Multiple Choice - According to Reports Describing

Multiple-Choice Questions TB_Q3.1.1 According to reports describing __________ children, they walked on all fours, growled, and showed no sensitivity to cold. a. prehistoric b. feral c. isolated d. institutionalized TB_Q3.1.2 __________ intrigue sociological researchers, particularly those separated at birth. a. Quadruplets b. Feral children c. Twins d. Laboratory animals TB_Q3.1.3 Isolated children require __________ to develop. a. parents b. siblings c. solitary time d. language TB_Q3.1.4 Apparently, having a reasonable level of __________ depends on early, close relations with other people. a. artistic ability b. intelligence c. health d. physical coordination TB_Q3.1.5 After several years of foster care, children in the study in Bucharest (discussed in the text) had __________ brain cells than children who stayed in the orphanage. a. more b. fewer c. smaller d. different-shaped TB_Q3.1.6 The Harlows took baby monkeys away from their mothers to live alone, frightened them, and observed that the babies clung to terrycloth fake mothers rather than wire fake mothers. The experiment intended to prove what might already have been obvious—that infants need to be __________. a. frightened b. experimental subjects c. cuddled d. intimately familiar with fear TB_Q3.2.7 The term __________ was coined by Charles Horton Cooley. a. looking-glass self b. a stitch in time c. significant other d. precocious child TB_Q3.2.8 When is the development of self-concept finished? a. Childhood b. Adolescence c. Middle adulthood d. Never TB_Q3.2.9 George Herbert Mead was a(n) __________. a. symbolic interactionist b. conflict theorist c. feral child d. economist TB_Q3.2.10 Mead stressed that we cannot think without __________, and that __________ gives us our symbols (language). a. society; reading b. symbols; reading c. symbols; society d. society; instinct TB_Q3.2.11 The term “generalized other” refers to __________. a. our ideal of a person b. what we think others in general think of us c. role models d. the certainty that no one likes us TB_Q3.2.12 __________ studied the natural process that children go through to develop their ability to reason. a. Piaget b. Cooley c. Flavel d. Mead TB_Q3.2.13 The most basic of Piaget’s developmental stages is the __________ stage. a. preoperational b. sensorimotor c. concrete operational d. formal operational TB_Q3.3.14 Psychoanalysis was developed by __________. a. Margaret and Harry Harlow b. Lawrence Kohlberg c. Sigmund Freud d. Charles Horton Cooley TB_Q3.3.15 In Freud’s terms, the __________ causes us to get our basic needs met. a. id b. ego c. superego d. instinctual drive TB_Q3.3.16 The __________, as viewed by Freud, is the balancing mechanism in our personality. a. id b. ego c. superego d. conscience TB_Q3.3.17 In Freud’s terms, internalized culture is represented by the __________. a. alter ego b. super-id c. psychosis d. superego TB_Q3.3.18 According to Lawrence Kohlberg, when children have learned “right” from “wrong” and cooperate to avoid punishment, they are in the __________ stage. a. preconventional b. amoral c. conventional d. complicit TB_Q3.3.19 In Kohlberg’s theory, children in the __________ stage are basically concerned just with themselves and do not seem to know the difference between right and wrong. a. id b. preconventional c. postconventional d. amoral TB_Q3.3.20 Paul Ekman would say __________ is one of the universal emotions. a. surprise b. certainty c. love d. confusion TB_Q3.4.21 Learning what is expected of us based on whether we are male or female is known as __________. a. socialization out of gender b. gender socialization c. the preconventional stage d. cultural imposition TB_Q3.4.22 Little Jo got dolls and jewelry for presents. Her brother, Joe, got action figures and toy guns. Such a division in toys and play give children __________ lessons. a. biological b. ethical c. gender d. gender-neutral TB_Q3.4.23 Sasha is a sworn virgin in Albania. Therefore, Sasha is treated by people in Albania as __________. a. a woman b. a being without gender c. a clergy member d. a man TB_Q3.4.24 Individuals more or less the same age who share common interests make up a __________. a. peer group b. society c. gender d. transgendered group TB_Q3.4.25 Suzie is experiencing a dilemma because she sees models in __________ that are almost impossible to replicate in real life. a. the church b. the mass media c. teachers d. friends’ parents