Sheila is playing softball with a group of her friends. Recently, she has been thinking about how her team members need to work as a team when a line drive is hit to center field. In considering the demands and expectations of her team as a whole, Sheila is developing an awareness of what sociologist George Herbert Mead termed as the concept of:
a. significant others. b. the generalized other.
c. the looking-glass self. d. the authoritarian personality.
Question 2Organized crime thrives primarily because______________________
__.
a. people are essentially dishonest, even on the job
b. there is a high level of political corruption in the United States
c. there is a great demand for illegal goods and services
d. people without other job skills need to make a living
Question 3Through a pattern of marriage, divorce, and remarriage, some people practice _____, a succession of marriages in which a person has several spouses over a lifetime but is legally married to only one person at a time.
a. sequential coupling
b. serial monogamy
c. marriage serialization
d. polygamy
Question 4George Herbert Mead's concept of the _____ other refers to the child's awareness of the demands and expectations of the society as a whole or of the child's subculture.
a. generalized b. perceived
c. secondary d. significant
Question 5Organized crime is generally not associated with __________.
a. drug trafficking
b. prostitution
c. money laundering
d. insider trading
Question 6In the United States, the only legally sanctioned form of marriage is _____, which refers to a marriage between two partners, usually a woman and a man.
a. homogamy
b. polygamy
c. monogamy
d. polyandry
Question 7__________ crime is a business operation that supplies illegal goods and services for profit.
a. Organized
b. Political
c. Corporate
d. Occupational (white-collar)
Question 8According to George Herbert Mead, during the __________ stage of self-development (early school years), children understand not only their own social position but also the positions of others around them.
a. preparatory b. play
c. generalized d. game
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