Question 1

Which of the following statements about media technologies is accurate?

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A)   As people have more options of kinds of technologies to use, they spread their use out across more devices but have not increased the total hours spend using media technologies.
B)   Our media consumption has increased dramatically over recent decades.
C)   People behave similarly in anonymous and non-anonymous online settings.
D)   People with greater access to media report no more use of it than people with more limited access.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 2

An out-group is a group

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A)   you feel intimidated by
B)   whose culture is difficult to learn
C)   you look down on
D)   you are connected to in a positive way and to which you feel bondedE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Which of the following statements about socialization during old age is not true?

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A)   Most people are financially well prepared for old age and find that they can live a lifestyle familiar to them long after retirement.
B)   Many older workers retire before they are emotionally or financially ready to.
C)   Forging a new identity apart from employment can be difficult for many people.
D)   Peer groups get smaller as friends and loved ones die.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

What happens, according to George Herbert Mead, during the play stage of child development?

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A)   Children invent games with complicated rules in order to establish authority among their peers.
B)   Children watch adult behavior such as swearing and flirting, during their childhood.
C)   Children pretend to be other people, like a parent or a doctor or a teacher, which helps them understand the world from others' perspectives.
D)   Children change the rules of games as they play in order to advantage themselves and practice manipulation.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 5

What is one of the main findings of the Up series?

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A)   Biology is a stronger predictor of social outcomes than are social factors.
B)   By age 7, children have already been socialized into their economic class.
C)   British society, like American society, is highly fluid, so people are able to move across class lines fairly easily.
D)   Ending childhood poverty is possible if a society commits to it.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

One risk of spending our online time with people who affirm what we already believe is that we

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A)   are less likely to see the small but important differences in opinion that we have with our online friends
B)   come to hold more extreme versions of the opinions that we already hold
C)   forget to demand evidence of the claims that they make because we agree with claims themselves
D)   ignore our real-life friendships in favor of our online onesE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

Attending classes, reading textbooks, taking notes, participating in group study sessions, completing assignments, and taking tests are all part of the ____________ of college student.

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A)   role
B)   status
C)   bureaucracy
D)   normalizationE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Which theory was the major contribution that Erving Goffman made to sociology?

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A)   Dramaturgical theory
B)   Looking-glass self theory
C)   Discourse theory
D)   Theory of the generalized otherE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 9

In any given situation, we have to figure out which of the many _____________ we hold is most relevant, which in turn helps us decide which roles to enact.

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A)   social networks
B)   looking-glass selves
C)   organizational cultures
D)   statusesE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 10

If you want to change your achieved status, you need to change ____________; if you want to change your ascribed status, you need to change _____________.

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A)   your mindset, your actions
B)   your attitude, your treatment of others
C)   your actions, how people see you
D)   your values, your behaviorsE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 11

Role strain occurs when

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A)   multiple roles that we hold make conflict demands on us
B)   one role makes conflicting demands on us
C)   the role we are given is defined by someone else, with little or no input from us
D)   our personal goals have changed but our role has not and we are frustrated by the misalignment of goals and rolesE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 12

Why do secondary groups often distinguish between members and leaders?

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A)   Because they want to reward people for becoming new members.
B)   Because they worry that they may attract people who actually are seeking to undermine the group's goals, so they are hesitant to embrace new members.
C)   Because strict hierarchies are known to generate more creative contributions from people in a group.
D)   Because members are can easily leave, forcing leaders to do much of the organizational work.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

Which of the examples below is an example of a negative reference group?

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A)   Your parents play bridge as part of a bridge club. They read books about strategy in bridge in order to improve their understanding of the game and become more competitive players.
B)   Each fall, your neighborhood hosts a chili cook-off, with a person being crowned "Chili King" or "Chili Queen" and being given a small trophy and the right to brag about their performance.
C)   You are a new public high school teacher, and you join a group of other early-career teachers every Thursday night for drinks at a local bar to commiserate about the challenges of your work.
D)   Your parents point to a group of juvenile delinquents who are frequently in trouble with the law as examples of how they do not want you to behave.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 14

How can Caitlyn Jenner be both part of an oppressed minority and a person with privilege?

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A)   She is both a transwoman-a member of a group of people who are far more likely than average to be victims of violence-and a person of incredible wealth.
B)   She is both a person who has been divorced and a person who is famous.
C)   She is popular among some people and reviled among others.
D)   As is typical in American society, she was socialized according to the sex assigned her at birth (in this case, male) , but she also exercised agency by living life as a woman.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 15

Socialization contributes to the social construction of reality because it

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A)   encourages us to listen to our gut when we see a misalignment between someone's behaviors and the values they claim to have
B)   teaches people in a society what is "natural" and makes it harder for them to consider alternatives to the way things are in a society
C)   rewards people who challenge unfair power dynamics
D)   discourages consumer consumptionE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 16

According to Georg Simmel, which group is the most unstable?

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A)   Dyads
B)   Triads
C)   Groups of 5-10 people
D)   Large groups of 100 or moreE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 17

The likelihood of the following increases after job loss EXCEPT

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A)   Loss of friendships .
B)   Health problems
C)   Personal satisfaction
D)   DivorceE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Bailey is a single mother who wants to provide her children with nutritious lunches while they are at school, but she also finds that the time she required by planning and packing lunches takes away from the time she would like to spend reading books with her children at bedtime. What is Bailey experiencing?

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A)   Role strain
B)   Role conflict
C)   Normalization
D)   Peer pressureE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 19

When people are taught, whether through implicit instruction or modeling, how to act, think, and even feel according to the rules of their culture, they are experiencing

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A)   socialization
B)   generalization
C)   normalization
D)   bureaucratizationE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Sociologist Sherry Turkle reported in her book Life on Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet (1996)  that

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A)   we treat our online relationships as insincere
B)   the more time we spend online, the more depressed we are, in general
C)   the roles we play online can be therapeutic because they help us see the variety of ways we can be in the world
D)   the internet causes more fights than friendshipsE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Exam 5: Socialization, Social Interaction, and Group Life

Which of the following statements about media technologies is accurate?

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The likelihood of the following increases after job loss EXCEPT

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An out-group is a group

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Attending classes, reading textbooks, taking notes, participating in group study sessions, completing assignments, and taking tests are all part of the ____________ of college student.

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Why do secondary groups often distinguish between members and leaders?

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Which of the following statements about socialization during old age is not true?

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What is one of the main findings of the Up series?

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Role strain occurs when

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If you want to change your achieved status, you need to change ; if you want to change your ascribed status, you need to change _.

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What happens, according to George Herbert Mead, during the play stage of child development?

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Which of the examples below is an example of a negative reference group?

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In any given situation, we have to figure out which of the many _____________ we hold is most relevant, which in turn helps us decide which roles to enact.

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According to Georg Simmel, which group is the most unstable?

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Sociologist Sherry Turkle reported in her book Life on Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet (1996) that

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How can Caitlyn Jenner be both part of an oppressed minority and a person with privilege?

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Socialization contributes to the social construction of reality because it

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One risk of spending our online time with people who affirm what we already believe is that we

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When people are taught, whether through implicit instruction or modeling, how to act, think, and even feel according to the rules of their culture, they are experiencing

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Which theory was the major contribution that Erving Goffman made to sociology?

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The likelihood of the following increases after job loss EXCEPT

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What is one of the main findings of the Up series?

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What happens, according to George Herbert Mead, during the play stage of child development?

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According to Georg Simmel, which group is the most unstable?

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When people are taught, whether through implicit instruction or modeling, how to act, think, and even feel according to the rules of their culture, they are experiencing

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