Exam 4: Socialization

What do sociologists call a ceremony or process that requires a new member of a group to abandon his or her old self-perceptions and assume a new identity?

In Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange (1971), a violent criminal undergoes aversion therapy while jailed.He is forced to watch violent acts such as the ones he had himself committed and experiences pain every time he watches them.What process is he undergoing?

What did the Stanford mock prison experiment demonstrate about socialization?

For sociologists, the development of cognitive and moral skills represents a natural unfolding of an individual's personality.

According to Charles Horton Cooley, what is meant by the "looking-glass self" in our interaction with others?

According to Freudian theory, which of the following BEST characterizes personal conscience?

What is the most important consequence of common formative experiences of a generation? Give an example.

According to the textbook, which of the following is the most important behavioural change influenced by the Internet?

What is the principal lesson of the Stanford prison experiment?

Arjun is a devoted environmentalist, concerned about his carbon footprint and volunteering for Greenpeace.He is confident that grassroots action can stop climate change.Which generation is he most likely to belong to?

Outline Mead's view of the development of the self.How would a functionalist or a conflict theorist evaluate Mead's view?

The problems of childhood and adolescence have changed over the past half century.What new problems have emerged and how do these influence the lives of children and adolescents today?

The influence of the family as an agent of socialization has declined in recent years.

What percentage of Canadian middle- and high-school students report being involved in cyber-bullying as either aggressors or victims?

A child is getting her first ice-skating lesson.She steps on the ice and immediately falls.What has the environment just provided her?

What do we call associations of people, scattered across the country or the world, who are able to communicate via the computer about some common interest?

As illustrated by the "savage of Aveyron" in the textbook, what occurs without childhood socialization?

Members of which of the following Canadian generations are most likely to be patriotic?

The goal of adaption is to gain which of the following from the environment?

Research has shown that teachers can influence the outcome of tests by telling randomly assigned students that they are going to do well on those tests.What does this example illustrate?