Question 1

According to Erving Goffman, the goal of a total institution is

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A)  to help integrate a troubled patient into the outside world.
B)  to give a person greater choices about how to live.
C)  to radically alter a person's personality or behavior.
D)  to encourage lifelong learning in a supervised context.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

The tragic case of Anna shows that without adequate nutrition a human being cannot develop a personality or self.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Harlow studies found that six months of social isolation was sufficient to permanently damage infant rhesus monkeys.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Our basic drives or needs as humans are reflected in Freud's concept of the

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A)  superego.
B)  ego.
C)  id.
D)  generalized other.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 5

In the nature versus nurture debate, sociologists claim that

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A)  nature is far more important than nurture.
B)  nurture is far more important than nature.
C)  nature and nurture have equal importance.
D)  neither nature nor nurture creates the essence of our humanity.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 6

George Herbert Mead considered the self to be

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A)  the part of an individual's personality that is composed of self-awareness and self-image.
B)  the presence of culture within the individual.
C)  basic drives that are self-centered.
D)  present in infants at the time of their birth.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 7

Of all social institutions, the family has the greatest impact on socialization.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The tragic case of Anna, the isolated girl who was studied by Kingsley Davis, shows that

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A)  humans have most of the same instincts found in other animal species.
B)  without social experience, a child is incapable of thought or meaningful action.
C)  personality is present in humans at birth.
D)  many human instincts disappear after the first few years of life.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

Family is important to the socialization process because

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A)  family members are often what Mead called "significant others."
B)  families pass along social identity to children in terms of class, ethnicity, and religion.
C)  parents greatly affect a child's sense of self.
D)  All of these are correct.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 10

According to Jean Piaget, language and other symbols were first used in the preoperational stage.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

When people model themselves after the members of peer groups they would like to join, they are engaging in a process that sociologists call

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A)  group conformity.
B)  future directedness.
C)  anticipatory socialization.
D)  group rejection.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

Industrial societies typically define people in old age as

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A)  the most wise.
B)  the most knowledgeable about current fashion and trends.
C)  more out of touch and less socially important than younger adults.
D)  All of these are correct.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 13

According to Erving Goffman, what key traits define a total institution?

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Question 14

Anticipatory socialization refers to trying to avoid unpleasant social experiences.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The focus of Lawrence Kohlberg's research was

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A)  cognition.
B)  the importance of gender in socialization.
C)  moral reasoning.
D)  All of these are correct.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 16

In Mead's model, which sequence correctly orders stages of the developing self?

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A)  imitation, play, game, generalized other
B)  imitation, generalized other, play, game
C)  imitation, game, play, generalized other
D)  imitation, generalized other, game, playE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

The "ego" in Freud's model of personality is the same as "conscience."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

According to Piaget, in what stage of human development do individuals experience the world only through sensory contact?

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A)  sensorimotor stage
B)  preoperational stage
C)  concrete operational stage
D)  formal operational stageE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Anti-elderly bias in the United States will probably decrease as the percentage of older people rises.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Total institutions operate with the goal of resocializing inmates.

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A) True 
 B)False

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