SOC 100 Week 2 Quiz

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Question 1: Social Environment is:
A. The entire human environment.
B. Only includes interaction with others.
C. Only the personal property that we own
D. A city that we live in.

Question 2: Socialization is the process by which people learn:
A. The characteristics of their group
B. The knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, norms their group.
C. Actions thought appropriate for them in their group.
D. All of the above.

Question 3: According to Cooley, the looking-glass self contains three elements:
A. We imagine how we appear to those around us. For example, we may think that others perceive us as witty or dull.
B. We interpret others’ reactions. We come to conclusions about how others evaluate us. Do they like us for being witty? Do they dislike us for being dull?
C. We develop a self-concept. How we interpret others’ reactions to us frames our feelings and ideas about ourselves. A favorable reflection in this social mir- ror leads to a positive self-concept; a negative reflection leads to a negative self-concept.
D. All of the above.

Question 4: Self is:
A. The unique human capacity to reproduce.
B. The unique human capacity to survive after a tragedy.
C. The unique human capacity of being able to see ourselves “from the outside”; the views we internalize of how we think others see us. D. The unique human capacity to think without symbols.

Question 5: Gender socialization means:
A. To be born male or female.
B. To be a strong male or female.
C. To be a feminist male or female.
D. Learning society’s “gender map,” the paths in life set out for us because we are male or female.

Question 6: Peer group means:
A. A group of individuals studying in same university.
B. A group of individuals, often of roughly the same age, who are linked by common interests and orientations.
C. A group of individuals who live in same locality.
D. A group of individuals who live in same region.

Question 7: Social structure:
A. Consists of the ways that people and groups are related to one another.
B. Consists of the framework gives direction to and sets limits on our behavior.
C. Consists of the framework of society that surrounds us.
D. All of the Above.

Question 8: Social structure consist of:
A. Culture, roles, groups.
B. Social class, social status.
C. Social institutions.
D. All of the above.

Question 9: Ascribed status means:
A. A position an individual either do not inherits at birth or receives voluntarily later in life.
B. A position an individual either inherits at birth or receives involuntarily later in life.
C. A position an individual either elected or receives voluntarily later in life.
D. A position an individual either elected or re-elected for second time.

Question 10: One of the best examples of a Gemeinschaft community is:
A. Students.
B. Scientists.
C. Amish.
D. Actors and actresses.

Question 11: Body language is:
A. The ways in which people use their bodies to grow stronger.
B. The ways in which people use their bodies to make work.
C. The ways in which people use their bodies to run fast.
D. The ways in which people use their bodies to give messages to others.

Question 12: The Social Construction of Reality means:
A. To construct a reality show video.
B. To be able to apply the social norm to prevent crime in your community.
C. To Be able to apply the social construction of reality to your own life.
D. To be able to apply the social construction of reality to analyze your dreams.

Question 13: True or False: Macrosociology analysis of social life that focuses on broad features of society, such as social class and the relationships of groups to one another; usually used by functionalists and conflict theorists

True

False

Question 14: True or False: Microsociology analysis of social life that focuses on social interaction; typically used by symbolic interactionists.
True
False

Question 15: True or False: It is a struggle to adapt to a new culture, to learn behaviors and ways of thinking that are at odds with those already learned.
True
False

Question 16: True or false: The family, the neighborhood, religion, day care, school, peer groups, and the workplace are agents of socialization.
True
False