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CLEP Socialization — practice questions

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Which agent of socialization comes first in a person's life?Read the answer and worked solution →In Mead's play stage, what are children newly able to do?Read the answer and worked solution →What do sociologists call the informal teaching schools do alongside their subjects?Read the answer and worked solution →A couple who live together before marrying are practicing which kind of socialization?Read the answer and worked solution →Gilligan found that boys and girls develop different moral outlooks. Which pair did she describe?Read the answer and worked solution →Tap the ones that belongRead the answer and worked solution →

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Which agent of socialization comes first in a person's life?

  1. The workplace
  2. The government
  3. The family
  4. The mass media
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Correct answer: C. The family

1. A newborn meets a small circle of people long before meeting any institution. 2. Parents, siblings and grandparents teach the first objects, relationships and rules. 3. Family is therefore the first agent of socialization. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Culture", Ch 4 "Society and Social Interaction" and Ch 5 "Socialization", section 5.3 Agents of Socialization_

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In Mead's play stage, what are children newly able to do?

  1. Take on several roles at once
  2. Take on one other person's role
  3. Only copy what they see
  4. Imagine all of society's views
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Correct answer: B. Take on one other person's role

1. Mead set out a path with a preparatory stage, a play stage and a game stage. 2. In the preparatory stage children can only imitate what they see. 3. In the play stage they begin to take on the role of one other person, acting out a parent. 4. Holding several interacting roles in mind at once belongs to the later game stage. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Culture", Ch 4 "Society and Social Interaction" and Ch 5 "Socialization", section 5.1 Theories of Self-Development_

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What do sociologists call the informal teaching schools do alongside their subjects?

  1. The manifest function
  2. The generalized other
  3. The degradation ritual
  4. The hidden curriculum
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Correct answer: D. The hidden curriculum

1. Teaching maths and reading is the open, manifest function of a school. 2. Schools also train children to queue, take turns, follow a schedule and work in teams. 3. That informal teaching is the hidden curriculum. 4. It prepares children for bureaucracy and rules in the adult world. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Culture", Ch 4 "Society and Social Interaction" and Ch 5 "Socialization", section 5.3 Agents of Socialization_

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