Socialization Quiz

What term describes people such as parents who have a special importance for socialization?

• Agents of socialization

• Significant others

• Secondary socialization

• Anticipatory socialization

What is the process called where a child first experiences family values, language, beliefs, behaviors, and norms?

• Secondary socialization

• Anticipatory socialization

• Primary socialization

• Hegemony

Which of the following is an example of secondary socialization?

• Learning family traditions

• Attending preschool

• Inheriting genetic traits

• Developing instincts

What is the term for the social institutions that help shape individuals' norms, beliefs, and values?

• Significant others

• Nature vs Nurture

• Agents of socialization

• Pygmalion effect

What is the controversy called that debates whether genetics or environment is responsible for driving behavior?

• Hegemony

• Nature vs Nurture

• Anticipatory Socialization

• Instinct specific

What did Piaget theorize about intelligence and a child's thinking?

• Piaget felt that intelligence grew as children developed. He stated that children were as intelligent as adults but that they would think differently.

• Piaget believed children were less intelligent than adults.

• Piaget thought intelligence was fixed and did not grow.

• Piaget stated that children think exactly like adults.

Briefly explain Piaget's 4 stages of cognitive development.

• Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational, Formal Operational

• Preoperational, Concrete Operational, Formal Operational, Post-Operational

• Sensorimotor, Concrete Operational, Preoperational, Formal Operational

• Preoperational, Sensorimotor, Formal Operational, Concrete Operational

Define Object permanence.

• Knowing that items continue to exist even when out of sight.

• Understanding that objects disappear when not seen.

• Believing objects only exist when visible.

• Thinking objects change form when unseen.

At what stage would a child be able to state why someone was feeling sad?

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Preoperational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

A child who states a ball of clay made into a pancake versus an equal size of ball of clay left alone is larger in this stage.

• Preoperational Stage

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage