Exam 5: Socialization

According to Mead, a child's activities in the game stage are random and fluid.

The neutralization process whereby the parents' influence on the child is diminished by contrary values held by friends is currently

According to Mead, the child learns who he is by being who he is not.

Age cohort refers to a category of people of the same social class.

Mead's game stage occurs at about age

For Freud, the first years are totally egocentric, with all energies directed toward pleasure.

Identify which of the following is not true of schools as agents of socialization.

Language gives meaning to symbols, not only words, but objects such as the cross, the flag, and traffic lights.

Members of society internalize ________ through the process of ________.

The modal personality type is a distinct type of personality considered to be characteristic of the members of a particular society.

Discuss the evidence presented that our humanness is a social product rather than the product of instinct.

Through the process of socialization, the child internalizes the norms and values of society.

The media tend to present a similar message because they are controlled by fewer and fewer corporations.

While in the play stage, the child's activities are ________, whereas in the game stage the activities are ________.

Mead referred to the child's activities in the play stage as

The "generalized other" is fundamental to child development in Mead's adolescent stage.

Mead's idea of a child's "self-consciousness" refers to the child's tendency to react to himself as others react to him.

The ego is the internalization of the parents' morals which represses the id and channels behavior in socially acceptable ways.

Through their language, societies differ in how they conceive of

________ refers to people's wealth, occupation, education, ethnicity or race, gender, and family background.