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DIRECTIONS: PLEASE READ PAGES 66-78 IN YOUR TEXTBOOK AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES..
1. What methods have sociologists used to research how much of people’s behavior comes from nature
and how much from nurture?
2. Describe the case of Oskar and Jack (Down to Earth Sociology).Why was their case significant?
3. Explain the three elements of Charles Horton Cooley’s concept of the “looking glass self.
4. What are the three stages of development in Mead’s theory of development? Why is “taking the role of
the other” important?
5. Explain the two parts of the self according to Mead.
6. What are the 4 stages of development in Piaget’s theory of the development of human reason and when
do they occur? Is his theory still relevant?
8. How does Sigmund Freud say we develop a personality?
9. How do children develop morality according to Lawrence Kohlberg? What are the 4 stages? Is it the
same for boys and girls?
10. What is the relationship between emotions and socialization?.
Name: ____________________________________
DIRECTIONS: PLEASE READ PAGES 78-93 IN YOUR TEXTBOOK AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES..
10. What role does the mass media play in gender socialization?
11. Define an agent of socialization.
12. Choose three agents of socialization and describe how they can be both positive and negative.
13. Describe the differences between working class and middle class in child-rearing. How do their views
on child development differ?
14. What is the hidden curriculum in schools?
15. How do schools reflect and reinforce the nation’s social class, economic, and political systems?
16. How have you been resocialized throughout your life? What types of resocialization do you anticipate
in the future?
17. What is a total institution? Provide three examples and explain how they change their members.
18. Why is the degradation ceremony so important to a total institution like the military??
19. How did industrialization transform childhood?
20. Describe the process of socialization throughout our life stages. Why is this sociologically
significant?