Test 4 questions

Question 1

A position in society that you earn is called ____.
A. ascribed status
B. role
C. achieved status
D. role conflict

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Competing demands of different roles is called _______.
A. role expectation
B. role conflict
C. role strain
D. diversity

Answer 2

B

Question 3

To be identified in ways that can be considered a disgrace is called a _____.
A. role performance
B. social structure
C. discordance
D. stigma

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The process that teachers norms, values and other aspects of culture to new members is called ______.
A. socialization
B. normalcy
C. symbolic interactionism
D. functionalism

Answer 4

A

Question 5

Primary socialization occurs during ______.
A. childhood
B. adolescence
C. young adulthood
D. at work

Answer 5

A

Question 6

The idea that the self develops through a process of reflection is central to the idea of the _______.
A. nurture theory
B. strain theory
C. looking glass self
D. nature theory

Answer 6

C

Question 7

Severe social isolation of young children has been shown to have ______ long term negative consequences.
A. minmal
B. no lasting
C. significant

Answer 7

C

Question 8

His theory of the development of the self saw the “me” as an interpreter of how others see us.
A. freud
B. mead
C. erikson
D. goffman

Answer 8

A

Question 9

Freuds theory on development of the self emphasized _____.
A. psychosexual stages
B. looking glass self
C. dramaturgy
D. social bonds

Answer 9

A

Question 10

Erikson’s theory of development of the self is viewed as a revision of the ideas of _____.
A. Cooley
B. Freud
C. Goffman
D. Mead

Answer 10

B

Question 11

Family, schools, peer groups, mass media are seen as ____ of socialization.
A. barriers
B. unrelated
C. agents

Answer 11

C

Question 12

Patterns of relationships that endure from one generation to the next are called ____.
A. social structures
B. social agents
C. xenophobes
D. cultural warriors

Answer 12

A

Question 13

The idea of defense mechanisms to help us deal with life is found in his theory of self _____.
A. Mead
B. Cooley
C. Goffman
D. Freud

Answer 13

D

Question 14

Mead’s teaching at the University of Chicago lead to the formation of this sociological paradigm _____.
A. functionalism
B. conflict theory
C. symbolic interactionism
D. feminist theory

Answer 14

C

Question 15

Viewing social situations as events that we often rehearse for is part of his theory of self ____.
A. Mead
B. Goffman
C. Cooley
D. Freud

Answer 15

B

Question 16

According to Erickson gaining a sense of the world as a place we can trust occurs during _____.
A. Infancy
B. puberty
C. adolescence
D. young adulthood

Answer 16

A

Question 17

The change in the media’s representation of racial minorities in the US is an example of how the mass media works as _______.
A. a gatekeeper
B. a censor
C. an agent of socialization

Answer 17

C

Question 18

Peer groups as an agent of socialization tend to have more influence on ____.
A. toddlers
B. first graders
C. teenagers
D. retirees

Answer 18

C

Question 19

A status in a society that is given to you at birth is called _____.
A. achieved status
B. ascribed status
C. inherent status
D. known status

Answer 19

B

Question 20

Judging people on preconceived generalizations about groups of people is called _____.
A. hazing
B. role conflict
C. role strain
D. stereotyping

Answer 20

D

Question 21

Replacing norms and values with new ones as part of a transition in life is called _____.
A. resocialization
B. stereotyping
C. generalization
D. role resolution

Answer 21

A

Question 22

According to Freud the id represents our need for ____.
A. love
B. power
C. hope
D. immediate gratification

Answer 22

B