Question 1

Thinking about how patterns of child-rearing vary by class, lower-class parents generally stress _____, while well-to-do parents typically stress _____.

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A)   independence protecting children
B)   independence dependence
C)   obedience creativity
D)   creativity obedienceE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

According to Erving Goffman, the goal of a total institution is to

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A)   help integrate a troubled patient into the outside world.
B)   give a person greater choices about how to live.
C)   radically alter a person's personality or behavior.
D)   encourage lifelong learning in a supervised context.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 3

Why are the cases of Anna, Isabelle, and Genie important to social scientists?

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Question 4

While many researchers have studied outward behavior, George Herbert Mead focused on symbolic meaning-specifically the meaning people attach to behavior.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What concept refers to the lifelong social experience by which human beings develop their potential and learn culture?

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A)   socialization
B)   personality
C)   human nature
D)   behaviorismE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Explain the nature-nurture debate.How did Sigmund Freud and George Herbert Mead take different positions in this debate?

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Question 7

What did George Herbert Mead mean by "self"? What are the steps in the development of the self?

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George Herbert Mead, a sociologist and p...

Question 8

Gerontology is the study of aging and the elderly.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The special importance of the peer group is the fact that it

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A)   has a greater effect than parents on children's long-term goals.
B)   lets children escape the direct supervision of parents.
C)   gives children experience in an impersonal setting.
D)   halts the socialization process for a brief period.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

Erik H.Erikson's view of socialization states that

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A)   personality develops over the entire life course in patterned stages.
B)   personality involves tensions between the forces of biology and forces of culture.
C)   we come to see ourselves as we think others see us.
D)   most of our personality development takes place in childhood.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Explain Erik Erikson's theory of socialization as a lifelong process.

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Erik Erikson's theory of socialization a...

Question 12

As the proportion of women and men in old age increases, we can expect U.S.culture to become more comfortable with the reality of death.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which theory, developed by the psychologist John B.Watson, claims that human behavior is not instinctive but learned within a social environment?

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A)   behaviorism
B)   biological psychology
C)   evolutionary psychology
D)   naturalismE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 14

On average, a U.S.household has at least one television turned on for how many hours a day?

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A)   two
B)   five
C)   eight
D)   fifteenE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 15

Melvin Kohn demonstrated that parents of all social classes have many of the same expectations of their children.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Mead's concepts of the "I" and the "me" are close parallels of Freud's concepts of the id and the superego.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Based on what you have read in thisCHAPTER, you would correctly conclude that

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A)   society shapes how we think, feel, and act.
B)   human beings lack spontaneity and creativity.
C)   human beings are locked in the prison of society.
D)   human beings are unwilling to change society.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Psychologist John B.Watson claimed that specific patterns of human behavior are not instinctive, but learned.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Carol Gilligan extended Kohlberg's research, showing that

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A)   girls and boys typically assess situations as right and wrong using different standards.
B)   girls are more interested in right and wrong than boys are.
C)   boys are more interested in right and wrong than girls are.
D)   the ability to assess situations as right and wrong typically develops only as young people enter the teenage years.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 20

On average, a U.S.household has at least one television turned on for how many hours a day?

Accepted Answer

A)   two
B)   five
C)   seven
D)   fifteenE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

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Melvin Kohn demonstrated that parents of all social classes have many of the same expectations of their children.

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