Chapter 3 Quiz
Because of the power of peers and social institutions, we are all prisoners of socialization.
False
Cooley's theory of personal development is based on the image that we present to those around us, the reactions of these people, and way that we interpret these reactions.
False
Sociologists have clearly demonstrated that most emotions are universal and are "products of our genes."
False
Sociologists usually embrace Freudian theory on personality development because of its universal acceptance among the social sciences.
False
The "corridor curriculum" often emphasizes racism, sexism, illicit ways to make money, and "being cool."
False
The advent of Lara Croft and other women of action has clearly divided children with an interest in action films into two campsone supporting male characters and the other the supporting emerging female characters.
False
The latent function of formal education is to teach knowledge and skills, such as writing, reading, and arithmetic.
False
The research of Melissa Milkie demonstrated that there is little difference today in how boys and girls interpret the cultural expectations of gender.
False
The research of sociologist Melvin Kohn and others demonstrates that the differences in the supervision of children are a matter of the race and ethnicity of the parents more than any other factor.
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.
False
Cooley's conclusions about the looking-glass self appear to be true for people around the world.
True
Freud assumed that what was male was "normal" and that females were "inferior, castrated males."
True
Gender serves as the primary basis for social inequality.
True
Identical twins share exactly the same genetic heredity.
True
In Mead's theory of development, the "me" is the "object of action" or the "self as object."
True
In Piaget's model for children's development of reasoning skills, the term reasoning skills is synonymous with the term operational as it is used in the theory.
True
Mead emphasized that in order to learn to take the role of the "other" a child must pass through three stagesimitation, play, and team game.
True
Parents are the first significant others to teach children about the fundamental symbolic division of the world.
True
Social class, gender, race, and ethnicity are aspects of one's life that fall into the category of social location.
True
Without language there can be no culture, no shared way of life.
True