Theories of Socialization
Adolescence
Personality Development
Adulthood
Deviance and Social Control
100

What are the 4 main agents of Socialization

Family, Peer group, School, Mass Media

100

Adolescence in American society generally

includes the ages between

a. 12 and 20

b. 10 and 13

c. 16 and 27

d. 25 and 40

A) 12 and 20

100
Some sociologists believe that people have genetically inherited their personality traits.
What is Nature?
100

What phase of adulthood included issues related to declining physical and mental functioning, dependency, and death

Late Adulthood

100

Deviance and conformity are labels assigned to certain
people and certain acts. 

Labeling Theory

200
Everyday Bob is told that he is a loser. Over a period of time, Bob accepts this and believes that he is, in fact, a loser and his school work suffers as a result.
What is Looking-glass Self?
200

Name one function that dating fulfills for teenagers today.

entertainment

Socialization

define self-concepts

status

spouse selection

200
Some sociologists believe that people develop their personality traits through the environment they are raised in.
What is Nurture?
200

What were the three changes in the Labor Force

Women, Minorities, Education

200

deviance is learned through interaction w/other deviants in social context where deviance is viewed as acceptable.  

Social Learning Theory

300

The 4 main factors that affect development of personality are

Heredity, parents, birth order, cultural

environment

300

How did the practice of dating develop in the US? Name at least 2 and explain How.

1. Industrial Revolution

2. Public Education

3. Automobile

4. Telephone

5. Equality of Women

300

What did we learn from Genie and Victor's

impact of isolation on young children

300

Many women, often in their early thirties, return to work after their children start school. They then pursue their career goals, similarly to men in their twenties.

Is Phase 1, 2 or 3

Phase 3

300

Deviance is a result of the tensions or strain experienced by people because of their position in the social structure.

Structural, Strain Theory

400
These four men explored different theories of socialization.
Who is Locke, Cooley, Mead, and Goffman?
400

Identify the 5 major features of adolescence 

1. Biological Growth and Development

2. Undefined Status

3. Increased decision making

4. Increased pressure

5. The Search for Self

400

Purposely isolating children in order to observe the effects is considered ethical or unethical

unethical , forbidden experiment 

400

Ages 40-60 are generally considered to be part of which group?

a. Early adulthood

b. Middle adulthood

c. Late adulthood

d. None of the above

B. Middle Adulthood

400

deviant behaviors are actions that do not go along with the social institutions

Conflict Theory

500

Tabula Rasa means

blank slate

500

What are the three society structures that helped create adolescence as a distinct stage? 

Education, Work, Courts

500
Case studies and evidence never clearly support one side over the other is the ongoing argument:
What is the nature vs. nurture debate?
500

Choosing a career, establishing oneself in society, and making commitments generally are characteristics of which life stage?

a. Early adulthood

b. Middle adulthood

c. Late adulthood

d. None of the above

A. Early Adulthood

500

people conform due to their bonds/attachments to parents, school, church, etc.; commitment to conventional norms; involvement in conventional activities; belief in validity of social norms

Control/ Social Bond Theory

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