chapter 4

Question 1

true or false: socialization is a lifelong process through which people acquire and internalize norms and values, languages and develop a sense of self

Answer 1

true

Question 2

socialization

Answer 2

the process by which people learn to function as a member of society

Question 3

social reproduction

Answer 3

the process of socialization comes from one generation to another and is reproduced over time

Question 4

social roles

Answer 4

set of socially defined expectations of behavior associated with a given status or social position

Question 5

who came up with the theory of child development?

Answer 5

George Herbert Mead

Question 6

what is the central focus of mead theory

Answer 6

regular social interaction

Question 7

what are the correct order of stages for a child to self emerge?

Answer 7

preparatory, play, and game stage

Question 8

what years are the preparatory stage from?

Answer 8

birth - 3 yrs old

Question 9

what is the preparatory stage?

Answer 9

the child engages in meaningless imitation and there is a lack of symbolic understanding in a sophisticated way

Question 10

what years are the play stage from?

Answer 10

3-5 years old

Question 11

what is the play stage?

Answer 11

taking the role of the other and the child plays one role at a time of a single actor; significant others are important agents of socialization

Question 12

what years are the game stage?

Answer 12

6-9 years old

Question 13

what is the game stage?

Answer 13

children develop self-awareness; children learn to follow roles and how to take on social roles through their experiences in games involving other players, social self is “me” and unsocialized self is the “i”

Question 14

true or false: the “i” is an immediate and unthinking response that is also the basis of individual personality

Answer 14

true

Question 15

true or false: infants don’t know “i” but through social interaction, they don’t learn about “me”

Answer 15

false; infants only know “i” but learn about “me” through social interaction and environment

Question 16

generalized other

Answer 16

developed throughout ones life; people draw from out when trying to understand how they should behave in social situations

Question 17

who invented the looking glass?

Answer 17

charles horton cooley

Question 18

what are the stages of the looking glass?

Answer 18

1) a person has an initial sense of self 2) a person receives feedback in small group interactions 3) a person has a revised sense of self as a result of the feedback they received in those small group interaction

Question 19

who comes up with a theory of cognitive development?

Answer 19

jean piaget

Question 20

what are the stages of cognition development in order?

Answer 20

sensorimotor, perceptional, concrete operational, formal operational

Question 21

what years are the sensorimotor stage from?

Answer 21

birth-2 years old

Question 22

what is the sensorimotor stage?

Answer 22

object permanence; the ability to recognize that an object can exist even when it is no longer perceived in ones sight

Question 23

what years are the pre operational stage from?

Answer 23

2-7 years old

Question 24

what is the pre operational stage?

Answer 24

children master language and use words to represent objects and images, children should no longer be egocentric as the child can see more than their own point of view

Question 25

what years are the concrete operational stage from?

Answer 25

7-11 years old

Question 26

what is the pre operational stage?

Answer 26

it is abstract, logic, conservation, casuality, and reversibility

Question 27

what is the formal operational stage

Answer 27

it is highly abstract and hypothetical ideas