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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A the development of social skills is largely under genetic control.
B society does not play an important role in human development.
C human development is possible without socialization.
D human beings need social contact for normal development.
Question #2
A breaks down group solidarity because it is so humiliating.
B radically alters or replaces existing social roles.
C takes place continually over the course of a lifetime.
D generally occurs in an informal setting, not an institutional setting.
Question #3
A The U.S. society has no formalized rite of passage marking the transition from childhood to adulthood.
B A ceremony surrounding a rite of passage tends to be informal and “low key.”
C A formal promotion cannot be considered a rite of passage.
D A rite of passage is a unique feature of American society.
Question #4
A bind different generations and define some of life’s most significant events.
B control what individuals are allowed to do.
C permit sociologists to study the internal construction of one’s self.
D keep individuals on the same path, fixed on the same goals.
Question #5
A how to take on multiple roles at the same time.
B how to follow directions given by others.
C to imitate the behavior of significant others.
D that they are not always the center of everyone’s attention.
Question #6
A game
B preoperational
C play
D imitation
Question #7
A Jean Piaget
B George Herbert Mead
C Carol Gilligan
D Sigmund Freud
Question #8
A a series of discrete stages.
B perception and effect.
C reinforcement and punishment.
D unconscious processes.
Question #9
A Play
B Imitation
C The generalized other
D Game
Question #10
A it reinforces social consensus.
B people are happier when they conform.
C it reduces intrapsychic conflict.
D it keeps workers subjugated.
Question #11
A The media make up a more important source of gender socialization than the family.
B Not all families socialize children in the same way or into the same expectations.
C In today’s world, parents have a very minor role in the development of their child’s identity.
D The family is rarely a person’s first source of socialization.
Question #12
A Socialization creates the capacity for role-taking, including seeing ourselves the way others see us.
B Socialization makes behavior less predictable and sometimes even chaotic.
C Socialization creates only behavior that is viewed as socially acceptable by the dominant culture.
D Socialization is more often harmful to self-concept than it is helpful or supportive.
Question #13
A It is only the threat of some type of punishment that makes people conform to social norms.
B Some people conform too much as a result of socialization.
C Most people need to be coerced into conformity because socialization is incomplete.
D People do not respond to the subtle influence of social pressure to conform, even after years of exposure.
Question #14
A Social control eliminates individuality.
B A person experiences pressure when they deviate from what others believe.
C Learned beliefs and the expectations of others are enough to keep most people in line.
D Internalizing social norms causes most people to conform without the use of coercion or violence.
Question #15
A innate knowledge.
B nature.
C social control.
D conformity.
Question #16
A nurture seems to be the ultimate determinant of human nature.
B human development is the result of the interaction of natural and social influences.
C neither is particularly important.
D nature is more important than nurture in the development of humanness.
Question #17
A is a result of innate traits.
B is mainly genetic.
C can rarely be predicted, even in generalities.
D results from social experiences.
Question #18
A sociology–biology
B internal–external
C nature–nurture
D inherent–innate
Question #19
A personalities
B identities
C values
D roles
Question #20
A The socialization experience differs for individuals based on the context in which it occurs.
B Personality is the basis for socialization.
C Through socialization, genetics determines behaviors.
D The process of socialization is exclusively considered psychological.