Question 1

Which of the following best illustrates the Thomas theorem?

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A)  The 1980 decision to boycott the Moscow Olympics because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan resulted in fewer records being set in those games. 
B)  The 1973 oil crisis resulted in the so-called "toilet paper panic." The rumour of an expected shortage of toilet paper-resulting from a decline in the importation of oil-caused people to stockpile supplies of toilet paper and this caused a shortage. 
C)  The 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia because of ethnic cleansing of Kosovo Albanians by Serbians resulted in approximately 500 civilian casualties. 
D)  The 1929 crash of the New York stock market lead to a decade-long economic depression, with lower commodity prices and worldwide mass unemployment.

Question 2

What is socialization?

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Question 3

According to the text, youth in adolescent peer groups do which of the following?

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A)  begin to develop their own identities 
B)  resist media influences 
C)  learn deviant and rebellious activities 
D)  reject the social values of youth subcultures other than their own

Question 4

Explain the influence of total institutions. Comment on how well-suited total institutions, such as prisons, are for the rehabilitation of inmates, given the results of the Palo Alto experiments.

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Question 5

Explain how virtual communities influence the creation of a flexible self.

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Question 6

Cases of childhood isolation support the belief that the ability to learn and to become human is a potential realized only through socialization.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

According to the text, in the absence of parental attention, the mass media offer children and adolescents a wide variety of cultural messages. In which of the following ways does this variety of messages impact children and adolescents?

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A)  They develop role models from popular culture. 
B)  They are addicted to popular culture. 
C)  They wish to consume more material goods. 
D)  They are confused about what constitutes appropriate behaviour.

Question 8

Define self-fulfilling prophecy and explain its role in socialization. Compare this idea to the Thomas theorem.

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Question 9

Judging from the examples discussed in the text of children who lack social contact, which of the following can be said about the ability to learn culture and become fully human?

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A)  It is based on intelligence. 
B)  It begins only after learning language. 
C)  It is an inevitable part of human nature. 
D)  It is a potential.

Question 10

Compare the peer groups you are part of now to the peer groups you were part of as a ten-year-old. Describe the differences and similarities between the values that you shared with your peers then and now, and the contrast between parental values as you understood them then and as you understand them now.

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Question 11

Which of the following theories was developed by the American sociologist George H. Cooley?

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A)  the role-taking theory 
B)  the theory of I and me 
C)  the self-development theory 
D)  the looking-glass theory

Question 12

Use Mead's theory of role-taking and Mead's concepts of the I and the Me to explain how the meaning of a smile is understood. Use your explanation of how meaning is communicated to explain that reality is a social construction and a symbolic reality.

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Question 13

Briefly describe Gilligan's contribution to socialization theory.

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Question 14

Social media have become a pervasive feature of contemporary society. Using Mead's extension of Cooley's notion of the looking-glass self, discuss the changes that these new technologies have had on the development of the self. Are there any aspects of socialization that have been left unaffected by these new technologies?

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Question 15

Which of the following is the most important factor in the relative decline in importance of the family as a primary agent of socialization?

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A)  the expansion of participation of Canadians in postsecondary education, especially after 1950 
B)  the expansion of the participation of women in the work force, especially after 1950 
C)  the introduction of publicly funded health care after WW2 
D)  the introduction of mandatory education after WW1

Question 16

Many students from poor and racial-minority families reject the hidden curriculum in schools. According to the textbook, what do they tend to do?

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A)  They are skeptical of the ability of school to open job opportunities or other paths of achievement for them. 
B)  They are hostile toward other poor groups, whom they view as competitors for scarce resources. 
C)  They are generally receptive to alternative classes that stream them into class-appropriate job opportunities. 
D)  They work harder and faster than other students to overcome the disadvantages they have.

Question 17

Explain why some theorists are suggesting that childhood and adolescence might be vanishing.

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Question 18

Robin Thicke's hit song "Blurred Lines' has been criticized by many feminists for reverting to an unacceptable image of women's sexuality. Some worry that the popularity of such views will reinforce the kinds of attitude that Carol Gilligan found in her study. Other feminists have challenged this, and hold that the sense of irony that they claim informs the song is a feature of contemporary women's newly found sexual empowerment. Research the views of the critics and advocates and defend one or the other position.

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Question 19

Cooley is well known for his theory of the looking-glass self.

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