Soc 101 Chapter 3

False

Because of the power of peers and social institutions, we are all prisoners of socialization.

True

Gender serves as the primary basis for social inequality.

True

Identical twins share almost exactly the same genetic heredity.

True

Mead emphasized that in order to learn to take the role of the "other" a child must pass through three stages - imitation, play, and team game.

True

Social class, gender, race, and ethnicity are aspects of one's life that fall into the category of social location.

False

Sociologists have clearly demonstrated that most emotions are universal and are "products of our genes."

False

The latent function of formal education is to teach knowledge and skills, such as writing, reading, and arithmetic.

False

The research of the Harlows demonstrated that the key to mother-child bonding is the ability of the mother to provide food and other nutrition to the offspring.

True

The term "total institution" refers to a place in which people are cut off from the rest of society and where they come under almost total control of the officials who are in charge.

True

Without language there can be no culture, no shared way of life.