To control a total institution and to create a community of sameness, inmates are forced to strip
Question:
To control a total institution and to create a community of sameness, inmates are forced to strip down, searched by police officers, and given identical uniforms before entering prison. This is an example of _______.
A) An exit test that must be passed.
B) A degradation ceremony.
C) An entry test that must be passed.
D) A graduation ceremony.
According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, when do humans begin to think about the feelings of other people and begin to see the world through other people's eyes?
A) After they graduate from college.
B) In their teenage years.
C) When they first go to school.
D) When they are born.
Sherry is in her mid-eighties and is moving to a nursing home. She is used to getting up at 5 o'clock each morning and making breakfast for herself. Her new roommate likes to sleep until 7 o'clock and breakfast is not served at the nursing home until 8 o'clock. What is Sherry most likely to experience through this transition?
A) Resocialization
B) Looking-glass self
C) Status inconsistency
D)Sociological imagination
The term deviance can be defined as:
A) A violation of established contextual, cultural, or social norms, whether folkways, mores, or codified law.
B) The regulation and enforcement of norms.
C) Social reward for the violation of norms.
D) The act of notifying authorities when criminal acts are occurring.
When Michael starts high school, he joins the basketball team. He begins to look to his teammate friends for cues on how to behave at dances, in the hallways, and even in the classroom. Michael's basketball team is serving as Michael's _____.
A) Reference group
B) Out-group
C) Secondary group
D) Aggregate
According to George Herbert Mead, early in life, children are only capable of imitation; they have no ability to imagine how others see things. They copy the actions of people with whom they regularly interact, such as their caregivers. Which of George Herbert Mead calls this the following?
The "generalized other" stage
B) The game stage
C) The play stage
D) The preparatory stage
Charles Cooley's concept of the looking-glass self hypothesizes that:
People base their images on how they think other people see them.
B) Self-esteem is directly correlated with body image.
C) The media encourages society to base their appearances on visible public figures.
D) Personal identity isn't influenced by outside social forces.
During her first day of kindergarten, Marie does not understand how the lunch line in the cafeteria works. She hesitates and watches as the older kids pick up their trays and silverware and then get in line. She follows their lead and successfully buys herself lunch. Marie's experience in the lunchroom is an example of _____.
Resocialization
Socialization
Anticipatory socialization
Role fulfillment
What is the difference between a primary group and a secondary group?
A primary group is small, consisting of emotional face-to-face relationships; a secondary group is larger and impersonal.
A primary group is small and impersonal; a secondary group is large and consists of face-to-face relationships.
A primary group is large and impersonal; A secondary group is small and purely instrumental in function.
A primary group is large and impersonal; a secondary group is small, consisting of emotional, face-to-face relationships.