Question 1

Which of the following statements comes closest to describing Erik H.Erikson's view of socialization?

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A)  Personality develops over the entire life course in patterned stages.
B)  Personality involves tensions between the forces of biology and forces of culture.
C)  We come to see ourselves as we think others see us.
D)  Most of our personality development takes place in childhood.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

The "id" in Freud's work represents the human being's basic drives,which are unconscious and demand immediate satisfaction.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Describe the various stages of the human life course: childhood,adolescence,adulthood,and old age.What characteristics do most people in the United States associate with each? How do we know that these stages,although linked to biological changes,are mostly a social construction?

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The human life course can be divided int...

Question 4

How does industrialization impact the relative social standing of the oldest people in a society?

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Industrialization, which refers to the p...

Question 5

According to Carol Gilligan,boys judge behavior with an eye toward what the actions means for personal relationships.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Growing old is not the same experience for all categories of people.Explain how gender,race,and social class shape the aging process.

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Growing old is not the same experience f...

Question 7

Total institutions operate with the goal of resocializing inmates.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is the term sociologists give to a category of people with a common characteristic,usually their age?

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A)  age subculture
B)  generation
C)  age group
D)  cohortE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

On average,a U.S.household has at least one television turned on for how many hours a day?

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A)  two
B)  five
C)  eight
D)  fifteenE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Why is the case of Anna important to social scientists?

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The case of Anna, which likely refers to...

Question 11

On the basis of Melvin Kohn's study of what parents expect of their children,high-income parents are likely to be MOST concerned when their child

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A)  is given a "tardy slip" for being late to school.
B)  needs to be told what he should draw during free art time.
C)  is labeled a "nonconformist."
D)  is said to have an "active imagination."E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 12

By "taking the role of the other," Mead had in mind

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A)  imagining a situation in terms of past experience.
B)  recognizing that people have different views of most situations.
C)  imagining a situation from another person's point of view.
D)  trading self-centeredness for a focus on helping other people.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 13

In Mead's model,which sequence correctly orders stages of the developing self?

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A)  imitation,play,game,generalized other
B)  imitation,generalized other,play,game
C)  imitation,game,play,generalized other
D)  imitation,generalized other,game,playE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Explain Erik Erikson's theory of socialization as a lifelong process.

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Erik Erikson's theory of socialization a...

Question 15

Mead placed the origin of the self in

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A)  biological drives.
B)  culture.
C)  social experience.
D)  the functioning of the brain.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 16

Schools provide most children with their first experience of bureaucracy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Psychologist John B.Watson claimed that specific patterns of human behavior are not instinctive,but learned.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following concepts refers to a setting where a staff tries to radically change someone's personality through carefully controlling the environment?

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A)  anticipatory social center
B)  cohort community
C)  a total institution
D)  a degradation ceremonyE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Mead's concepts of the "I" and the "me" are close parallels of Freud's concepts of the id and the superego.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Why did Sigmund Freud see human culture (superego)as a necessary source of repression?

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Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanaly...

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