Sociology test

What is personality?

• A capacity to learn a particular skill or acquire a specific body of knowledge.

• The sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are characteristic of an individual.

• An unchanging, bio- logically inherited behavior pattern.

• The systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior.

How many human instincts are there claimed to be?

• 20,000

• 1,000

• 10,000

• 5,000

What is an instinct?

• The transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to children

• A capacity to learn a particular skill or acquire a specific body of knowledge.

• The sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are characteristic of an individual.

• An unchanging, bio- logically inherited behavior pattern.

It is commonly thought that which children are more likely to be achievement- oriented and responsible than are later-born children?

• First-Born

• Middle Child

• Last-Born

• Only child

Competitiveness, assertiveness, and individualism are common personality traits in which country?

• China

• United States

• Brazil

• Germany

The interactive process through which people learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of a society is called

• Socialization

• aptitude

• sociobiology

• heredity

What is your conscious awareness of possessing a distinct identity that separates you and your environment from other members of society?

• self

• role-taking

• ideas

• talking

When does the process of identity-development begin?

• Adolescence
• Early childhood
• Late adulthood
• Middle childhood

Who was the famous English philosopher from the 1600s?

• Charles Horton Cooley

• George Herbert Mead

• John Locke
• John Smith

Through interaction with social and cultural environments, people are transformed into participating members of what?

• Society

• Family

• School

• Workplace