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Socialization

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
Which agent of socialization has the most impact on our development?
a)
Education
b)
Family
c)
Mass Media
d)
Peer Groups
3.
Breaking with past experiences and learning new values and mores
a)
Resocialization
b)
Internalization
c)
Socialization
d)
Assimilation
4.
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
5.
Which of the following are NOT an agent of socialization?
a)
family
b)
peers
c)
school
d)
food
6.
unofficial aspects of culture that children are taught in school
a)
hidden curriculum
b)
rites of passage
c)
role taking
d)
peer group
7.
individuals of roughly the same age and with similar interests
a)
peer group
b)
hidden curriculum
c)
play stage
d)
socialization
8.
The four primary agents of socialization in the U.S. are
a)
family, work, religion, peers
b)
school, parents, heredity, culture
c)
family, school, peer group, mass media
d)
mass media, family, school, culture 
9.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a total institution?
a)
Prison
b)
Mental Institute
c)
Military boot-camp
d)
Public library
10.

Socialization happens best by:

a)

Living in a cave

b)

Interacting with animals

c)

Interacting with other humans

d)

Interacting with chemicals

11.

Secondary Socialization usually takes place first in:

a)

School

b)

The home

c)

Teenage friend groups

d)

Adulthood

12.

Taking on norms and values of the group you plan to be in is known as:

a)

Class Socialization

b)

Race Socialization

c)

Anticipatory Socialization

d)

Preparatory Socialization

13.

Socialization is a _________________ process.

a)

Short

b)

Lifelong

c)

Month long

d)

Year Long

14.

the influence of our genetic makeup on self-development

a)

nature

b)

nurture

c)

moral development

d)

hidden curriculum

15.

the role that our social environment plays in self-development

a)

nature

b)

nurture

c)

socialization

d)

hidden curriculum