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Socialization

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

Socialization, as a sociological term, describes:

a)

the difference between introverts and extroverts

b)
  1. how people interact during social situations

c)
  1. how people learn societal norms, beliefs, and values

d)
  1. a person’s internal mental state when in a group setting

2.

Harlow’s study on rhesus monkeys showed that:

a)
  1. food is more important than social comfort

b)
  1. rhesus monkeys raised by other primate species are poorly socialized

c)
  1. monkeys can be adequately socialized by imitating humans

d)
  1. social comfort is more important than foods

3.

What occurs in Lawrence Kohlberg’s conventional level?

a)
  1. Morality is developed by pain and pleasure.

b)
  1. Children begin to consider what society considers moral and immoral.

c)
  1. Parental beliefs have no influence on children’s morality.

d)
  1. Children develop the ability to have abstract thoughts.

4.

What did Carol Gilligan believe earlier researchers into morality had overlooked?

a)
  1. How social environment affects how morality develops

b)
  1. The perspective of females

c)
  1. Sympathetic reactions to moral situations

d)
  1. The justice perspective

5.

Why do sociologists need to be careful when drawing conclusions from twin studies?

a)
  1. The sample sizes are often small.

b)
  1. The results do not apply to singletons.

c)
  1. The twins may turn out to actually be fraternal.

d)
  1. The twins were often raised in different ways.

6.

Chris Langan’s story illustrates that:

a)
  1. neither socialization nor intelligence affects college admissions.

b)
  1. socialization can be more important than intelligence.

c)
  1. intelligence is more important than socialization.

d)
  1. children raised in one-parent households tend to have higher IQs.

7.

Why are wealthy parents more likely than poor parents to socialize their children toward creativity and problem-solving?

a)
  1. Wealthy parents are not concerned about their children rebelling against their rules.

b)
  1. Wealthy parents are socializing their children toward the skills of white-collar employment.

c)
  1. Wealthy parents never engage in repetitive tasks.

d)
  1. Wealthy parents are more concerned with money than with a good education.

8.

How do schools prepare children to one day enter the workforce?

a)
  1. By socializing them in teamwork

b)
  1. With a standardized curriculum

c)
  1. Through the hidden curriculum

d)
  1. All of the above

9.

Which of the following is a manifest function of schools?

a)
  1. Learning to read and write

b)
  1. Knowing locker room etiquette

c)
  1. Understanding when to speak up and when to be silent

d)
  1. Following a schedule

10.

Which of the following is typically the earliest agent of socialization?

a)
  1. Workplace

b)
  1. Mass media

c)
  1. School

d)
  1. Family