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Sociology Unit 2

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The process that teaches the norms, values, and other aspects of a culture to new group members.
a)
Internalization
b)
Socalization
c)
Primary Socialization
d)
Secondary Socialization
2.
Charles H. Cooley developed the Theory of the Looking Glass Self which states ____________.
a)
You must view others through their scope
b)
, the self develops through a process of reflection
c)
Put yourself in others people shoes before judging them
d)
Think of yourself before others
3.
George Herbert Mead's "I" refers to
a)
The "what do I want"/seeking self fulfillment
b)
individual cultural origins
c)
How other interpret our actions
d)
the symbols that others give us
4.
George Herbert Mead's "Me" refers to
a)
The "what do I want" sense of self
b)
How "my" internalized view has been created
c)
how others might interpret our actions.
d)
How my personal beliefs affect others
5.
What do sociologists call a continuing process whereby individuals acquire personal identities and learn the norms, values, behaviors, and social skills appropriate to his or her social position?
a)
sociology
b)
socialization
c)
culture
d)
a mouth full
6.
Which agent of socialization has the most impact on our development?
a)
Education
b)
Family
c)
Mass Media
d)
Peer Groups
7.
___________ views socialization as a way of teaching the child his or her social class and therefore maintaining the status quo.
a)
Functionalism
b)
Conflict theory
c)
Symbolic interactionism
d)
Role-taking theory
8.
Role taking allows people to
a)
practice for our role in life.
b)
imagine that they act alone without the input of other people.
c)
see themselves as other people see them.
d)
skip the imitation stage of socialization.
9.
Which of the following is an example of a total institution?
a)
a day camp
b)
a prison
c)
a public university
d)
a hospital emergency room
10.
Which of Mead's three stages of the development of Self comes first?
a)
Imitation
b)
Games
c)
Play
11.
imagining how we appear to others is called
a)
restrictive behavior.
b)
nature versus nurture.
c)
the generalized other.
d)
the looking-glass self.
12.
the systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior
a)
Instinct
b)
Personality
c)
Looking Glass Self
d)
Sociobiology
13.
We develop our self-image according to how we think others see us
a)
Instinct
b)
Personality
c)
Looking Glass Self
d)
Sociobiology
14.
Sociologists refer to parents, siblings, relatives, and others who directly influence our socialization as 
a)
Significant others
b)
Magnificent others
c)
General Family
d)
Generalized others
15.
individuals of roughly the same age and with similar interests
a)
peer group
b)
hidden curriculum
c)
play stage
d)
socialization
16.
Which of the following is an example of a peer group?
a)
students and teachers
b)
children and parents
c)
classmates and friends
d)
players and coaches
17.
Breaking with past experiences and learning new values and mores
a)
Resocialization
b)
Internalization
c)
Socialization
d)
Assimilation
18.
Occurs when fulfilling the expectations of one role causes difficulty in fulfilling the expectations of another role
a)
organic solidarity
b)
nomadism
c)
role strain
d)
role conflict
19.
Which of the following is the best example of an ascribed status?
a)
Son
b)
Wife
c)
Doctor
d)
College Student
20.
A set of behaviors, attitudes, obligations, and privileges expected of anyone who occupies a particular status is called a ________________
a)
Role
b)
Network
c)
Status
d)
Node
21.
unofficial aspects of culture that children are taught in school
a)
hidden curriculum
b)
rites of passage
c)
role taking
d)
peer group
22.
What did Mead call the part of the self that is created by interacting with others; the self they want others to see?
a)
role-taking self
b)
the “me”
c)
the “I”
d)
the generalized self
23.
A society that focuses on the domestication of animals...
a)
Pastoral
b)
Hunter-gather
c)
Agricultural
d)
Animalistic
24.
A type of society that focuses on mass production...
a)
Productive
b)
Industrial
c)
Technological
d)
Agricultural
25.
Agricultural society relies on ...
a)
Services rather than products.
b)
Foraging for and pursuing wild plants and animals.
c)
Domestication of animals.
d)
Cultivation of plants and livestock.
26.
A ________ society relies on foraging: collecting wild plants and pursuing wild animals.
a)
Pastoral
b)
Agricultural
c)
Technological
d)
Hunter-gatherer
27.
An expected behavior associated with a particular status
a)
Role
b)
Right
c)
Conflict Theory
d)
Functionalism
28.
A husband and wife discuss the disciplining of one of their children
a)
Social Interaction
b)
Role Strain
c)
Role Conflict
d)
Obligation
29.
The actual behavior of an individual in a role
a)
Role Performance
b)
Symbolic Interactionism
c)
Culture
d)
Social Structure
30.
Condition in which the roles of a single status are inconsistent or conflicting
a)
Role
b)
Functionalism
c)
Role Strain
d)
Right
31.
The process of influencing each other as people relate
a)
Culture
b)
Social Structure
c)
Social Interaction
d)
Role 
32.
A behavior that individuals can expect from others
a)
Right
b)
Conflict Theory 
c)
Role Strain
d)
Culture
33.
A behavior that individuals are expected to perform toward others
a)
Functionalism
b)
Obligation
c)
Symbolic Interactionsim
d)
Social Structure
34.
Social integration is promoted by culturally defined rights and obligations honored by group members
a)
Social Structure
b)
Culture
c)
Conflict Theory
d)
Functionalism
35.
Roles are carried out by individuals on the basis of the symbols and meanings they share
a)
Role Conflict
b)
Symbolic Interactionism
c)
Conflict Theory
d)
Role
36.
Ascribed master statuses such as gender and race empower some to subjugate others
a)
Culture
b)
Social Interactionism
c)
Conflict Theory
d)
Role Strain
37.
What is it called when members of a group think, feel, and behave in similar ways.
a)
Sociological perspective
b)
Conformity
c)
Levity