Which of the following statements is TRUE about anticipatory socialization?
a. Anticipatory socialization is completed during adolescence.
b. Anticipatory socialization is preparation for roles we are likely to assume in the future.
c. Anticipatory socialization occurs prior to primary socialization.
d. Anticipatory socialization completely prepares us for future roles.
Question 2Research on the types of chores assigned to adolescents find that:
a. boys and girls today are equally likely to clean house and care for younger children.
b. while many tasks follow traditional gender divisions, girls today are just as likely as boys to be assigned to mow the lawn.
c. boys are more likely to learn mechanical skills, while girls are more likely to learn caregiving behavior.
d. past gender differences in household chores have virtually disappeared today.
Question 3In the discussion of the importance of primary socialization, the text reports that in general the number of words poor children learn by the age of three is _________ those learned by middle-class children.
a. approximately the same as
b. 10 fewer than
c. 20 fewer than
d. 50 fewer than
Question 4As an example of the critical importance of primary socialization, the text reports that the number of words we learn by the age of three:
a. will determine our ability to learn in the future.
b. is the same for children of all social classes.
c. highly predicts future reading ability and likelihood of high school graduation.
d. result in differences in intelligence that can never be overcome.
Question 5When children do not learn to be conforming members of their society during childhood:
a. it takes them much longer to learn to conform during adulthood.
b. they face ridicule from their peers and learn to conform during adolescence.
c. conformity is unlikely to develop later in life.
d. it is up to the schools to teach conformity.
Question 6The learning of appropriate values and behaviors that occurs during early childhood is a part of _________ socialization.
a. primary
b. secondary
c. anticipatory
d. developmental
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