Unit 4 (Socialization)

Lifelong process of social interaction in which a person acquires a social identity and ways that are essential to society

• desocialization
• resocialization
• socialization
• anticipatory socialization

Which group is pretty important until your mid-20s? Then it becomes replaced by others

• peers
• family
• media
• school

Which of the following is a purpose for socialization?

• establishes a social identity
• establish routines
• to go on adventures
• to make friends

Which one represents genetics?

• nurture
• nature
• neither
• both

These are the people whose judgments are most important to our self-concepts

• role models
• reference groups
• peer groups
• significant others

Anthony is five years old and just came home from kindergarten. He nows wants to play school where he is the teacher. Which stage of development is this according to Mead?

• Game stage
• imitation stage
• play stage
• Impersonation Stage

What did Harry Harlow conduct his experiments on?

• humans
• monkeys
• pigs
• elephants

Which person is credited with developing the stages of role taking?

• Erikson
• Freud
• Mead
• Cooley

Which group is more concerned with biological and mental forces in regards to socialization?

• historians
• Sociologists
• Scientists
• Psychologists

Which of the following is NOT an agent of socialization?

• Mass media
• Concerts
• Family
• School