According to Gilligan, women and men approach morality from the same perspective.
false
According to Mead, without play normal socialization and development of self will not occur in children.
true
The looking glass self is a process through which we imaginatively assume the reactions of other people.
true
According to disengagement theory, disengagement from different roles usually happens at the same time.
true
The id is Freud's term for the basic drives of humans.
true
Resocialization is a normal process that everyone goes through.
false
According to activity theory, older people must remain very active.
true
Freud believed that most problems stem from a series crises that individuals face in life.
false
In Kohlberg's preconventional stage moral development, people incorporate societal rules into their own value systems.
false
The main feature of Mead's game stage is that children spend a great deal of time pretending to be someone else.
false
In role taking, we assume the role of another person and then judge ourselves from the viewpoint of that other person.
true
In all societies, the family is responsible for socializing children from birth through independent adulthood.
true
Very old age is a relatively new stage in the life course.
true
Margaret Mead studied Samoan girls and found that the openness of Samoan society with regard to sexual matters increased the girls' turbulence and conflict.
false
What are examples of total institutions?
b
Which of the following is associated with Erikson's stage of initiative (versus guilt)?
a
Which of the following is a logical extension of disengagement theory?
d
Why has gerontology recently become an important field?
c
In studying the moral development of men and women Carol Gilligan argues that
d
According to Kohlberg, Martin Luther King Jr. reached which stage of development?
d
In which of Piaget's stages of moral development does a child simply accept the rules as set by adults?
b
In which of Mead's stages do children play at activities requiring multiple roles and complex behaviors that are determined by what other children do?
c
According to Mead, which of the following is an example of the generalized other?
d
Which agent of socialization becomes more important during adolescence and less important during adulthood?
d
Usually a child's first experience with a formal agent of socialization takes place in the
a
What is true of adulthood in the US?
a
Adolescence became a separate stage of the life course in American society
b
Which of the following is true of childhood?
d
Early socialization that stresses the basic knowledge and values of the society.
primary socialization
Consists of the stages into which our life span is divided, such as adolescence or middle age.
life course
Radically changing someone's behavior, values, or attitudes by carefully controlling their environment.
resocialization
Socialization following primary socialization that emphasizes synthesis, creativity, logic, emotional control, and advanced knowledge.
secondary socialization
A person's conscious efforts to balance basic drives with the demands of society.
ego
A person who serves as an especially important reference point for our thoughts and behavior.
role taking
The process by which people learn the skills, knowledge, norms and values of their society, and by which they develop their social identity.
socialization
Humans develop through a biologically predetermined unfolding of personality through eight stages.
epigenic principle
Socialization to the "moral" values of society.
moral socialization
The maintenance of what is and what is not appropriately retained in the conscious mind.
repression
The basic drives of the unconscious that are present at birth.
id
A perception of being a distinct personality with a unique identity
self
The cultural values and norms internalized by an individual.
superego
The individuals, groups, organizations, and institutions that provide substantial amounts of socialization during the life course.
agents of socialization
The process through which people imaginatively assume the reactions of people.
looking glass self
Settings in which people are isolated from the rest of society and controlled by an administrative staff.
total institutions
The stages into which our life span is divided, such as adolescence or middle age.
life course
The study of aging and the elderly.
gerontology
A theory of aging that emphasizes the importance of the elderly gradually disengaging from their role in society.
disengagement theory
A theory of aging that argues that the elderly should participate actively in society.
activity theory
A theory of aging that states that successful aging is a matter of maintaining the same level of engagement experience as an adult.
continuity theory