SOC Chapter 5

22 April 2023
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What concept refers to the lifelong social experience by which human beings develop their potential and learn culture?
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socialization
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What concept refers to a person's fairly consistent pattern of acting, thinking, and feeling?
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personality
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In the nature versus nurture debate, sociologists claim that:
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nurture is far more important than nature.
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Our basic drives or needs as humans are reflected in Freud's concept of
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id
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When Cooley used the concept "looking-glass self," he meant to say that:
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people see themselves as they think others see them
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On average, a U.S. household has at least one television turned on for how many hours a day?
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seven
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What is the term sociologists give to a category of people with a common characteristic, usually their age?
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cohort
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Which of the following concepts refers to a setting where a staff tries to radically change someone's personality through carefully controlling the environment?
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a total institution
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According to Erving Goffman, the goal of a total institution is:
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to radically alter a person's personality or behavior.
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Below is a list of traits linked to a total institution; all but one are correct. Which one is NOT correct?
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Staff members encourage the individual growth and creativity of inmates.
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Which of the following best sums up Goffman's idea of the resocialization process?
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break down an old identity, then build up a new identity
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An inmate who loses the capacity for independent living is described as:
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institutionalized.
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The Harlow studies found that six months of social isolation was sufficient to permanently damage infant rhesus monkeys.
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True
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Even years of social isolation in infancy may not cause permanent and irreversible developmental damage
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False
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While many researchers have studied outward behavior, George Herbert Mead focused on symbolic meaning—specifically the meaning people attach to behavior.
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True
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George Herbert Mead used the concept "the looking-glass self" to refer to significant people in our lives
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False
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Of all social institutions, the family has the greatest impact on socialization.
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True
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Schools provide children with early experience of bureaucracy
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True
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During adolescence, the family's influence on children virtually stops.
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False
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Anticipatory socialization refers to trying to avoid unpleasant social experiences
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False
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During the last century, the mass media have had a declining influence on people in the United States.
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False
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Childhood and other stages of the life course are defined in much the same way in all societies
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False
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In the United States, many young girls feel they are expected to excel at school, to be feminine, attractive, and to "be themselves" as well—which is often difficult
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True
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Industrialization brings with it a rise in the social standing of old people.
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False