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Midterm Review Soc

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 21mins

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.
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
9.
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 
10.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a total institution?
a)
Prison
b)
Mental Institute
c)
Military boot-camp
d)
Public library
11.
Which term refers to the cultural learning you experience as a child?
a)
Agents of Socialization
b)
Primary Socialization
c)
Socialization
d)
Resocialization
12.

A break with past experiences and the learning of new values and norms

a)

resocialization

b)

total institution

c)

agents of socialization

d)

heredity

13.

Socialization happens best by:

a)

Living in a cave

b)

Interacting with animals

c)

Interacting with other humans

d)

Interacting with chemicals

14.

Socialization by outside influences other than those that have raised you is known as:

a)

Primary Socialization

b)

Secondary Socialization

c)

Outside Socialization

d)

Media Socialization

15.

Secondary Socialization usually takes place first in:

a)

School

b)

The home

c)

Teenage friend groups

d)

Adulthood

16.

Socialization is a _________________ process.

a)

Short

b)

Lifelong

c)

Month long

d)

Year Long

17.

When a teacher talks to a student about attending college and helps them talk about a career plan, this is known from a socialization perspective as:

a)

Career Planning

b)

Career Curriculum

c)

Required Curriculum

d)

Hidden Curriculum

18.
Society shaping us into who we are is an example of?
a)
Nature
b)
Nurture
19.
Our biological makeup determining who we are is an example of?
a)
Nature
b)
Nurture
20.
Which of the following is an example of nature?
a)
"I follow the moral teachings of Christianity"
b)
"I don't talk much because I was ignored as a child"
c)
"How could you say sports aren't important, everyone watches them and thats why I like them."
d)
"I get my temper from my father"
21.
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
22.
. Which of the following best explains the difference between the game stage and the play stage?
a)
The game stage is more sophisticated, with several participants being involved, each with a distinct role.
b)
The play stage is more sophisticated because the child’s values, beliefs, and attitudes start to depend on general concepts.
c)
The play stage is less sophisticated because during this time all the child does is mimic the behavior of others without taking on any roles.
d)
The game stage is less sophisticated because the child is not yet able to understand the concept of role taking.
23.

What stage of life is most crucial in the process of socialization?

a)

Early Adulthood (25-30)

b)

Adolescence (12-18)

c)

Infancy (0-3)

d)

Childhood (4-12)

24.

Which is NOT a stage of George Mead's theory?

a)

Ego

b)

Play Pretend

c)

Imitation

d)

Team Games

25.

Which is NOT a stage of Piaget's theory of development?

a)

Post-operational

b)

Formal Operational

c)

Sensorimotor

d)

Concrete Operational