Socialization and Deviance Test Review

What is the process called where individuals learn the norms and behaviors of their society?

• Socialization

• Assimilation

• Acculturation

• Enculturation

How does Charles Horton Cooley describe the way we develop our self-concept?

• Looking-glass self

• Social identity

• Role-taking

• Self-fulfilling prophecy

If a person sees others’ reactions and forms a self-image based on those interpretations, what process is this an example of?

• Looking-glass self

• Role conflict

• Socialization

• Impression management

According to George Herbert Mead, how do individuals develop a sense of self?

• Through role-taking

• Through imitation

• Through socialization

• Through self-reflection

At what stage of Mead’s theory does a child pretend to be others, such as superheroes?

• Play stage

• Game stage

• Imitation stage

• Role-taking stage

What cognitive stage, according to Piaget, is a child in when they can count but do not fully understand numbers?

• Preoperational stage

• Concrete operational stage

• Formal operational stage

• Sensorimotor stage

What term do sociologists use to describe a violation of social norms?

• Deviance

• Conformity

• Stigma

• Anomie

What term describes a physical characteristic or trait that can be considered deviant?

• Stigma

• Deviance

• Anomie

• Labeling

Which sociological perspective argues that deviance is shaped by those in power to maintain their authority?

• Conflict theory

• Functionalism

• Symbolic interactionism

• Structuralism

Why do societies establish formal and informal social controls to regulate deviance?

• To maintain order

• To encourage deviance

• To promote inequality

• To eliminate diversity