The term for the basic family unit consisting of husband, wife, and children is:
a. cultural lag.
b. nuclear family.
c. society.
d. culture.
e. extended family.
Question 2In this stage, children practice fitting their behavior into an already established behavior system that governs a game, such as baseball. This stage is the
a. play stage.
b. preparatory stage.
c. game stage.
d. post-socialization stage.
Question 3New patterns of behavior connected with the Internet often conflict with traditional values. Conflicts such as these are thought by sociologists to be the result of:
a. cultural lag.
b. innovation.
c. generalized adaptability.
d. diffused adaptability.
e. environmental determinism.
Question 4During the game stage, children learn
a. to make up rules as they go.
b. to mimic and imitate people in their environment.
c. to pretend to be people significant in their lives.
d. to see how their position fits relative to all other positions.
Question 5When two or more individuals agree about the things a particular object represents:
a. that object becomes a symbol after a decade of tradition.
b. that object becomes a symbol only if laws can be passed in support of its meaning.
c. that object becomes a symbol if they can get others to agree with them.
d. that object becomes a symbol by virtue of its shared meaning for those individuals.
e. that object takes on a sacred intimate status between the two people.
Question 6During the game stage, children take on the role of the
a. significant other.
b. generalized other.
c. significant symbols.
d. rule maker.
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