SOCIOLOGY 101 - UNIT 4 EXAM
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS
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Nature versus Nurture - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1.) our nature is our nurture after being
born.
(2.) not born with instincts to survive on our own.
(3.) leave baby on beach alone, it is helpless & will die, become another animal's food.
(4.) environment versus genetics.
Psychological Social View of the Self (PSP) - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1.) Private
Possession (something you have).
(2.) Rooted in, & thus reflects personality; grounded to oneself.
(3.) Relatively stable structure (developed thru childhood experiences).
(4.) Behaviors, attitudes, moods, dispositions.
Social Sociological View of the Self - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1.) Social in nature/activity
(something you do).
(2.) Rooted in, & thus reflects context; things around you.
(3.) Self is fluid & shifting because context changes.
(4.) External to an individual (based on society).
Socialization - Correct Answer ✔✔ the process by which people acquire cultural
competency and through which society perpetuates the fundamental nature of existing
social structure.
Self - Correct Answer ✔✔ relatively organized complex of attitudes, beliefs, values, and
behaviors associated with an individual.
Definition of the Situation - Correct Answer ✔✔ a condition in which the perception of
circumstances determines how people respond.
George Herbert Mead - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1.) The "I" and the "Me".
(2.) Founder of the symbolic interventionism theory.
I - Correct Answer ✔✔ The spontaneous driving force that fosters all that is novel,
unpredictable, and unorganized in the self.
Me - Correct Answer ✔✔ The objective self; the image of self seen when one takes the
role of the other.
The "me" is formed through continual symbolic interaction.
The "me" is the organized community within the individual.
, Reflexive Behavior - Correct Answer ✔✔ behavior in which the person initiating an
action is the same as the person toward whom the action is directed.
Self (George H. Mead) - Correct Answer ✔✔ the active source and passive object of
behavior.
Role Taking - Correct Answer ✔✔ the process of taking on the role of another to see
how things look from his or her point of view
3 Stages of Development of Self - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1.) Preparatory Stage.
(2.) Play Stage.
(3.) Game Stage.
Preparatory Stage - Correct Answer ✔✔ stage in the development of self during which a
child engages in basic interaction and imitation.
Play Stage - Correct Answer ✔✔ stage in the development of self during which a child
develops the ability to take a role, but only from the perspective of one person at a time.
Game Stage - Correct Answer ✔✔ stage in the development of self during which a child
acquires the ability to take the role of a group or community and conform to broad,
societal expectations.
The Generalized Other - Correct Answer ✔✔ the perspective and expectations of a
network of others or the community as a whole.
______ coined the term looking-glass self to describe the process by which a sense of
self develops. - Correct Answer ✔✔ Charles H. Cooley.
Looking-Glass Self - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1.) the process by which individuals acquire
and maintain their social selves through reflective interaction with others.
(2.) The mental image that results from taking the role of the other; the objective self;
me.
(3.) Mead-Cooley hypothesis claims, "individuals' self-conceptions result from
assimilating the judgments of significant other."
Mead-Cooley hypothesis - Correct Answer ✔✔ "individuals' self-conceptions result from
assimilating the judgments of significant other."
self presentation theory - Correct Answer ✔✔ assumes that our behavior aims to create
a desired impression. We want people to see us in a particular way.
Why do we self present? - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1.) For control: it gives us control over
how people see us.
(2.) Construct a self image
(3.) Self-perception: helps us manage how we see ourselves.
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS
RATED 100% CORRECT
Nature versus Nurture - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1.) our nature is our nurture after being
born.
(2.) not born with instincts to survive on our own.
(3.) leave baby on beach alone, it is helpless & will die, become another animal's food.
(4.) environment versus genetics.
Psychological Social View of the Self (PSP) - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1.) Private
Possession (something you have).
(2.) Rooted in, & thus reflects personality; grounded to oneself.
(3.) Relatively stable structure (developed thru childhood experiences).
(4.) Behaviors, attitudes, moods, dispositions.
Social Sociological View of the Self - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1.) Social in nature/activity
(something you do).
(2.) Rooted in, & thus reflects context; things around you.
(3.) Self is fluid & shifting because context changes.
(4.) External to an individual (based on society).
Socialization - Correct Answer ✔✔ the process by which people acquire cultural
competency and through which society perpetuates the fundamental nature of existing
social structure.
Self - Correct Answer ✔✔ relatively organized complex of attitudes, beliefs, values, and
behaviors associated with an individual.
Definition of the Situation - Correct Answer ✔✔ a condition in which the perception of
circumstances determines how people respond.
George Herbert Mead - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1.) The "I" and the "Me".
(2.) Founder of the symbolic interventionism theory.
I - Correct Answer ✔✔ The spontaneous driving force that fosters all that is novel,
unpredictable, and unorganized in the self.
Me - Correct Answer ✔✔ The objective self; the image of self seen when one takes the
role of the other.
The "me" is formed through continual symbolic interaction.
The "me" is the organized community within the individual.
, Reflexive Behavior - Correct Answer ✔✔ behavior in which the person initiating an
action is the same as the person toward whom the action is directed.
Self (George H. Mead) - Correct Answer ✔✔ the active source and passive object of
behavior.
Role Taking - Correct Answer ✔✔ the process of taking on the role of another to see
how things look from his or her point of view
3 Stages of Development of Self - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1.) Preparatory Stage.
(2.) Play Stage.
(3.) Game Stage.
Preparatory Stage - Correct Answer ✔✔ stage in the development of self during which a
child engages in basic interaction and imitation.
Play Stage - Correct Answer ✔✔ stage in the development of self during which a child
develops the ability to take a role, but only from the perspective of one person at a time.
Game Stage - Correct Answer ✔✔ stage in the development of self during which a child
acquires the ability to take the role of a group or community and conform to broad,
societal expectations.
The Generalized Other - Correct Answer ✔✔ the perspective and expectations of a
network of others or the community as a whole.
______ coined the term looking-glass self to describe the process by which a sense of
self develops. - Correct Answer ✔✔ Charles H. Cooley.
Looking-Glass Self - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1.) the process by which individuals acquire
and maintain their social selves through reflective interaction with others.
(2.) The mental image that results from taking the role of the other; the objective self;
me.
(3.) Mead-Cooley hypothesis claims, "individuals' self-conceptions result from
assimilating the judgments of significant other."
Mead-Cooley hypothesis - Correct Answer ✔✔ "individuals' self-conceptions result from
assimilating the judgments of significant other."
self presentation theory - Correct Answer ✔✔ assumes that our behavior aims to create
a desired impression. We want people to see us in a particular way.
Why do we self present? - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1.) For control: it gives us control over
how people see us.
(2.) Construct a self image
(3.) Self-perception: helps us manage how we see ourselves.
