SOC 101 Exam Comprehensive Q & A
Most adolescents seek jobs in order to
Select one:
a. identify a career choice.
b. make spending money.
c. assist with their parents' household expenses.
d. pay for education.
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Most adolescents seek jobs in order to
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Learning Objective: List and summarize seven major agents of socialization.
Question Category: Information
Topic: Agents of socialization
Topic: Culture
The correct answer is: make spending money.
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Debbie attends her first day of school, and when she returns home, she "plays school" with
her younger brother. As part of this play activity, Debbie duplicates all of the behaviors that
were performed by her teacher during the day. According to George Herbert Mead, Debbie
is in which stage of development?
Select one:
a. the preparatory stage
b. the imitative stage
c. the play stage
d. the game stage
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Blooms: Apply
Learning Objective: Summarize the contributions of Cooley; Mead; and Goffman regarding
the role of social interaction in the development of the sense of self.
Question Category: Application-Concept
Topic: Social interaction
Topic: The self
The correct answer is: the play stage
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Significant others is
Select one:
a. Charles Horton Cooley's term for a child's awareness of the attitudes, viewpoints, and
expectations of society as a whole.
b. George Herbert Mead's term for altering the presentation of the self in order to create
distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences.
c. George Herbert Mead's term for those individuals who are most important in the development
of the self.
d. George Herbert Mead's term for the sum total of a person's conscious perception of his or
her identity as distinct from others.
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Significant others is
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: Summarize the contributions of Cooley; Mead; and Goffman regarding
the role of social interaction in the development of the sense of self.
Question Category: Definition
Topic: Social interaction
Topic: The self
The correct answer is: George Herbert Mead's term for those individuals who are most
important in the development of the self.
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A person leaves a singles' bar alone and later tells a friend, "There wasn't anyone
interesting in the entire crowd." This is an example of
Select one:
a. reverse socialization.
b. anticipatory socialization.
c. impression management.
d. face-work.
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A person leaves a singles' bar
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: Summarize the contributions of Cooley; Mead; and Goffman regarding
the role of social interaction in the development of the sense of self.
Question Category: Information
, SOC 101 Exam Comprehensive Q & A
Topic: Social interaction
Topic: The self
The correct answer is: face-work.
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A child spends a lot of time putting objects into his mouth and touching everything in sight.
This child is probably in which stage of development, according to Jean Piaget?
Select one:
a. concrete operational
b. sensorimotor
c. formal operational
d. preoperational
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A child spends a lot of time putting objects...
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Learning Objective: Describe the psychological approaches to self.
Question Category: Application-Concept
Topic: The self
The correct answer is: sensorimotor
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Which term refers to a person's typical patterns of attitudes, needs, characteristics, and
behavior?
Select one:
a. personality
b. social promotion
c. socialization
d. human nature
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Which term refers to a person's
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the role of socialization in shaping human behavior and
attitudes.
, SOC 101 Exam Comprehensive Q & A
Question Category: Definition
Topic: Socialization
The correct answer is: personality
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Which of the following is an example of a formal organization?
Select one:
a. a community college basketball team
b. the people in a New York City subway car
c. the General Motors Corporation
d. the local kids' swim team
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Which of the following is an example of a fo...
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Learning Objective: Analyze the structure of organizations and bureaucracies.
Question Category: Application-Concept
Topic: Social structure
The correct answer is: the General Motors Corporation
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Jan, Randy, and Terry are science majors, and when they graduate from college, they find
jobs as a nurse, a midwife, and a hospital administrator, respectively. These new positions
are examples of
Select one:
a. statuses.
b. social roles.
c. groups.
d. social networks.
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Jan, Randy, and Terry are science majors, an...
Blooms: Apply
Learning Objective: List the various types of statuses in society.
Question Category: Application-Concept
Most adolescents seek jobs in order to
Select one:
a. identify a career choice.
b. make spending money.
c. assist with their parents' household expenses.
d. pay for education.
Feedback
correct
Most adolescents seek jobs in order to
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: List and summarize seven major agents of socialization.
Question Category: Information
Topic: Agents of socialization
Topic: Culture
The correct answer is: make spending money.
Question 2
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Debbie attends her first day of school, and when she returns home, she "plays school" with
her younger brother. As part of this play activity, Debbie duplicates all of the behaviors that
were performed by her teacher during the day. According to George Herbert Mead, Debbie
is in which stage of development?
Select one:
a. the preparatory stage
b. the imitative stage
c. the play stage
d. the game stage
Feedback
correct
Debbie attends her first day of school, and ...
Blooms: Apply
Learning Objective: Summarize the contributions of Cooley; Mead; and Goffman regarding
the role of social interaction in the development of the sense of self.
Question Category: Application-Concept
Topic: Social interaction
Topic: The self
The correct answer is: the play stage
Question 3
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Significant others is
Select one:
a. Charles Horton Cooley's term for a child's awareness of the attitudes, viewpoints, and
expectations of society as a whole.
b. George Herbert Mead's term for altering the presentation of the self in order to create
distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences.
c. George Herbert Mead's term for those individuals who are most important in the development
of the self.
d. George Herbert Mead's term for the sum total of a person's conscious perception of his or
her identity as distinct from others.
Feedback
correct
Significant others is
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: Summarize the contributions of Cooley; Mead; and Goffman regarding
the role of social interaction in the development of the sense of self.
Question Category: Definition
Topic: Social interaction
Topic: The self
The correct answer is: George Herbert Mead's term for those individuals who are most
important in the development of the self.
Question 4
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A person leaves a singles' bar alone and later tells a friend, "There wasn't anyone
interesting in the entire crowd." This is an example of
Select one:
a. reverse socialization.
b. anticipatory socialization.
c. impression management.
d. face-work.
Feedback
correct
A person leaves a singles' bar
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: Summarize the contributions of Cooley; Mead; and Goffman regarding
the role of social interaction in the development of the sense of self.
Question Category: Information
, SOC 101 Exam Comprehensive Q & A
Topic: Social interaction
Topic: The self
The correct answer is: face-work.
Question 5
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A child spends a lot of time putting objects into his mouth and touching everything in sight.
This child is probably in which stage of development, according to Jean Piaget?
Select one:
a. concrete operational
b. sensorimotor
c. formal operational
d. preoperational
Feedback
correct
A child spends a lot of time putting objects...
Blooms: Apply
Learning Objective: Describe the psychological approaches to self.
Question Category: Application-Concept
Topic: The self
The correct answer is: sensorimotor
Question 6
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Which term refers to a person's typical patterns of attitudes, needs, characteristics, and
behavior?
Select one:
a. personality
b. social promotion
c. socialization
d. human nature
Feedback
correct
Which term refers to a person's
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the role of socialization in shaping human behavior and
attitudes.
, SOC 101 Exam Comprehensive Q & A
Question Category: Definition
Topic: Socialization
The correct answer is: personality
Question 7
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Which of the following is an example of a formal organization?
Select one:
a. a community college basketball team
b. the people in a New York City subway car
c. the General Motors Corporation
d. the local kids' swim team
Feedback
correct
Which of the following is an example of a fo...
Blooms: Apply
Learning Objective: Analyze the structure of organizations and bureaucracies.
Question Category: Application-Concept
Topic: Social structure
The correct answer is: the General Motors Corporation
Question 8
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Jan, Randy, and Terry are science majors, and when they graduate from college, they find
jobs as a nurse, a midwife, and a hospital administrator, respectively. These new positions
are examples of
Select one:
a. statuses.
b. social roles.
c. groups.
d. social networks.
Feedback
correct
Jan, Randy, and Terry are science majors, an...
Blooms: Apply
Learning Objective: List the various types of statuses in society.
Question Category: Application-Concept
