Exam 3: Socialization

Which of the following features of George Herbert Mead's work is most characteristic of the symbolic interactionist perspective?

As an infant, Sarita cries when hungry or tired or when she needs her diaper changed. When all of her needs are taken care of, she smiles happily. What did George Herbert Mead call this aspect of the self?

In Mead's theory of role-taking, the terms significant other and generalized other are used interchangeably to mean an individual or organization that is significant as a socializer.

Explain how Freud's theories, despite their foundation in psychology, are relevant to a sociological explanation of socialization.

Although she is very thin, Heidi is convinced that everyone around her believes she is overweight. She adapts her eating behaviours so that she eats very little and when she does eat, she makes herself vomit in order to try to keep her weight down. Which of the following concepts describes Heidi's behaviour?

Anticipatory socialization is the term sociologists use to describe the effects that lowered expectations that are held out by secondary agents of socialization can have on academic achievement.

In which of the following contexts does resocialization typically take place?

Students receive implicit lessons in schools that are not part of the standard curriculum; these lessons teach them how to be "conventionally good citizens." Which of the following terms is used to describe these implicit lessons?

Unlike Freud, Mead disagreed that the self emerged from trauma. Instead, he proposed that the self evolved out of experience of social interaction.

What is the term used for a ceremony or process that requires a new member of a group to abandon his or her old self-perceptions and understandings in order to assume a new identity?

The Harlows raised baby rhesus monkeys in various conditions of isolation during their early socialization process. What did they conclude from their research?

By participating in extracurricular activities, adolescents learn about their physical, emotional, and social capabilities and limitations. It is in this way that extracurricular activities contribute to which of the following?

Which of the following people pioneered the social scientific interpretation of the process by which the self emerges?

Which of the following best summarizes the result of Carol Gilligan's research on how social position affects socialization?

Which of the following is the best example of a status?

How does the process of socialization actualize people?

From a sociological perspective, which of the following best describes the development of cognitive skills and moral conscience?

Which of the following terms is best described as a group of Internet users who interact socially by exchanging text, images, and sound via email, instant messaging, Internet phone, video conferencing, computer-assisted work groups, and online dating?

How are gender roles created? Research a current social issue, such as eating disorders, and explain the issue in terms of gender role socialization that occurs through the media.

Which of the following best describes self-image, or the sense of self?