Socialization Practice Exam
Course Introduction
This course explores the process of socialization, examining how individuals learn and internalize the norms, values, behaviors, and social skills necessary to function effectively within society. Students will analyze the influence of key socializing agents such as family, peers, education systems, media, and cultural institutions. Through a combination of theoretical frameworks and real-world examples, the course investigates how socialization shapes identity, attitudes, and life outcomes across different social groups and life stages. Emphasis is placed on understanding the dynamic and reciprocal nature of socialization, as well as the role of socialization in both maintaining social order and enabling social change.
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Social Psychology Sociological Perspectives 3rd Edition by David E. Rohall
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Sociological Social Psychology
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Q1) Joe started noticing that kids from higher social classes tend to get accepted to better colleges than kids from middle and lower social classes.His analysis is probably rooted in which macrosociological perspective?
A)conflict perspective
B)symbolic interactionism
C)behavioralism
D)structural functionalism
Answer: A
Q2) Which macrosociological perspective views society as a biological organism in which each part of the body has a function that promotes the survival of the whole?
A)conflict perspective
B)symbolic interactionism
C)behavioralism
D)structural functionalism
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Perspectives in Sociological Social Psychology
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Q1) What type of group is depicted in the vignette?
A)primary
B)secondary
C)tertiary
D)reference
Answer: B
Q2) Role theory is associated with which perspective in sociological social psychology?
A)conflict theory
B)social structure and personality
C)group processes
D)structural functionalism
Answer: B
Q3) The development of symbolic interactionism stems from which philosophical tradition or traditions?
A)French philosophy
B)German economic analysis
C)American pragmatism
D)Austrian theory
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Studying People
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Q1) You are studying student attitudes toward tobacco and alcohol consumption by asking students to respond to questions using answer categories that range from 1 (strongly agree)to 4 (strongly disagree).These items represent which type of variable?
A)ordinal
B)interval
C)rational
D)categorical
Answer: A
Q2) An instructor asks you to develop a study of the homeless that will provide a great deal of insight into what it is like to be homeless.Given this mandate,which of the following methods would most likely produce the information that you need for such a project?
A)ethnography
B)focus group
C)survey
D)experiment
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The Social Psychology of Stratification
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Q1) How do service workers manage status inequalities?
A)by emphasizing a customer-is-always-right mentality
B)by controlling the pace of work and thus controlling patrons
C)by accepting disrespectful behavior from patrons
D)by following the rules of their supervisors
Q2) According to research by Lucas and others,how can individuals with lower cultural status best gain status in groups?
A)by demanding status vocally of all group members
B)by focusing on the success of the group,rather than on his or her own interests
C)by providing a kickback to others in the group in exchange for a leadership position
D)by focusing on his or her own interests and avoiding group interaction
Q3) According to West and Zimmerman,the way in which we engage in conscious and unconscious gender behaviors is known as __________.
A)gender performance
B)doing gender
C)gender rotation
D)gendering
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Chapter 5: Self and Identity
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Q1) A first date would most likely be associated with which area of identity?
A)front stage
B)backstage
C)performance stage
D)informal stage
Q2) The use of narratives and personal stories is important to the process of
A)symbolic interaction
B)identity control
C)impression management
D)dramaturgical theory
Q3) Identity theory comes from which social-psychological perspective?
A)symbolic interactionism
B)social structure and personality
C)group processes
D)structural functionalism
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Chapter 6: Socialization Over the Life Course
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Q1) Studies have shown that factors such as economic resources and status can dramatically affect the outcomes of children of divorced parents.Which of the following social characteristics is most likely to impact access to resources?
A)class difference
B)gender difference
C)age of parents
D)sexuality of parents
Q2) Elder's study of the Great Depression generally showed that __________.
A)all children were negatively affected by growing up in the Great Depression
B)only children growing up in poverty were affected by the Great Depression
C)the Great Depression had the strongest impact on children's lives by changing family roles
D)no children were negatively affected by growing up in the Great Depression
Q3) What percentage of children in the United States lives with a stay-at-home parent?
A)one-half
B)one-third
C)one-quarter
D)one-fifth
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Chapter 7: The Social Psychology of Deviance
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes interactionist perspective(s)on deviance?
A)Deviance is relative to a given group of people or society.
B)Deviance is relatively consistent across groups and society.
C)Deviance is based on biological norms.
D)Deviance has no impact on the social world.
Q2) Which of the following crimes best exemplifies white-collar crime?
A)stealing a purse
B)simple assault
C)telling a lie to a friend
D)embezzling from work
Q3) Murder would most likely be considered the breaking of a __________;picking your nose in public would be breaking a __________.
A)more;folkway
B)folkway;more
C)norm;value
D)more;more
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Chapter 8: Mental Health and Illness
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Q1) How can minority status impact mental health ratings?
A)Minorities often have lower economic status,which is associated with more distress.
B)Minorities are less likely to have mental health problems.
C)Minorities have different social constructions of mental health problems than other groups.
D)Minorities are more likely to have genetic mental health problems.
Q2) Which social theorist applied role theory to understanding the sick?
A)Peter Conrad
B)Michel Foucault
C)Talcott Parsons
D)Herbert Blumer
Q3) Which of the following coping strategies emphasizes patients' attempts to rebel against asylum staff?
A)conversion
B)intransigence
C)withdrawal
D)colonization
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Chapter 9: Social Attitudes
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Q1) One explanation for the income disparity between men and women is the __________,in which women with children make disproportionately less money than men or than women without children.
A)motherhood advantage
B)uncommitted worker factor
C)gender bias preclusion
D)motherhood penalty
Q2) Based on status construction theory,how can you get what you want from a group and leave a positive impression?
A)by acting like a very nice person
B)by acting like a generous person
C)by acting like a majority member of society
D)by acting like a high-status person
Q3) In the United States,which group tends to be the most liberal?
A)females living in the Midwest
B)females living on the West Coast
C)males living in the Midwest
D)males living on the West Coast
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Chapter 10: The Sociology of Emotions and Relationships
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Q1) According to Randall Collins's theory of interaction ritual chains,what role does emotion play in the maintenance of society?
A)Emotional energies provide the reason for maintaining interactions in society.
B)Emotional scripts provide information about how to behave in society.
C)Emotions give us cues as to whether we are performing our roles in society adequately.
D)Emotions exist within a series of "feeling rules" about how to behave in society.
Q2) The sociocentric model of emotional socialization argues that the primary means of learning about emotions comes from __________.
A)physiological cues
B)social instruction
C)cybernetic conditions
D)observation without interpretation
Q3) Which of the following jobs demands high levels of emotion work?
A)plumber
B)teacher
C)ballet dancer
D)factory worker
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Chapter 11: Collective Behavior
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Q1) The vast majority of protests and other collective events exhibit which kind of dispersal?
A)routine dispersal
B)emergency dispersal
C)coerced dispersal
D)active dispersal
Q2) According to Blumer's theory of circular reaction,when do individuals in crowds start to lose control and act without much rationality?
A)during the milling phase when individuals are encouraged to act out against authorities
B)during the interpretation phase when individuals are encouraged to act out against authorities
C)during the interpretation phase when individuals lose their ability to communicate about appropriate behavior
D)during the milling phase when individuals lose their ability to communicate about appropriate behavior
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