Socialization involves learning about the groups to which we belong and by extension do not belong. In learning this we acquire
a. a social identity. c. human capacities.
b. personality. d. social contact.
Question 2The social nature of identity is best illustrated by asking which one of the following questions?
a. What color are your eyes?
b. Who do you look like?
c. Do you play on a sports team?
d. What role do genes play in making a person?
Question 3From a sociological point of view, _____________ when people can step outside the self and imagine it from another's point of view.
a. internalization occurs c. mortification results
b. a sense of self emerges d. rationalization is possible
Question 4Children acquire a sense of self when they become objects to themselves.. This means that they
a. are able to imitate others.
b. possess a spontaneous, creative self.
c. are able to imagine the effect their words and actions have on others.
d. have developed a strong tie with a caring adult.
Question 5Socialization is a life long process by which humans do all but which one of the following?
a. acquire a sense of self c. shake free of other's influences
b. develop human capacities d. learn expectations for behavior
Question 6_____________ is the link between society and the individual.
a. Memory c. Socialization
b. Human potential d. Nature
Question 7Chris returns to the U.S. after having spent time in another culture. Among other things, she is having real trouble adjusting to an automobile-oriented culture after living in a motor bike-oriented culture. Chris is experiencing
a. reentry shock. c. cultural relativity.
b. cultural shock. d. ethnocentrism.
Question 8Reentry shock is ___________ in reverse; it is experienced upon returning home after living in another culture.
a. material culture c. ethnocentrism
b. culture shock d. cultural relativity
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