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The focus of Lawrence Kohlberg's research was


A) cognition.
B) the importance of gender in socialization.
C) moral reasoning.
D) All of these are correct.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Explain the nature-nurture debate.How did Sigmund Freud and George Herbert Mead take different position in this debate?

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In historical perspective, the importance of the mass media to the socialization process has


A) increased over time.
B) been about the same over the last century.
C) decreased over time.
D) The mass media have never played a large part in the socialization process.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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What concept refers to the lifelong social experience by which human beings develop their potential and learn culture?


A) socialization
B) personality
C) human nature
D) behaviorism

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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As the proportion of women and men in old age increases, we can expect U.S.culture to become more comfortable with the reality of death.

A) True
B) False

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On average, a U.S.household has at least one television turned on for how many hours a day?


A) two
B) five
C) seven
D) fifteen

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Lawrence Kohlberg claims that individuals develop the capacity for moral reasoning in stages as they grow older.

A) True
B) False

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The Harlow experiments to discover the effects of social isolation on rhesus monkeys showed that


A) monkeys isolated for six months were highly fearful when they were returned to others of their kind.
B) isolated monkeys able to cuddle artificial mothers developed normally.
C) even several days of social isolation permanently damaged infant monkeys.
D) All of these are correct.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Based on the text's survey of the life course, you might conclude that


A) life-course stages are shaped by society and have nothing to do with biology.
B) life-course stages are similar throughout the world.
C) while life-course stages are linked to biology, they are largely a social construction.
D) life-course stages have changed little over recent centuries.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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A cohort is a category of people who have something important in common, usually their age.

A) True
B) False

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Summarize Jean Piaget's contribution to our understanding of socialization.

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Based on the material in this chapter of the text, address the issue of human freedom in a socially structured world.That is, to what extent do you think people are free to think and act as they wish? In answering this question, consider the theories presented in the chapter-for example, why does Mead's theory point to greater human freedom than Freud's theory?

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A college is a good example of a total institution.

A) True
B) False

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Which theory, developed by the psychologist John B.Watson, claims that human behavior is not instinctive but learned within a social environment?


A) behaviorism
B) biological psychology
C) evolutionary psychology
D) naturalism

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Psychologist John B.Watson claimed that specific patterns of human behavior are not instinctive, but learned.

A) True
B) False

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