Exam 5: Socialization

Using examples from your own life, discuss how the agents of socialization can reinforce values, beliefs, behaviours, etc. and also how they can conflict with one another. Identify two reinforcing effects and two examples where the agents conflict with one another.

In the nature versus nurture debate, sociologists claim that

According to Jean Piaget, language and other symbols are first used in the pre-operational stage.

Based on both the Harlows' research with rhesus monkeys and the case of Anna, the isolated child, one might reasonably conclude that

If you were to put together the lessons learned from the cases of Anna, Isabelle, and Genie, you would correctly conclude that

Mead placed the origin of the self in

The "ego" in Freud's model of personality is the same as "conscience."

George Herbert Mead considered the self to be

Erik H. Erikson emphasized that almost all important socialization takes place in childhood.

The tragic case of Anna, the isolated girl studied by Kingsley Davis, shows that

Explain how a family's social class position shapes the process of socialization.

Carol Gilligan extended Kohlberg's research, showing that

Discuss socialization as a lifelong process.

Erikson's theory of personality development states that

The Harlow experiments to discover the effects of social isolation on rhesus monkeys showed that

The Harlow studies found that six months of social isolation was sufficient to permanently damage infant rhesus monkeys.

The focus of Lawrence Kohlberg's research was

Resocialization is a two-part process-first, the existing identity is broken down and, second

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

Mead considered the "generalized other" to be