Sociology And Your Life With P.O.W.E.R. Learning Ist Edition By Richard T. And Robert – Test Bank

Overview

Module 11

The Role of Socialization

Multiple Choice

1. Socialization is the process
   A.of mentally assuming the perspective of another.
   B. of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one’s life.
   C. whereby people learn the attitudes, values, and actions appropriate to individuals as members of a particular culture.
   D. whereby people normally being socialized are at the same time socializing their socializers.

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Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Objective: Explain the role of socialization in shaping human behavior and attitudes.
Topic: Socialization
Type: Definition

2. A teacher plans a trip to the theater for a junior high school class. As part of the preparation, the teacher tells students how they should dress and how they will be expected to act inside the theater. This is an example of
   A.the dramaturgical approach.
   B. social promotion.
   C. socialization.
   D. role taking.

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Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Objective: Explain the role of socialization in shaping human behavior and attitudes.
Topic: Socialization
Type: Application-Concept

3. Which term is refers to a person’s typical patterns of attitudes, needs, characteristics, and behavior?
   A.personality
   B. social promotion
   C. socialization
   D. human nature

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Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the role of socialization in shaping human behavior and attitudes.
Topic: Socialization
Type: Definition

4. The relative importance of cultural and biological factors in the socialization process is referred to as the debate over
   A.nature versus nurture.
   B. role versus status.
   C. manifest versus latent functions.
   D. sociobiology versus biosociology.

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Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the role of socialization in shaping human behavior and attitudes.
Topic: Socialization
Type: Information

5. In the nature versus nurture debate, which position do social scientists take?
   A.Environmental factors are more important than biological inheritance in human development.
   B. Biological inheritance is more important than environmental factors in human development.
   C. It is the interaction between environmental factors and biological inheritance that is important in human development.
   D. Biological factors are irrelevant in human development.

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Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Objective: Explain the role of socialization in shaping human behavior and attitudes.
Topic: Socialization
Type: Information

6. Sara takes her four-year-old brother Matt to a carnival for the first time. They decide to ride the merry-go-round. Matt runs to the front of the line. His sister pulls him back and explains they have to stand in line. This is an example of
   A.nature vs. nurture.
   B. socialization.
   C. personality.
   D. All these answers are correct.

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Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Objective: Explain the role of socialization in shaping human behavior and attitudes.
Topic: Socialization
Type: Application-Concept

7. The analysis of Isabelle is important because it emphasizes the relevance of
   A.twin studies in sociology and psychology.
   B. the consistency of the developmental processes.
   C. the sensorimotor stage of development.
   D. social interaction in human development.

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Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Objective: Describe the effects of isolation on the social development of young children.
Topic: Isolation
Type: Information

8. Harry Harlow’s research with rhesus monkeys indicated that
   A.early childhood deprivation could always be reversed with intense resocialization.
   B. social isolation had a damaging effect on the monkeys.
   C. there was no comparison between the development of the monkeys and human development.
   D. midlife deprivation was more serious than early childhood deprivation.

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Learning Objective: Describe the effects of isolation on the social development of young children.
Topic: Isolation
Type: Information

9. Studies of identical twins have
   A.proved conclusively the importance of biological factors in human development.
   B. proved conclusively the importance of environmental factors in human development.
   C. proved conclusively that human development is a result of the interaction between environmental and biological factors.
   D. been based on extremely small samples and should be viewed as preliminary analyses at best.