playing house as a child is an example of

• Social Integration

• Anticipatory Socialization

• Biological Development