Chapter 4 Full-Length Practice Exam

The agents of socialization do not impact social structures.

At what point does socialization in the life course end?

High-status youth are popular and always well‐liked by their peers.

Which life stage is typically characterized by pursuing a career, marriage, raising children, changing careers, divorcing, sending kids off to college, the death of a spouse, and planning for retirement?

The hidden curriculum may have impacted your choice of a college major.

The _______ involves imagining how we look to others and developing a self-concept such as pride or mortification.

Genie did not understand that she was not supposed to use the bathroom in public because she had no back stage.

STEM stands for _____, _____, _____, and _____. (Please type the four words with only a space between them and omit the “and”.)

On a first date, people typically try to look and act their best in an attempt to make themselves more appealing. According to Erving Goffman, this is an example of the looking-­glass self.

A child that has been isolated, neglected, and raised without socialization is known as a ______ child.

In the sequence of the life course, senior citizens are least inclined to adapt to technological change.

For many people, the pat-down at the airport is uncomfortable because it is a violation of ______.

According to the life course perspective, adolescence takes place from age 9-12.

________ is the primary agent of socialization in childhood.

A rite of passage is a ceremony or ritual used to mark a change in age or social status.

Discuss out loud to yourself the nature vs nurture debate. Rate yourself on how well you know the material.

Which of the following supports the nature position within the nature versus nurture debate?

Discuss out loud to yourself the positive and negative impacts of social media. Rate yourself on how well you know the material.

Which of the following people described the concept of the social self-arising from social experiences and activities?

Discuss out loud to yourself problems associated with excessive media consumption by children and teens. Rate yourself on how well you know the material.

Agents of socialization include:

Discuss out loud to yourself the four distance zones in Edward Hall’s Proxemic Theory. Rate yourself on how well you know the material.

All of the following are ways socialization plays a role in the number of girls in STEM except:

Discuss out loud to yourself the stages of the life course perspective. Rate yourself on how well you know the material.

The army, prisons, convents, and cults are all examples of  ______.

__________ is an event, ceremony, or rite of passage used to break down people and make them more accepting of a total institution.

The “me” is the unsocialized or acting self, made up of personal desires and needs.

Individuals who post private information on social media are revealing their ________ to the online world.

The generalized other is the process of internalizing societal norms and expectations.

________ is an effort to control the impression others have of us.