Quiz 4

Question 1(1 point)

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________ is the process by which people internalize the values,
beliefs, and norms of a given society and learn how to function as members of
that society.

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Symbolic
interactionisms

Operationalization

Social
interaction

Socialization

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Question 2(1 point)

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The crux of the nature versus nurture debate involves whether
________

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the
physical or the social environment has a larger impact on culture.

biology
or socialization shapes human behavior.

parents
or peer groups influence children’s behavior.

physical
or cognitive traits influence socialization.

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Question 3(1 point)

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In social development theory, the “self” can be
defined as ________

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the
identity of a person as perceived by that same person.

one’s
sense of agency, action, or power.

the
identity of a person as perceived by others.

the
externalization of identity.

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According to George Herbert Mead’s stages of development,
children first start to learn to recognize an “other” through
________

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formal
games.

imitation.

playing
informally with other children.

first
recognizing their own identities.

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Question 5(1 point)

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Which of the following is an example of recognizing the
“generalized other”?

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There
are several children at a pool party. One little boy is very shy and isn’t
joining in the games. After a while, a slightly older child encourages him to
play with the others.

A
little girl lives with her parents, siblings, and grandmother; the
grandmother uses a cane. One day the girl sees a neighbor who is about her
grandmother’s age and asks where her cane is.

A
child goes to his friend’s house for dinner and announces that they must
bless the food before they eat, because that’s what they do in his home.

A
child is taught to hold the door for her parents or siblings when they are
carrying something into the house. While at the mall, she holds the door for
a stranger who is carrying several bags.

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Kalani has busy summers planned for her daughters. They take
music lessons, soccer lessons, basketball lessons, and attend summer school
classes. This is an example of ________

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natural
growth.

resocialization.

role
strain.

concerted
cultivation.

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Question 7(1 point)

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Which of the following scenarios involves the use of peer
pressure?

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A
member of a college football team is ostracized by his teammates when he
refuses to get a tattoo of the team mascot.

Three
friends encourage a fourth friend to follow her dream and try out for the
school play.

A
group of friends stages an intervention with a member of their group who they
think has a drug problem.

Three
children steal another child’s soccer ball on the playground because she
won’t share it.

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Question 8(1 point)

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Resocialization would be most likely to occur in which of the
following situations?

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A
mother decides not to return to work after giving birth to her first child.

A
child gets a new teacher halfway through the school year.

A
woman makes a career change from being an accountant with a large auditing
company to being a graphic designer in a small ad agency.

An
electrician who has never left the United States takes a two-week vacation to
Kenya.

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Question 9(1 point)

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Which of the following is an example of a total institution?

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an
elementary school

a
sports team

a
convent

a
political party

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Question 10(1 point)

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Who developed role theory as a way to examine social relations?

Question 10 options:

Charles
Cooley

Erving
Goffman

Candace
West

Robert
Merton

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As a mother, Janelle sometimes feels torn. She knows she should
be loving and supportive, but sometimes she needs to be firm and discipline her
children. These seemingly incompatible expectations are an example of ________

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role
strain.

role
conflict.

adult
socialization.

ascribed
status.

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Question 12(1 point)

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The interview with C. J. Pascoe highlights the peer pressure
that males can face in school to conform to certain ideals of masculinity. If a
high-school football player were to face pressure from peers to live up to the woman-chasing
“stud athlete” role while also attempting to be a model
“pure” Christian to his church peers, what sociological problem would
this student be facing?

Question 12 options:

role
conflict

resocialization

destruction
of the generalized other

dramaturgical
performance

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Question 13(1 point)

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An ascribed status is ________

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a
status into which one enters voluntarily.

one
status that stands out above all others.

the
least-used status within a status set.

a
status into which one is born.

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Question 14(1 point)

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Your introductory sociology professor argues that people and
institutions interact differently with boys and girls based on sets of
behavioral norms about what it means to be male or female. These sets of
behavioral norms are called____________

Question 14 options:

master
statuses.

sex
roles.

gender
roles.

conflictual
roles.

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Question 15(1 point)

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Which of the following theories argues that people’s choices
about how to act are based on shared meanings, orientations, and assumptions?

Question 15 options:

symbolic
interactionism

functionalism

dramaturgical
theory

postmodernism

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Question 16(1 point)

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Which is not a basic tenet of symbolic interactionism?

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Human
beings act toward ideas, concepts, and values on the basis of the meaning
that those things have for them.

Meanings
are products of social interaction in society.

Meanings
develop because they are functional for society.

Meanings
are modified and filtered through an interpretive process that each
individual uses in dealing with outward signs.

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Question 17(1 point)

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According to dramaturgical theory, a main goal of every social
interaction is ________

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to
not deviate from a script.

to
make a good impression.

to
assume the correct role.

to
be center stage.

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Question 18(1 point)

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A classmate has been talking for weeks about trying out for the
school dance team. The day after the tryouts, you ask her how it went, and she
answers that she didn’t go because she was sick. In reality, however, she did
try out but wasn’t selected. The way your classmate handled the situation is an
example of what?

Question 18 options:

saving
face

role
strain

a
breach of common roles

the
process of social construction

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Question 19(1 point)

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Civil inattention means ________

Question 19 options:

ignoring
someone who makes you feel uncomfortable.

failing
to make a good impression during a social interaction.

refraining
from directly interacting with someone until an opening signal is given.

inadvertently
offending someone by failing to follow accepted norms.

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Question 20(1 point)

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Which of the following is an example of a given off gesture?

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nodding
in agreement during a job interview

glancing
at your watch while someone talks to you

talking
to a colleague over coffee

winking
at a stranger

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Question 21(1 point)

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Ethnomethodology is an approach to studying human interaction
that focuses on ________

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how
we make sense of our world, how we convey this understanding to others, and
how we produce a mutually shared social order.

what
we can learn by examining cultural differences through ethnography.

the
roles and scripts we use in everyday life.

the
influence of family, school, and the media in constructing roles.

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Question 22(1 point)

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Harold Garfinkel is well known for ________

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developing
the theory of impression management.

conducting
breaching experiments.

investigating
the armed forces as a total institution.

his
analysis of socialization agents.

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Question 23(1 point)

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A group of people is waiting to be helped at a customer service
desk in a store. A woman in the waiting area suddenly clears her throat and
spits on the floor. Everyone else in the room is taken aback and gives her
dirty looks. How can this reaction be explained in sociological terms?

Question 23 options:

There
is probably a sign on the wall that says “No Spitting,” and the
others in the room cannot believe that the woman has breached this overt
rule.

The
status of the others in the room is threatened by the actions of the woman
who spit on the floor.

The
woman who spit on the floor is not conforming to social norms that are shared
by the other people in the room.

The
others in the room have been socialized to think that it’s okay for a man to
spit on the floor but not a woman.

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