Exam 4: Socialization: Becoming Human and Humane

Explain Mead's three stages in the development of the self. Imagine you work at an elementary school. How would you know which stage a child is in? Provide examples of actual behaviors the children might engage in during each stage to support your explanations.

Bob told his boss that he deserves a 40% raise because he helped the company get a big contract. When he finished speaking, Bob observed his boss frowning. Bob then said, "Even a 10% raise would be fine!" Bob offered to take a lower raise because he used:

Define a rite of passage. Describe the rites of passage for at least two different stages of life.

Most sociologists believe that sociobiology and evolutionary psychology thoroughly answer the nurture versus nature dilemma.