1. Unit 4 Practice Test 30 Questions (Multiple Choice, true/false and matching) Nature vs. Nurture, Agents of Socialization and the Development of the Individual in Society

2. Question 1 Which individual is responsible for the information dealing with the presentation of self with terms like dramaturgical approach, impression management and face-work? a.Charles Horton Cooley b.George Herbert Mead c.Erving Goffman d.Edward O. Wilson

3. Question 2 When looking at the Socialization process, at what age does it end? a.6 b.18 c.65 d.Socialization is a never ending process

4. Question 3 By the age of 18, it is estimated that the average person will have witnessed how many acts of simulated violence through the media? a.25,000-50,000 b.200,000-300,000 c.700,000-750,000 d.1,000,0000

5. Question 4 The term Tabula Rasa is associated with which individual in terms of the nature versus nurture debate? a.Erving Goffman b.Edward O. Wilson c.Daniel Levinson d.John Locke

6. Question 5 The primary agent of early childhood socialization meaning before the teenage years is a.Parents b.Schools c.Peer groups d.Mass media

7. Question 6 Alice, age seven, lives in a private home with her parents, grandmother, and her aunt. Alice’s family is an example of a(n) a.Nuclear family b.Dysfunctional family c.Extended family d.Polygynous family

8. Question 7 In which form of marriage may a person have several spouses in his or her lifetime, but only one spouse at a time? a. Serial monogamy b. Monogamy c. Polygamy d. Polyandry

9. Question 8 The study of the biological basis of human behavior is referred to as what? a.Psychobiology b.Impressionism c.Social Chemistry d.Sociobiology

10. Question 9 Apart from sleeping, the most time consuming activity of a young American is a.Being in school b.Playing sports and games c.Spending time with peers d.Use of mass media

11. Question 10 Daniel Levinson’s study of adult male socialization found this age to be a significant time during which the life dream is created and is also a time of transition in the early adult stage with higher divorce rates and job changes. a.21 b.30 c.45 d.18

12. Question 11 Under the ideas of George Herbert Mead and the 3 stages of development in childhood with role-taking, a child imitating the actions of generalized others without fully understanding why they are performing these tasks or the impact of them is in what stage? a.Imitation b.Play c.Game

13. Question 12 Based on statistics, people today are getting married and having children at a younger age than 50 years ago. a.True b.False

14. Question 13-15 Match the vocabulary term to the definition 13. Patriarchy 14. Bilateral Descent 15. Matrilocal a.Emphasis in kinship given to male’s side of family b.Power and authority equally divided between men and women c.Residency for new couple based on female’s side of family d.Power and authority found with husband and males in family e.Both sides of family given equal emphasis with kinship

15. Answers 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. A 8. D 9. D 10. B 11. B 12. B 13. D 14. E 15. C