HSP3M CH # 6 Sociology, Socialization and Personality Practice Quiz

HSP3M CH # 6 – Sociology, Socialization and Personality Practice Quiz

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1. This sociological point of view sees society as groups of people acting in competition for power. In Canadian society these different groups could be political parties, lobbyists, non-governmental organizations, land developers, environmental groups, child advocates, media organizations, property owners etc. When a big decision needs to be made or a large project needs to be planned (Ottawa’s East-West Light Rail or the Revitalization of Lansdowne Park) competition and conflict can erupt when change is happening. ______

2. This sociological point of view focuses on women and gender inequality in society. Women have long been neglected historically in social science theories and studies. These sociologists believe that focusing on this point of view will help restore a gender balance in research and gender equality in society. ______

3. This sociological point of view sees a society as various segments or groups of people working together for the whole. All segments of society serve a purpose and need each other in order to create the whole society. In Canada they would point to our family support groups, schools, healthcare, recreational facilities, and food providers as groups that support young developing Canadian children. ______

4. This sociological point of view is concerned more with how people interpret and react to people and groups around them. They think that people are internally motivated by what they have learned and internalized and are less motivated by other’s concrete actions. Everyone subjectively interprets their world, and then acts upon it in their own way. This is the most individualistic sociological point of view. ______

5. What do we call children who have lived the first few years of their lives without much social contact and with no formal socialization? ______

6. This process of social contact allows new members of a society to learn the accepted ways of behaving within a specific culture. ______

7. List seven agents of socialization and then rank them in importance for you. #1 is the most important and #7 is the least important.

8. Many negative cycles can afflict families. The family is arguably the most important agent of socialization so problems in the family have far reaching affects. Describe 3 negative cycles that can be passed down from generation to generation within families.

9. Describe the peer group of one of your parents and how they choose their peers. How is this similar or different to your current peer group?

10. Do you notice any gender roles that are reinforced by students here at SCHS? Try using the following prompts to answer the question: “Boys do ______and their appearance should ______. Girls do ______and their appearance should ______.

11. Read Some of the Article/Interview: Inside the Dangerously Empty Lives of Teenage Girls (Google: Dr. Leonard Sax Mcleans)

http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/03/gender-expert-leonard-sax-on-the-empty-world-of-girls-impressing-each-other-with-sex-booze-and-facebook%E2%80%94while-parents-opt-out/

a) List 5 – 7 claims that Dr. Leonard Sax makes in the article

b) What 2 things do you most agree with and why?

c) Is there one thing you don’t fully agree with and why?

12. The usual way of thinking, feeling and acting that is unique to an individual is called the person’s ______.

13. Do you believe that birth order has affected you and your sibling’s (if you have any) personality? Explain.

14. Put Jean Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development in the correct order with a number and give a rough age range for each?

______Formal Operational Stage: thinking abstractly, imagine alternatives. Age: ______

______Sensorimotor Stage: Spend time looking, touching, tasting and listening – direct experience in the moment. Age: ______

______Concrete Operational Stage: Can do complex operations if physical objects are present, can see cause and effect, can see other’s points of view. Age: ______

______Pre-operational Stage: Use communication methods of speech and print. Can think about things in the past and future. See the world only from their point of view. Age: ______

View: Piaget Powerpoint

15. How could Charles Horton Cooley’s Development Theory of the Looking-Glass Self explain a child with low self-esteem?

16. Explain the three stages of George Herbert Mead’s Development Theory of Role Taking.

Stage 1: The Preparatory Stage : ______

Stage 2: The Play Stage: ______

Stage 3: The Game Stage: ______

17. Take a look at the 8 Stage Theory of Psychosocial Development proposed by Erik Erikson. It takes into account lifelong development. Are there too many stages or two few stages? Are some of the stages too long? Explain one modification you might make to update the theory for 2011.

Stage / Basic Conflict / Important Events / Outcome
1. Infancy (birth to 18 months) / Trust vs. Mistrust / Feeding / Children develop a sense of trust when caregivers provide reliability, care, and affection. A lack of this will lead to mistrust.
2. Early Childhood (2 to 3 years) / Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt / Toilet Training / Children need to develop a sense of personal control over physical skills and a sense of independence. Success leads to feelings of autonomy, failure results in feelings of shame and doubt.
3. Preschool (3 to 5 years) / Initiative vs. Guilt / Exploration / Children need to begin asserting control and power over the environment. Success in this stage leads to a sense of purpose. Children who try to exert too much power experience disapproval, resulting in a sense of guilt.
4. School Age (6 to 11 years) / Industry vs. Inferiority / School / Children need to cope with new social and academic demands. Success leads to a sense of competence, while failure results in feelings of inferiority.
5. Adolescence (12 to 18 years) / Identity vs. Role Confusion / Social Relationships / Teens need to develop a sense of self and personal identity. Success leads to an ability to stay true to yourself, while failure leads to role confusion and a weak sense of self.
6. Young Adulthood (19 to 40 years) / Intimacy vs. Isolation / Relationships / Young adults need to form intimate, loving relationships with other people. Success leads to strong relationships, while failure results in loneliness and isolation.
7. Middle Adulthood (40 to 65 years) / Generativity vs. Stagnation / Work and Parenthood / Adults need to create or nurture things that will outlast them, often by having children or creating a positive change that benefits other people. Success leads to feelings of usefulness and accomplishment, while failure results in shallow involvement in the world.
8. Maturity(65 to death) / Ego Integrity vs. Despair / Reflection on Life / Older adults need to look back on life and feel a sense of fulfillment. Success at this stage leads to feelings of wisdom, while failure results in regret, bitterness, and despair.

18. Psychologist Abraham Maslow identified personality traits of a self-actualized person – The Perfect Individual. Which person in your life is the most self actualized? Explain with evidence.

If you are finished try the Introvert vs Extrovert Personality test in your text of page 133.

HSP3M CH # 6 – Sociology, Socialization and Personality Practice Quiz

ANSWERS

Ans: Conflict Theory

Ans: Feminist Sociology

Ans: Structural Functionalism

Ans: Symbolic Interactionism

5. What do we call children who have lived the first few years of their lives without much social contact and with no formal socialization?

Ans: Isolates (Feral Children is also used but tends to mean “wild child” who has grown up without any human contact –wild dog packs, wolf packs)

6. This process of social contact allows new members of a society to learn the accepted ways of behaving within a specific culture.

Ans: Socialization

7. List seven agents of socialization and then rank them in importance for you. #1 is the most important and #7 is the least important.

Ans: Family, Peers, Religion, Broad Culture, Subculture, Media, Daycare, School, Workplace, Military - the order is your opinion

8. Many negative cycles can afflict families. The family is arguably the most important agent of socialization so problems in the family have far reaching affects. Describe 3 negative cycles that can be passed down from generation to generation within families.

Ans: Child Abuse (physical, emotional, sexual, neglect), Cycle of Violence, Alcoholism, Poverty

9. Describe the peer group of one of your parents and how they chose their peers. How is this similar or different to your current peer group?

Ans: Teens have more opportunities to network with large groups and meet new friends. Adults have some unique places where they make peer relationships – work friends, neighbours, parents of their kid’s friends

10. Do you notice any gender roles that are reinforced by students here at SCHS? “Boys do ______and their appearance should ______. Girls do ______and their appearance should ______.

Answers varied, good discussion

11. Read Some of the Current Gender Roles of Teens Article/Interview: Inside the Dangerously Empty Lives of Teenage Girls

a) Topics & Claims Covered by Dr. Leonard Sax

· High Teenage girl stress, anxiety & depression

· Early sexualization of girls starting at age 7 – clothing

· Young tween girls “sexually servicing” older boys – sex as a commodity used to raise their social status amongst other girls

· Girls Social Networking Addictions– all about a fake/shallow projected image for others, not finding out who you really are

· Anorexia becoming a lifestyle choice not an illness amongst teen girls

· 25 – 30 % of girls have done self harm? (cutting, burning with matches, lighters)

· Girls now match boys in alcohol abuse. To relieve anxiety?

· Parents are too permissive. Parents need to control the technology or it will control/hurt the child. Set limits on cell usage, internet usage and keep the computer in a public space in the house. Not in the bedroom.

b) Agree with…. Discuss.

c) Disagree with… Discuss.

12. The usual way of thinking, feeling and acting that is unique to an individual is called the person’s

Ans: personality

13. Do you believe that birth order has affected you and your sibling’s (if you have any) personality? Explain.

Ans: Individual Stories

14. Put Jean Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development in the correct order with a number and give a rough age range for each?

Ans:

Stage 4 : Formal Operational Stage: thinking abstractly, imagine alternatives. Age: 12 yrs old

Stage 1: Sensorimotor Stage: Spend time looking, touching, tasting and listening – direct experience in the moment. Age: 0 - 2

Stage 3: Concrete Operational Stage: Can do complex operations if physical objects are present, can see cause and effect, can see other’s points of view. Age: 7 - 11

Stage 2: Pre-operational Stage: Use communication methods of speech and print. Can think about things in the past and future. See the world only from their point of view. Age: 2 - 7

View: Piaget Powerpoint

15. How could Charles Horton Cooley’s Development Theory of the Looking-Glass Self explain a child with low self-esteem?

Ans: A child is looking for positive reactions from people they look up to (parents) when they do things. These reactions tell them they are OK and on the right track. If they are always getting negative reactions and verbal abuse, they will develop low self-esteem.

16. Explain the three stages of George Herbert Mead’s Development Theory of Role Taking.

Ans:

Stage 1: The Preparatory Stage : watch and imitate

Stage 2: The Play Stage: act out the roles of adults

Stage 3: The Game Stage : act out complex roles with other children

17. Erik Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development. What changes would you make to update it for 2011?

Ans: Often people think that the Adolescence stage (Stage 5) from 12 -18 is too big an age range for everything that happens and should be split into two stages. Many people think that the Young Adulthood stage (stage 6) from 19 – 40 is way too long and could be broken into 2 or 3 stages. How much do 19 year olds have in common with 35 year olds?!

18. Psychologist Abraham Maslow identified personality traits of a self-actualized person – The Perfect Individual. Which person in your life is the most self-actualized? Explain with evidence.

Ans: Personal Answers. Some people said their Moms were the most self-actualized!

If you are finished try the Introvert vs Extrovert Personality test in your text of page 133.