CH 4 Socialization Test

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Socialization is the process

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of learning the attitudes, values, and actions appropriate to individuals as members of a particular culture.

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The analysis of Isabelle, Genie, and other isolated children is important because they emphasize the relevance of

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social interaction in human development.

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The relative importance of environment and heredity in human development is central to the debate over

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nature versus nurture.

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Sara takes her 4-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

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socialization.

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In his studies of rhesus monkeys, Harry Harlow found that social isolation had a damaging effect on the monkeys.

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social isolation had a damaging effect on the monkeys.

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In the nature versus nurture debate, what contributions have comprehensive twin studies made?

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Twin studies have shown that it is the interaction between environment and heredity that is important in human development.

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The self is defined as

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a distinct identity that sets us apart from others.

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What is the looking-glass self?

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a phrase used by Charles Horton Cooley to emphasize that the self is the product of our social interactions with others

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In forming a sense of ourselves, we imagine how we appear to others and how others evaluate us, and finally, we develop a feeling about ourselves as a result of these impressions. This approach to the development of self represents which sociological perspective?

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interactionist perspective

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According to the concept of the looking-glass self, development of one's self-identity based on misperceptions may lead to

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a negative self-identity.