Chapter 4 Review - Socialization

The process by which individuals learn and internalize the values, norms, and beliefs of their social group and thereby become functioning members is known as

• socialization

• • sociobiology

• emotional labor

• psychoanalysis

According to Sigmund Freud, the personality passes through four distinct ________ stages of development.

• preparatory

• • psychosexual

• social construction

• dramaturgical

Which of the following agents of socialization has the most enduring lifelong impact on the individual?

• the family

• peers

• the media

• school

The term “master status” is defined as a

• set of behaviors that are associated with a particular position.

• status that generally overrides all other statuses a person possesses.

• set of expectations that are attached to a specific role.

• perspective that allows a person to understand many other people’s points of view.

Janae and Ren are coworkers who recently started dating. One day Janae notices Ren stealing office supplies. She’s torn between being a good employee and reporting the theft or helping her new romantic partner avoid getting in trouble. Janae is experiencing

• ego strain.

• • an expression of behavior.

• role conflict.

• role strain.

Ade and his parents immigrated to the United States from Nigeria when he was a young child. Growing up, he found himself behaving and talking differently at school than at home because he felt it would help him fit in and be treated like everyone else. Which sociological concept best explains Ade’s behavior and interactions with others?

• the looking glass self

• impression management

• the dual nature of self

• the Thomas Theorem

Julian is a child who consistently earns mediocre grades and is often picked last for team games. He likes to make silly jokes and play pranks, and he notices that people laugh when he does so. The child starts to think that others are laughing with him, not at him. Charles Cooley would say this development is part of

• the backstage.

• the preparatory stage.

• the looking glass self.

• impression management.

Sociologists define the self as

• the part of an individual that is displayed to other members of a society.

• only the private, innermost parts of the mind that are not usually shown to others.

• the experience of an individual’s personal identity that is distinct from other people.

• the parts of the human mind that are created through interactions with others.

According to Sigmund Freud’s theoretical perspective, the parts of the mind are

• the looking-glass self and the dual nature of the self.

• the dual nature of the self, the significant other, and the generalized other.

• the significant other and the generalized other.

• the id, ego, and superego.

A ________ is an example of a total institution.

• yoga class

• • cult

• sports club

• university