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31. Sociologists believe that_______________?
- A. Biology being the major constraints does not allow any change in human nature hence socialization does not change much of human individual nature
- B. Individual is the product of social group within which he is socialized
- C. The nature-nurture controversy has ended in favor of nurture and the bio-sociologists have failed to promote their thesis
- D. None of these
Explanation: Sociologists emphasise that individual personality and identity develop within social groups through interaction and socialization. This does not mean biology is irrelevant, so the other statements make unjustified claims about the nature-nurture debate.
Correct answer: Individual is the product of social group within which he is socialized32. The main agent in primary socialization is______________?
- A. school
- B. family
- C. television
- D. peer group
Explanation: The family is normally the main agent of primary socialization because it provides a child’s earliest and most continuous learning of language, norms, values and roles. Schools, peers and media become especially influential later.
Correct answer: family33. Chodorow (1978) argued that gender socialization occurred through____________?
- A. both boys and girls being closely attached to their mothers, but then boys breaking away
- B. girls being attached to their mothers but then breaking away
- C. boys being attached to their fathers and girls to their mothers
- D. both boys and girls being closely attached to their fathers, but girls breaking away
Explanation: Chodorow argued that both sexes initially form close attachments to their mothers, but boys must separate psychologically to establish a masculine identity. Girls maintain greater emotional continuity with the mother, making option a the best description.
Correct answer: both boys and girls being closely attached to their mothers, but then boys breaking away34. Which sociological perspective would be especially interested in studying how people communicate with other and develop relationships through MUDS (multi-user)?
- A. functionalist perspective
- B. conflict perspective
- C. interactionist perspective
- D. labeling theory
Explanation: Interactionism focuses on face-to-face communication, meanings and relationship-building through shared symbols. MUDs provide an online setting for exactly these processes, unlike the broader structural focus of functionalism or conflict theory.
Correct answer: interactionist perspective35. Isabelle was___________?
- A. reared in an interracial family
- B. kept in almost total seclusion for the first six years of her life
- C. subjected to mistreatment in a mental institution
- D. a child whose language skills were of genius calibre
Explanation: Isabelle was a well-known case of a child who was kept in almost total isolation during her early years, severely limiting language and social development. The case is used to demonstrate the necessity of social interaction for normal socialisation.
Correct answer: kept in almost total seclusion for the first six years of her life36. Socialization is a series of stages in which the individual learns to participate in various levels of organization of society and internalizes a cognitive frame of reference for interpersonal relations It is____________?
- A. Internalization theory
- B. Role theory
- C. Symbolic theory
- D. None of these
Explanation: Internalization theory describes socialisation as learning social roles and incorporating society’s cognitive frameworks into one’s own thinking. Role theory is related, but it focuses more specifically on expectations attached to social positions.
Correct answer: Internalization theory37. The importance of socialization has been drawn upon few cases of children who were through neglect____________?
- A. Not socialized by adults while they were growing
- B. Were given extremely protected environment
- C. Were over socialized
- D. None of these
Explanation: Cases of severely neglected children show what happens when adults fail to provide the interaction needed for socialisation. They were not adequately socialised while growing up, rather than being over-socialised.
Correct answer: Not socialized by adults while they were growing38. Japanese emphasize on conformity in their culture This is an example of______________?
- A. Broad Socialization
- B. Narrow Socialization
- C. cultural impact
- D. None of these
Explanation: Narrow socialisation stresses conformity, obedience and adherence to established norms, a pattern often associated in introductory sociology texts with Japanese child-rearing. Broad socialisation instead encourages independence and self-expression.
Correct answer: Narrow Socialization39. Broad socialization is intended to promote_____________?
- A. Independence and self-expression
- B. Obedience and Conformity
- C. both a and b
- D. None of these
Explanation: Broad socialisation encourages people to develop individuality, independence and self-expression. Obedience and conformity are characteristic of narrow socialisation.
Correct answer: Independence and self-expression40. A child learns behaviors values and actions from his family It is_______________?
- A. Primary socialization
- B. Secondary
- C. Developmental
- D. None of these
Explanation: Family is usually the main agent of primary socialisation, through which children first learn language, values, behaviour and basic social roles. Secondary socialisation occurs later in settings such as schools and workplaces.
Correct answer: Primary socialization