Professional Documents
Culture Documents
PART 1
SOCIALIZATION
1. Fill in the blanks with one appropriate term from the list below:
2. For each of the following terms, identify the correct definition and enter the
appropriate letter in the blank in front of the definition.
3. Encircle the correct answer to each question, from the answers provided below.
1. Socialization that occurs when the child leaves the family for schooling and comes
under the influence of adults and peers outside the household is known as:
a. primary socialization
b. secondary socialization
c. adult socialization
d. resocialization
2. The theory that asserts that all behavior is learned is known as:
a. sociobiology
b. biological determinism
c. behaviorism
d. identity theory
3. In Freuds model of the personality, the functional area that incorporates the moral
codes of adults is called the:
a. id
b. ego
c. superego
d. identity
4. Cases of feral children, or children who have been abandoned or isolated in infancy,
show that:
a. isolation in childhood does not affect later socialization
b. socialization is unnecessary for a person to lead a normal life
c. socialization is a purely biological process
d. none of the above
5. The concept of the looking-glass self was developed by:
a. Lawrence Kohlberg
b. Jean Piaget
c. George Herbert Mead
d. Charles Horton Cooley
7. The individuals conception of the expectations of society and its demands is called
the:
a. ego
b. superego
c. significant other
d. generalized other
9. The groups of people that influence a persons social development throughout his or
her lifetime are:
a. a peer group
b. agencies of socialization
c. the generalized other
d. resocializing agents
11. The attitudes and values of adolescents tend to be most strongly influenced by their:
a. teachers
b. siblings
c. peers
d. parents
4. TRUE or FALSE:
T/F 1. Today it is generally recognized that biological factors have little effect on the
formation of the personality.
T/F 2. Sigmund Freuds theory of personality is based on the belief that the individual
acquires a self by observing and assimilating the identities of others.
T/F 3. Behaviorism traces its origins to the work of the Russian psychologist Ivan
Pavlov.
PART 2
INTERACTION IN GROUPS
1. Fill in the blanks with one appropriate term from the list below:
2. For each of the following terms, identify the correct definition and enter the
appropriate letter in the blank in front of the definition.
___ 1. the strategies one uses to set a stage for ones own purposes.
___ 2. a social group to which an individual has a feeling of allegiance; usually, but not
always, a primary group.
___ 3. a network of relationships formed around shared goals.
___ 4. a set of two or more individuals who share a sense of common identity and
belonging and interact on a regular basis.
___ 5. a set of primary and secondary groups in which the individual carries out
important life functions.
___ 6. a group that an individual uses as a frame of reference for self-evaluation and
attitude formation.
___ 7. a social group whose members have a shared goal or purpose but are not bound
together by strong emotional ties.
___ 8. a social group characterized by intimate, face-to-face associations.
___ 9. any social group to which an individual does not have a feeling of allegiance; may
be in competition or conflict with the in-group.
___ 10. a formal organization characterized by a clearly defined hierarchy with a
commitment to rules, efficiency and impersonality.
___ 11. a population that functions within a particular geographic area.
___ 12. a group that has an explicit, often written, set of norms, statuses and roles that
specify each members relationships to the others and the conditions under which those
relationships hold.
___ 13. a formal organization whose members pursue shared interests and arrive at
decisions through some sort of democratic process.
___ 14. a groups whose norms and statuses are generally agreed upon but are not set
down in writing.
___ 15. a collection of individuals who are grouped together because they share a trait
that is deemed by the observer to be socially relevant.
___ 16. an approach to research on interaction in groups that is based on the recognition
that much social interaction depends on the desire to impress those who may be
watching.
___ 17. the study of the underlying rules of behavior that guide group interaction.
3. Encircle the correct answer to each question, from the answers provided below.
1. Which of the following characteristics distinguishes true social groups from social
categories?
e. They are collections of people who are in the same place at the same time.
f. Their members have a sense of belonging to the group.
g. Their members share a particular trait.
h. all of the above
3. A group that consists of people whom one considers to be outside the bounds of
intimacy is known as:
a. a primary group
b. a nonterritorial group
c. a social network
d. an out-group
4. A woman who a job in a bank and wears a tailored suit because she believes that this is
the proper attire for bankers is adhering to a standard set by her:
a. primary group
b. voluntary association
c. in-group
d. reference group
6. People withdraw from participation in groups that they find unrewarding. This is an
example of the:
a. rationality principle
b. fairness principle
c. pleasure principle
d. reciprocity principle
8. Studies of interaction in small groups have found that the person who initiates the most
interactions often:
a. is the best-liked person in the group
b. gets no attention from the other members of the group
c. comes to be thought of as a leader
d. does not adhere to group norms
9. Positions with clearly defined responsibilities that are ordered in a hierarchy that
constituted a career ladder are characteristic of a:
a. bureaucracy
b. territorial community
c. reference group
d. voluntary association
10. In his experiments on obedience to authority, Stanley Milgram found that subjects
were most likely to obey the experimenter when the learner was:
a. in the same room as the subject
b. in direct proximity to the subject
c. in another room and could not be heard by the subject
d. in another room but could be heard by the subject
4. TRUE or FALSE:
T/F 1. A primary group is distinguished from a secondary group by the fact that its
members engage in face-to-face interaction.
T/F 2. The size of the group is a significant factor in the maintenance of primary-group
relations.
T/F 3. Informal organizations have generally agreed-upon norms and statuses that are not
set down in writing.