Exam 5: Socialization

Summarize Jean Piaget's contribution to our understanding of socialization.

In historical perspective, the importance of the mass media to the socialization process has

Lawrence Kohlberg claims that individuals develop the capacity for moral reasoning in stages as they grow older.

What concept refers to the lifelong social experience by which human beings develop their potential and learn culture?

The focus of Lawrence Kohlberg's research was

Based on the text's survey of the life course, you might conclude that

A college is a good example of a total institution.

As the proportion of women and men in old age increases, we can expect U.S.culture to become more comfortable with the reality of death.

Explain the nature-nurture debate.How did Sigmund Freud and George Herbert Mead take different position in this debate?

Which theory, developed by the psychologist John B.Watson, claims that human behavior is not instinctive but learned within a social environment?

A cohort is a category of people who have something important in common, usually their age.

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

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

Based on the material in this chapter of the text, address the issue of human freedom in a socially structured world.That is, to what extent do you think people are free to think and act as they wish? In answering this question, consider the theories presented in the chapter-for example, why does Mead's theory point to greater human freedom than Freud's theory?

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