Question 1

Carol Gilligan's work on the issue of self-esteem in girls showed that:

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A)   girls begin with low self-esteem, but it gradually increases as they progress through adolescence.
B)   at all ages, girls have higher self-esteem than boys.
C)   at all ages, boys have higher self-esteem than girls.
D)   girls begin with high levels of self-esteem, which gradually decrease as they go through adolescence.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 2

Critics of Erikson's theory of personality development point out that:

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A)   not everyone confronts the stages in the exact order given by Erikson.
B)   failing to meet the challenge of one stage of development may not mean failing at later challenges.
C)   this process may unfold differently in other times and places.
D)   All of the above are correct.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 3

The tragic case of Anna, the isolated girl studied by Kingsley Davis, shows that:

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A)   humans have most of the same instincts found in other animal species.
B)   without social experience, a child is incapable of thought or meaningful action.
C)   personality is present in humans at birth.
D)   many human instincts disappear after the first few years of life.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

Based on what you have read in this chapter, how would sociologists explain the fact that many young people in the United States experience adolescence as a time of confusion?

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A)   There are cultural inconsistencies in the definition of this stage of life as partly childlike and partly adultlike.
B)   Hormones greatly affect young people as they mature.
C)   Growth always involves change, and change is confusing.
D)   All of the above are correct.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 5

By "taking the role of the other," Mead had in mind:

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A)   imagining a situation in terms of past experience.
B)   recognizing that people have different views of most situations.
C)   imagining a situation from another person's point of view.
D)   trading self-centeredness for a focus on helping other people.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Childhood and other stages of the life course are defined in much the same way in all societies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

An inmate who loses the capacity for independent living is described as:

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A)   unsocialized.
B)   integrated.
C)   institutionalized.
D)   dissociated.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 8

In her research, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross found that death:

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A)   is defined in much the same way in every society.
B)   is an orderly transition involving specific stages.
C)   is a topic that people in the United States have always been comfortable discussing.
D)   All of the above are correct.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Cite several ways in which the family is central to the process of socialization.

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Question 10

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Jean Piaget's focus was on:

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A)   how children develop their motor skills.
B)   how children are stimulated by their environment.
C)   the role of heredity in shaping human behavior.
D)   cognition, or how people think and understand.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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