Agents of Socialization
What is the process through which we learn basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of society from specific individuals, groups, and institutions
Socialization
What are the sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs and values that are characteristic of an individual.
Personality
In birth order which child is more likely to be achievement oriented and responsible. More conservative in their thinking
First born
What is a a recurrent pattern of relationships in a society
Social Structure
List the continents from largest to smallest:
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.
What is the most important agent of socialization?
Family
What two agents of socialization is the big debate about personality development between?
Nature and Nurture
Level of education, religious orientation, economic status, cultural heritage and occupational background
What is a position a person occupies in a group known as in sociology?
Status
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Harry Harlow did an experiment on the importance of early social contact. He used what type of animal?
Monkeys
Pavlov, through his experiment with dogs, believed that _________ had the biggest influence on personalities.
Nurture
Name an agent of socialization that we studied other than Nature, Nurture, Birth order or parental characteristics.
Gender and Heredity
What is the most important position in establishing a person’s identity
Master Status
What is the capital of Iceland?
Reykjavík
Apart from family name two of the other three major sources of socialization
Peers
School
Mass Media
A person who believes that instinct and heredity are the biggest factors on personality would believe that_______ is the biggest influence on personality.
Nature
What is are wild or untamed children found living with animals (or isolated in their homes by parents) called?
feral children
What is a position over which one has no control
Ascribed status
What is the national animal of Scotland?
The unicorn
What are the two major methods of resocialization that was discussed in the class?
Voluntary and involuntary
What is the the systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior
Sociobiology
What was the name of the wild child that we watched a video of. She was locked in her dad's house belted to a potty.
Genie Wiley
What is a position that depends to some extent on characteristics over which a person has some control
achieved status
Who wrote the famous novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
Harper Lee