Choose the best answer for each multiple choice question. Usually, multiple choice questions include two or more answers that might appear to be correct but there is always one best answer.
1. The Skeels and Dye studies concluded that "high intelligence" is based on:
a. early, close relationships with humans
b. long lasting, close relationships with humans
c. genetics and other biological factors
d. none of these
2. Another important contributor to human development is:
a. culture
b. genetics
c. language
d. economics
3. The looking-glass self occurs throughout:
a. childhood
b. life
c. adolescence
d. adulthood
4. Franky likes to dress up as Batman and save mom from the Penguin. Franky is in the _________ Mead's stage of developent:
a. imitation
b. play
c. game
d. generalized other
5. Mead believed that the "self" and the "mind" are:
a. social products
b. biological products
c. cultural products
d. evolutionary products
6. Sociologists believe that emotions are:
a. natural
b. learned
c. universal
d. related to our personalities
7. Melvin Kohn found that ________ is an important component in the differences in parenting.
a. race
b. gender
c. sexual orientation
d. social class
8. Entry into school introduces children to ________ as an important contributor to socialization.
a. teachers
b. hidden curriculum
c. peers
d. gender
9. Comparison studies on daycare and home care may suggest that it is not being in day care but _______ daycare that may effect the negative outcomes of daycare when compared to home care.
a. social class
b. curriculum
c. quality
d. time spent
10. Resocialization in total institutions occurs through:
a. anticipatory socialization
b. degradation ceremonies
c. manifest functions
d. social development
Extra Credit Critical Thinking Question
How do the observations made by Goldberg and Lewis (Socialization into Gender) illustrate gender socialization?
Answer: Goldberg and Lewis found that parents introduce the "gender map" to sons and daughters without even being consciously aware of it. This illustrates that gender is so deeply part of our identity that we don't even realize the verbal and nonverbal messages children receive from parents and other agents of socialization.
Answers: 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. B
Scoring Guide:
15-14: Excellent
13-12: Very Good
11: You need more practice
10 and below: You need to re-read the text more carefully.
a. early, close relationships with humans
b. long lasting, close relationships with humans
c. genetics and other biological factors
d. none of these
2. Another important contributor to human development is:
a. culture
b. genetics
c. language
d. economics
3. The looking-glass self occurs throughout:
a. childhood
b. life
c. adolescence
d. adulthood
4. Franky likes to dress up as Batman and save mom from the Penguin. Franky is in the _________ Mead's stage of developent:
a. imitation
b. play
c. game
d. generalized other
5. Mead believed that the "self" and the "mind" are:
a. social products
b. biological products
c. cultural products
d. evolutionary products
6. Sociologists believe that emotions are:
a. natural
b. learned
c. universal
d. related to our personalities
7. Melvin Kohn found that ________ is an important component in the differences in parenting.
a. race
b. gender
c. sexual orientation
d. social class
8. Entry into school introduces children to ________ as an important contributor to socialization.
a. teachers
b. hidden curriculum
c. peers
d. gender
9. Comparison studies on daycare and home care may suggest that it is not being in day care but _______ daycare that may effect the negative outcomes of daycare when compared to home care.
a. social class
b. curriculum
c. quality
d. time spent
10. Resocialization in total institutions occurs through:
a. anticipatory socialization
b. degradation ceremonies
c. manifest functions
d. social development
Extra Credit Critical Thinking Question
How do the observations made by Goldberg and Lewis (Socialization into Gender) illustrate gender socialization?
Answer: Goldberg and Lewis found that parents introduce the "gender map" to sons and daughters without even being consciously aware of it. This illustrates that gender is so deeply part of our identity that we don't even realize the verbal and nonverbal messages children receive from parents and other agents of socialization.
Answers: 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. B
Scoring Guide:
15-14: Excellent
13-12: Very Good
11: You need more practice
10 and below: You need to re-read the text more carefully.