Chapter 5: Socialization and Interaction

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Jacob is a sociologist who studies how social institutions play a role in drug use as well as the effects of drug abuse on individuals. Jacob’s work is most relevant to which of these terms?

a. dramaturgy

b. symbolic interactionism

c. ethnomethodology

d. the micro–macro continuum

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Socialization and Variance

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. To which of these fundamental sociological questions are “feral children” most related?

a. nature/nurture

b. cognition/culture

c. micro/macro

d. individual/group

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Individual and the Self

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. According to most sociologists, what is the essential difference between humans and other animals?

a. larger brain

b. opposable thumbs

c. the ability to interact with other humans

d. friendships

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Individual and the Self

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Which sociologist developed the theory of “the looking-glass self”?

a. George Herbert Mead

b. Charles Horton Cooley

c. Erving Goffman

d. Georg Simmel

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction and Development of the Self

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Children reared in social isolation are unlikely to fully develop a self-image. Which of these theorists would say that is because they have had no one to respond to them?

a. labeling theory

b. looking-glass self

c. role-taking theory

d. disengagement theory

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction and Development of the Self

Difficulty Level: Hard

6. George Herbert Mead believed that the self ______.

a. is fluid

b. changes early in life and never again

c. remains fixed throughout one life

d. does not change

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction and Development of the Self

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Which of these is associated with symbolic interactionism?

a. Charles Horton Cooley

b. George Herbert Mead

c. Robert Merton

d. Georg Simmel

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction and Development of the Self

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. George Herbert Mead's theory of how the self develops over time includes the ______ and the ______ stages.

a. game; drama

b. play; work

c. drama; work

d. play; game

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Mind and Self

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. According to George Herbert Mead, gestures made only by humans are called ______.

a. interactionism

b. primary socialization

c. significant symbols

d. socialization gestures

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. According to George Herbert Mead, which of these is one of the key functions of language?

a. to make the mind and mental processes possible

b. to communicate through gestures

c. to facilitate relationships

d. to develop a sense of self

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Because people can think about and interpret significant symbols, they can engage in which of these?

a. symbolic interaction

b. functionalism

c. conflict

d. dramaturgy

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. According to George Herbert Mead, the ability to take oneself as an object is called which of these?

a. mind

b. self

c. significant symbol

d. interaction

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Mind and Self

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Charlotte loves to dress up as a princess, and her brother, Asher, loves to dress up as a cowboy. They play these roles individually. In which of George Herbert Mead’s stages are Charlotte and Asher?

a. self

b. game

c. play

d. generalized other

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Mind and Self

Difficulty Level: Hard

14. Mike, at 10, is a pitcher on the baseball team. He is learning his position as well as the duties of the other people on his team. According to George Herbert Mead, Mike is in which of these stages?

a. self

b. game

c. play

d. generalized other

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Mind and Self

Difficulty Level: Hard

15. Sophia is at a movie when her phone starts ringing. Aware that this is quite distracting to others around her, she immediately silences the phone. Sophia is responding to which of these?

a. the play stage

b. the generalized other

c. the game stage

d. the looking glass self

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Generalized Other

Difficulty Level: Hard

16. Which part of the self is incalculable, unpredictable, and creative?

a. the me

b. the I

c. the objective part

d. the subjective part

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The “I” and the “Me”

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. According to George Herbert Mead, social control is the dominance of ______.

a. the “me” by the “I”

b. the “self” to the “me”

c. the “I” by the “me”

d. the “me” by the “self”

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The “I” and the “Me”

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Consumer society requires ______, which is difficult on the “me.”

a. satiation

b. complete stability

c. moderate stability

d. constant change

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The “I” and “Me” in Consumer Society

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Fashions change year after year, and individuals must be able to adjust to this unpredictability in which aspect of self?

a. The “I” is somewhat unpredictable.

b. The “me” is somewhat unpredictable.

c. The “I” and the “me” both become unpredictable.

d. Neither the “I” nor the “me” is affected by changes to fashion.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The “I” and “Me” in Consumer Society

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. The concept of dramaturgy was created by which of these?

a. Charles Horton Cooley

b. Erving Goffman

c. George Herbert Mead

d. Stanley Milgram

Learning Objective: 5.2: Discuss the concept of the individual as performer.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Individual as Performer

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. Which of these is the view that social life is a series of performances, akin to those that take place in a theater on a stage?

a. dramaturgy

b. looking-glass self

c. the play and game stage

d. ethnomethodology

Learning Objective: 5.2: Discuss the concept of the individual as performer.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Individual as Performer

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. Many students feel as if the college classroom is their ______ stage because they are concerned about how others view them and want to make sure that they correctly answer questions posed by the teacher.

a. back

b. secondary

c. primary

d. front

Learning Objective: 5.2: Discuss the concept of the individual as performer.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Front and Back Stage

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. Jimmie constantly changes his Facebook profile page to convey he has an active social life. This shows that ______ is/are NOT only a face-to-face phenomenon, but that it also applies to social networking online.

a. significant symbols

b. impression management

c. the back stage

d. a conversation of gestures

Learning Objective: 5.2: Discuss the concept of the individual as performer.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Impression Management

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. When Alison leaves work, she goes home for the night and is unconcerned with her appearance. She changes clothing and removes her makeup. At home, Alison is in her ______ stage.

a. front

b. back

c. secondary

d. primary

Learning Objective: 5.2: Discuss the concept of the individual as performer.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Front and Back Stage

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Which term describes the process by which people learn, and come to accept, the ways of a group or a society?

a. impression management

b. ethnomethodology

c. socialization

d. dramaturgy

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Socialization

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. Which scholar is most responsible for promoting the idea that socialization occurs across the life course?

a. Sigmund Freud

b. Erik Erikson

c. Georg Simmel

d. George Herbert Mead

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Socialization

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. Family, peers, the media, and teachers exemplify which of these?

a. agency

b. agents of socialization

c. socialization variables

d. socialization contributors

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Childhood Socialization

Difficulty Level: Easy

28. Which of these is most associated with primary socialization?

a. peers

b. coworkers

c. parents

d. nurses

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Socialization

Difficulty Level: Easy

29. Joe teaches his son, Arman, how to cook, so Arman will have these skills when he moves out next month. What does Joe’s teaching exemplify?

a. resocialization

b. reverse socialization

c. role-taking

d. anticipatory socialization

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Family

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. José’s parents speak Spanish only. José learns English while attending high school and teaches his parents a little each night. What does José’s teaching exemplify?

a. resocialization

b. reverse socialization

c. role-taking

d. anticipatory socialization

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Family

Difficulty Level: Medium

31. When kids are taught different messages about what boys or girls do, or wear, or say they are experiencing which of these?

a. gender integration

b. gender socialization

c. feminism

d. primary socialization

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender

Difficulty Level: Medium

32. What is the term for parenting that rejects binary gender roles?

a. antifeminism

b. reverse socialization

c. gender-neutral childrearing

d. differential socialization

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Gender

Difficulty Level: Medium

33. Which of these is TRUE of socialization and consumer culture?

a. Children no longer need to be socialized to consume.

b. The primary agent of consumer socialization for children is the school.

c. Sites where youth socialize online are also consumption and shopping sites.

d. Socialization to consume is notably free of gender and race biases.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Consumer Culture

Difficulty Level: Medium

34. Adam lost his job as a machine operator when his company moved overseas. He returned to school to become an accountant. Which process below describes Adam’s experience?

a. anticipatory socialization

b. primary socialization

c. resocialization

d. acculturation

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Workplaces

Difficulty Level: Hard

35. Which of these do prison and military boot camps exemplify?

a. primary institutions

b. secondary institutions

c. total institutions

d. absolute institutions

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Total Institutions

Difficulty Level: Easy

36. Which of these is TRUE of adult resocialization?

a. It rarely occurs.

b. It happens only at workplaces and educational sites.

c. Economic depressions and recessions can necessitate it.

d. The older the adult, the much less likely they are to experience it.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Other Aspects of Adult Socialization

Difficulty Level: Hard

37. Which of the following is TRUE of cyberbullying?

a. Boys and girls are equally likely to experience it.

b. It is more difficult to do than face-to-face bullying.

c. It involves more complications than face-to-face bullying.

d. It generally has roots in the face to face world of those who it involves.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Cyberbullying

Difficulty Level: Medium

38. Which of the following represents a “superordinate–subordinate” relationship?

a. students in the same class

b. manager and employee

c. singers in a choir

d. soccer player and soccer fan

Learning Objective: 5.4: Describe the key aspects of interaction with others.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Superordinate–Subordinate Interactions

Difficulty Level: Medium

39. Heather helps Joe with his math homework, and in return, she expects that Joe will help her with her English homework. This is an example of which of these?

a. reciprocity

b. symbolic interaction

c. secondary socialization

d. resocialization

Learning Objective: 5.4: Describe the key aspects of interaction with others.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Reciprocity and Exchange

Difficulty Level: Medium

40. Which theory focuses on people’s everyday practices, especially when interaction is involved?

a. symbolic structuralism

b. ethnomethodology

c. exchange theory

d. impression management

Learning Objective: 5.4: Describe the key aspects of interaction with others.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: “Doing” Interaction

Difficulty Level: Medium

41. An example of the ______ is observing how people form lines, based on their method of payment, at an amusement park.

a. reciprocal order

b. interaction order

c. action order

d. mutual order

Learning Objective: 5.4: Describe the key aspects of interaction with others.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Interaction Order

Difficulty Level: Hard

42. Robert is a son, friend, father, and teacher. What do each of these exemplify?

a. Robert’s roles

b. Robert’s backstage

c. Robert’s statuses

d. Robert’s role making

Learning Objective: 5.4: Describe the key aspects of interaction with others.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Status and Role

Difficulty Level: Medium

43. A ______ is a person’s position within a social system; a ______ is what is expected of a person in this position.

a. role; status

b. persona; role

c. role; persona

d. status; role

Learning Objective: 5.4: Describe the key aspects of interaction with others.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Status and Role

Difficulty Level: Medium

44. An example of a student's ______ is to study for a test and take notes.

a. role

b. status

c. position

d. occupation

Learning Objective: 5.4: Describe the key aspects of interaction with others.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Status and Role

Difficulty Level: Medium

45. Mary's boss doesn't want to give her a promotion because she is a woman. Mary's boss is prejudicial toward Mary because of her ______ status.

a. achieved

b. master

c. ascribed

d. marital

Learning Objective: 5.4: Describe the key aspects of interaction with others.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Status and Role

Difficulty Level: Medium

46. Julie is a high school teacher. On the same day she is due to give her students their final exam, her two children become sick. She doesn't know if she should stay home with her children or leave them with a sitter, so she can administer the exam. Which of these is Julie experiencing?

a. role stress

b. role conflict

c. status overload

d. status stress

Learning Objective: 5.4: Describe the key aspects of interaction with others.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Status and Role

Difficulty Level: Hard

47. Steve is a college senior who has five finals scheduled on the same day. He also has to practice for the upcoming swim meet and go to work. Steve is experiencing which of these?

a. status overload

b. status strain

c. role overload

d. role strain

Learning Objective: 5.4: Describe the key aspects of interaction with others.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Status and Role

Difficulty Level: Hard

48. According to Georg Simmel, a ______ is the most basic of interpersonal relationships.

a. triad

b. couplet

c. dyad

d. trio

Learning Objective: 5.5: Identify micro-level social structures.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Interpersonal Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

49. Which of these is the sociological term for a three-person group?

a. triad

b. couplet

c. dyad

d. trio

Learning Objective: 5.5: Identify micro-level social structures.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Interpersonal Relationships

Difficulty Level: Three

50. Which of these is a key idea in network theory?

a. the importance of strong ties

b. the relationship of dyads to networks

c. the interaction order within networks

d. the strength of weak ties

Learning Objective: 5.5: Identify micro-level social structures.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Networks

Difficulty Level: Medium

51. A good example of a(n) ______ would be a college classroom or members of a meetup club of aficionados you belong to.

a. aggregate group

b. secondary group

c. primary group

d. out-group

Learning Objective: 5.5: Identify micro-level social structures.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Types of groups

Difficulty Level: Medium

52. Marie’s brothers and father are emotionally close and spend a great deal of time together. To which type of group would they belong?

a. tertiary

b. secondary

c. reference

d. primary

Learning Objective: 5.5: Identify micro-level social structures.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Types of Groups

Difficulty Level: Medium

53. Joan is NOT sure if she wants to become an engineer, so she decides to take an internship at a local engineering firm and joins an engineering club at her college. Engineers are Joan's ______.

a. primary group

b. secondary group

c. reference group

d. ascribed group

Learning Objective: 5.5: Identify micro-level social structures.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Types of Groups

Difficulty Level: Hard

54. Jim goes to a New York Yankees game, sitting with other Yankees fans because they are all wearing the same colors and will cheer when the team does well. Which of these are New York Yankees fans to Jim?

a. his reference group

b. his out-group

c. his in-group

d. his secondary group

Learning Objective: 5.5: Identify micro-level social structures.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Applications

Answer Location: Types of Groups

Difficulty Level: Hard

55. Which of these conducted an experiment that demonstrated that the power of the group is so great that it may override our own judgments and perceptions?

a. Stanley Milgram

b. Solomon Asch

c. George Herbert Mead

d. Erving Goffman

Learning Objective: 5.5: Identify micro-level social structures.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Conformity to the Group

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. Sociologists are most concerned with the macro phenomenon on the micro-macro continuum.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Socialization and Variance

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Parental interaction is very important in the formation of a “looking-glass” self.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction and Development of the Self

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. George Herbert Mead stated that humans are different than animals in that only humans can interact on the basis of significant symbols.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. In the play stage children learn to take specific attitudes of other people, one-at-a-time.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Mind and Self

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Jane’s family consists of her mom, dad, and two siblings. Jane’s “generalized other” is likely to be her oldest sister.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Generalized Other

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. The “I” is the unpredictable and creative part of the self.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The “I” and the “Me”

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. In a consumer society, the “I” and the “Me” are unpredictable.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The “I” and the “Me” in Consumer Society

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Dramaturgy is a theory of the development of the self in play and game stages.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Discuss the concept of the individual as performer.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Individual as Performer

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. The book Two-faced Racism argues that racism is expressed differently by white college students based on whether the person is in a front-stage or back-stage setting.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Discuss the concept of the individual as performer.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Front and Back Stage

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Lu is trying to impress her friends by using her French in a restaurant. This is an example of impression management.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Discuss the concept of the individual as performer.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Impression Management

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. Socialization ends when a child reaches adulthood.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Socialization

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Media is a primary agent of socialization.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Childhood Socialization

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. When Cat teaches her daughter, Lana, how to talk to adults Cat is engaging Lana in anticipatory socialization.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Childhood Socialization

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Sociologists today think of socialization as one-directional—from parent to child.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Family

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Only about 20% of youth use You Tube as a source of information.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Mass Media and New Media

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Shopping sites can be considered socializing agents.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Consumer Culture

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Keller has relocated from a rural to an urban area and must learn new rules about how to behave in the city, such as locking his door. Keller is experiencing resocialization.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Workplaces

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. A high school is an example of the concept of a total institution.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Total Institutions

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Changes in the family since as death of a spouse can result in resocialization.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Other Aspects of Adult Socialization

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. A superordinate and subordinate relationship is one that exists between a guard and a prisoner in jail.

Learning Objective: 5.4: Describe the key aspects of interaction with others.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Superordinate–Subordinate Interactions

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Interactions typically must involve reciprocity, or they are likely to end.

Learning Objective: 5.4: Describe the key aspects of interaction with others.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Reciprocity and Exchange

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. An example of role conflict would be a man who needs to attend a business meeting at the same time his children have a playoff baseball game.

Learning Objective: 5.4: Describe the key aspects of interaction with others.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Status and Role

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. Triads are the most basic of interpersonal relationships.

Learning Objective: 5.5: Identify micro-level social structures.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Interpersonal Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. Secondary groups are groups that people take into consideration when evaluating themselves.

Learning Objective: 5.5: Identify micro-level social structures.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Types of Groups

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Mike is a Dodgers baseball fan who enjoys sitting in the stadium next to fellow fans of the team, which would be considered Mike's out-group.

Learning Objective: 5.5: Identify micro-level social structures.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Types of Groups

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Discuss the differences and similarities that compare theories on the development of the self from Charles Horton Cooley and George Herbert Mead. Be sure to discuss the “looking-glass self,” the “I” and the “me,” and the “generalized other” in your answer.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Individual and the Self

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Explain the components of dramaturgy according to Erving Goffman. Discuss front and back stage and impression management. Use an example of classroom behavior to elaborate on each of these concepts.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Discuss the concept of the individual as performer.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Impression Management

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Discuss at least three changes in socialization related to new media technologies. Explain at least two sources of socialization. How do new social media affect socialization through these sources?

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Socialization

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Give an example of a status and its associated role(s). Identify the types of status. Correctly provide a scenario that illustrates either (a) role conflict or (b) role overload.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Explain the significance of socialization in childhood and adulthood.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Status and Role

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Explain the concept of “the strength of weak ties.” How are weak ties strong? Be sure to define strong ties, weak ties, primary groups, and secondary groups, and use an example that illustrates these groups and ties.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Describe the development of the self.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Social Networks

Difficulty Level: Medium