The focus of Lawrence Kohlberg's research was _______
a. cognition.
b. the importance of gender in socialization.
c. moral reasoning.
d. psychoanalysis.
Question 2According to Erving Goffman, the goal of a total institution is to _______
a. help integrate a troubled patient into the outside world.
b. give a person greater choices about how to live.
c. radically alter a person's personality or behavior.
d. encourage lifelong learning in a supervised context.
Question 3In a total institution, staff members _______
a. closely supervise all the daily life of inmates.
b. encourage the individual growth and creativity of inmates.
c. allow inmates to choose their own food, clothing, and activities.
d. institute informal rules to direct people's daily routines.
Question 4Goffman's idea of the resocialization process includes _______
a. breaking down an old identity, then building up a new identity.
b. rewarding inmates for being creative.
c. helping integrate inmates into the larger society.
d. finding ways to make inmates contribute to the larger society.
Question 5An inmate who loses the capacity for independent living is described as _______
a. unsocialized.
b. integrated.
c. institutionalized.
d. dissociated.
Question 6Based on what you have read in this chapter, you would correctly conclude that _______
a. society shapes how we think, feel, and act.
b. human beings lack spontaneity and creativity,.
c. human beings are locked in the prison of society.
d. human beings are unwilling to change society.
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