Chapter 3: Socialization and Deviance
Key Terms


This section will test your knowledge of key terms for Socialization and Deviance.


1.  

Childhood, adolescence, and middle age are stages in the _________.

primary socialization
life course
secondary socialization
agents of socialization


2.  

_________ studied Samoan society and emphasized the importance of an open, relaxed view of sex.

Jane Addams
Harriet Martineau
Margaret Mead
Margaret Mitchell


3.  

_________ is a period in which people are no longer adolescents, but not full participants in the world of established adulthood.

teen years
youth
maturity
childhood


4.  

The stage in the life course in which individuals build on primary socialization, have a slower pace of learning, and put their skills and talents into practice is _________.

adulthood
youth
old age
adolescence


5.  

_________ is usually a child's first formal agent of socialization.

family
mass media
school
peer group


6.  

The way we imagine that other people see us is called _________.

self
role taking
generalized other
looking-glass self


7.  

When Kim asks herself, "If I steal that shirt, I wonder what my parents will think of me," she is engaging in _________.

generalized other
role making
role taking
symbolic interaction


8.  

In the _________ stage, children play at activities that require multiple roles and complex behaviors that depend on the actions of other children.

game
imitation
play
symbolic


9.  

Kim decided not to steal the shirt because she might be sent to juvenile court. Kim responded to _________.

internal social control
deviance
sociopathy
external social control


10.  

Sam experienced _________ when he became known around his town as a juvenile delinquent because he was caught taking drugs at school.

differential association
labeling
cultural transmission
strain


11.  

According to Merton, _________ occurs when an individual accepts the goals of obtaining them.

retreatism
rebellion
conformity
innovation


12.  

According to _________ theory, we must understand why people conform to conventional norms, values, and laws in order to understand deviance.

differential association
labeling
social bond
strain


13.  

The idea that punishment will prevent people from committing crimes is called _________.

celerity
deterrence
differential association
strain


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