Learning Unit 3 Quiz

a. preoperational stage b. sensorimotor stage c. formal operational stage d. concrete operational stage b

According to Piaget, in what stage of human development do individuals experience the world only through sensory contact?

a. imagining a situation in terms of past experience. b. imagining a situation from another person's point of view. c. trading self-centeredness for a focus on helping other people. d. recognizing that people have different views of most situations. b

By "taking the role of the other," Mead had in mind

a. True b. False b

During the last century, the mass media have had a declining influence on people in the United States.

a. True b. False b

Even years of social isolation during infancy in humans does not cause permanent and irreversible developmental damage.

a. family members are often what Mead called "significant others." b. families pass along social identity to children in terms of class, ethnicity, and religion. c. parents greatly affect a child's sense of self. d. All of these are correct. d

Family is important to the socialization process because

a. ego b. superego c. generalized other d. id a

In Freud's model of personality, which element of the personality represents a person's efforts to balance the demands of society and innate pleasure-seeking drives?

a. nurture is far more important than nature. b. neither nature nor nurture creates the essence of our humanity. c. nature and nurture have equal importance. d. nature is far more important than nurture. a

In the nature versus nurture debate, sociologists claim that

a. cognition, or how people think and understand. b. the role of heredity in shaping human behavior. c. how children are stimulated by their environments. d. how children develop their motor skills. a

Jean Piaget's focus was on

a. the functioning of the brain. b. genetics. c. social experience. d. biological drives. c

Mead placed the origin of the self on

a. any "significant other." b. widespread cultural norms and values used in evaluating ourselves. c. individuals who play a role in the child's life during a relatively short period . d. a person who provides complete care for a child. b

Mead used the concept "generalized other" to refer to

a. True b. False a

Members of a peer group share common interests, social position, and a similar age.

a. as humans, to nurture is our nature. b. Darwin's model of biological evolution explains the patterns of human culture. c. humans have instincts that guide our lives. d. biological forces underlie human culture. a

The social sciences, including sociology, make the claim that

a. True b. False b

The tragic case of Anna shows that without adequate nutrition a human being cannot develop a personality or self.

a. personality b. socialization c. human nature d. behavior a

What concept refers to a person's fairly consistent patterns of acting, thinking, and feeling?

a. behaviorism b. socialization c. human nature d. personality b

What concept refers to the lifelong social experience by which human beings develop their potential and learn culture?