Chapter 4 Practice Quiz

Socialization
. In her research on the relationship between body image and self-esteem, Carol Gilligan noted how female self-esteem declines during which age?

. Traditionally, school age boys fare better than girls in which subject?

. What term is defined by the concept that the greater part of who we are is determined by our genes?

. Which theory states that if you do something and it is rewarded, the likelihood of you doing it again is reinforced?

. What does Freud name the pleasure-seeking drive?

. Each social class develops a wide range of socially acquired characteristics for manners and good taste. What name did Pierre Bourdieu give for this behaviour?

. When was the XYY chromosome pattern hastily declared as the criminal gene?

. What term did George Herbert Mead use to refer to key individuals—such as parents and older siblings—whom children imitate and model themselves after?

. Which of the following has caused some people to question the value of organized sports as a socializing agent for children?

. Which term did Pierre Bourdieu use to refer to the practice of classes, particularly upper or dominant class, preserving status among classes?

. Hitchcock and Minturn's research on Rajput children in Northern India claimed to show a strong link between culture and personality.

. Peer groups are only negative sources of socialization.

. Organized sports have never been a common way of socializing Canadian children.

. Aristotle believed that violence depicted in art could produce a feeling of relief from hostile or violent emotions by those who viewed it.

. The notion of hurried child syndrome does not argue that kids feel adult-like levels of stress and guilt.

. Carol Gilligan's research found that harsher standards of body type for women did not affect their self-esteem.

. Toys like Bratz dolls are harmless fun, they do not cause self-objectification.

. Recent research has confirmed the link between cold, distant mothers and Autism spectrum disorder.

. Children do not absorb their parents' belief about their own abilities; hence those beliefs do not have an impact on their school success.

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