Socialization and Development Quiz – Student Version

Peer groups are important to adolescents because:

• They help to develop a sense of identity separate from adolescents' parents.

• They provide the second major socialization experience outside the realm of their families.

• They rank higher in importance to adolescents' than parental influence.

• They help exert dependence among adolescents.

The transition from college life to work life can be quite difficult for many young adults in the United States. Which is a possible cause for this struggle?

• The status quo has been maintained for a substantial period of time, and now the economy and government are undergoing significant changes.

• Many young people are in the same situation, so drawing expertise or knowledge from their experiences from peers is difficult.

• Finding a job, renting an apartment, and being independent is a daunting task that seems insurmountable.

• All of the above.

Education is important to society because:

• It teaches children facts about the world in which they live.

• It teaches children how to interact with their peers and helps them to gain social graces.

• It teaches children how to react to authority and how to behave in group and one-on-one situations.

• All of the above.

Émile Durkheim's study of suicide is important to sociology because:

• It defined the differences between sociology and psychology.

• It allowed psychology and sociology to merge into one field.

• It showed the psychological reasons for suicide to be a lie.

• It earned Durkheim the title "Father of Sociology."

Parents often socialize their children to:

• Understand and follow different norms from what they themselves follow.

• Understand and follow the same norms that they themselves follow.

• Ignore society and create their own norms and follow them regardless of consequences.

• Ignore society and live alone without much interaction with other people.

Sherry is moving to a nursing home and is used to getting up early. Her new roommate sleeps later and breakfast is served later. What is Sherry most likely to experience?

• A shift in her desire to enjoy life.

• A shift in her reading habits.

• Resocialization.

• A complete and permanent loss of herself.

Erik Erikson's theory explains:

• Why Rhesus Monkeys preferred terry cloth maternal stand-ins.

• How human sexual desire is linked to personality.

• When human moral development begins.

• How the actions of society help shape personalities throughout the eight stages of life.

Katrina, age 5, and Sharon, age 4, love to play together. Katrina has a toy iron and washing machine. Which of George Herbert Mead's stages of development are they exemplifying?

• The preparatory stage

• The play stage

• The game stage

• The "generalized other" stage

Which of the following is best described as a part of resocialization?

• A worker discarding old post-it reminders for a new online calendar.

• A parent punishing their child for repeating a behavior they were warned to stop.

• A worker using Google docs instead of Microsoft Word.

• A parent restricting their child's use of her play kitchen.

During her first day of kindergarten, Marie watches older kids to learn the lunch line. This is an example of:

• Socialization

• The looking glass self

• Resocialization

• Anticipatory socialization