Sociology 111 Final Exam Prep Exam Questions With
Accurate Answers
Define Socialization - ANSWER The process of learning and internalizing values, beliefs and
norms of social groups by which we become functioning members of society.
Nature vs. Nurture. Define - ANSWER Nature: biology and genetics
Nurture: Behaviour is not instinctive but learned
Define Social Isolation - ANSWER See importance of socialization when we see how people
act with no social contact (being deprived from people; ex. being locked up by parents)
List the 6 names of human development theorists - ANSWER 1) Freud
2) Piaget
3) Kohlberg
4) Carol Gilligan
5) George Herbert Mead
6) Erikson
Discuss Freud's Belief - ANSWER Id- Human Drive (sexual; seek pleasure and avoid pain)
,Ego- mediates btwn id & superego what you see; conscience
Superego- culture (values, beliefs, right and wrong, norms)
*only developed through socialization
Discuss Piaget's theories - ANSWER 4 stages
1) Sensorimotor : (birth-2) experience world through senses
2) Preoperational: (2-7) language and other symbols
3) concrete operational: (7-11) perception of casual connections
4) Formal operational: (11) Abstract, critical stages
How did Kohlberg view development? - ANSWER *Moral development
1) preconventional: experience world as pain/pleasure
2) Conventional: lose selfishness; learn right and wrong
3) postconventional: consider abstract ethical principles
, Who was George Herbert Mead? - ANSWER investigated the term "self"
self: individuals personality composed of self awareness and image
sense of self is not there at birth but instead develops from social interaction
taking perspectives of others allows us to become self-aware
3 concepts:
1) imitation (ex.peekaboo) -> 2) Play (role playing ex. house/dress up) -> 3) Games (start
seeing perspective of society as a whole)
*these concepts become more sophisticated the older one
gets
Who was Cooley? - ANSWER - Helps meads argument
- talks about looking glass self (our self image is based on how other people see us)
What are Agents of Socialization? - ANSWER places where specialization grows
ex. family, school, peer group, mass media
Accurate Answers
Define Socialization - ANSWER The process of learning and internalizing values, beliefs and
norms of social groups by which we become functioning members of society.
Nature vs. Nurture. Define - ANSWER Nature: biology and genetics
Nurture: Behaviour is not instinctive but learned
Define Social Isolation - ANSWER See importance of socialization when we see how people
act with no social contact (being deprived from people; ex. being locked up by parents)
List the 6 names of human development theorists - ANSWER 1) Freud
2) Piaget
3) Kohlberg
4) Carol Gilligan
5) George Herbert Mead
6) Erikson
Discuss Freud's Belief - ANSWER Id- Human Drive (sexual; seek pleasure and avoid pain)
,Ego- mediates btwn id & superego what you see; conscience
Superego- culture (values, beliefs, right and wrong, norms)
*only developed through socialization
Discuss Piaget's theories - ANSWER 4 stages
1) Sensorimotor : (birth-2) experience world through senses
2) Preoperational: (2-7) language and other symbols
3) concrete operational: (7-11) perception of casual connections
4) Formal operational: (11) Abstract, critical stages
How did Kohlberg view development? - ANSWER *Moral development
1) preconventional: experience world as pain/pleasure
2) Conventional: lose selfishness; learn right and wrong
3) postconventional: consider abstract ethical principles
, Who was George Herbert Mead? - ANSWER investigated the term "self"
self: individuals personality composed of self awareness and image
sense of self is not there at birth but instead develops from social interaction
taking perspectives of others allows us to become self-aware
3 concepts:
1) imitation (ex.peekaboo) -> 2) Play (role playing ex. house/dress up) -> 3) Games (start
seeing perspective of society as a whole)
*these concepts become more sophisticated the older one
gets
Who was Cooley? - ANSWER - Helps meads argument
- talks about looking glass self (our self image is based on how other people see us)
What are Agents of Socialization? - ANSWER places where specialization grows
ex. family, school, peer group, mass media
