Chapter 3: Socialization and Deviance
True or False



1.  

Primary socialization emphasizes synthesis, logic, and creativity.

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FALSE


2.  

Youth is a relatively new stage of the life course.

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FALSE


3.  

A child's family is usually his or her most important agent of socialization.

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FALSE


4.  

During the play stage, children learn to play at complex activities requiring multiple roles.

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FALSE


5.  

Carol Gilligan stated that women's morality is more important than men's morality to industrial society.

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FALSE


6.  

The peer group is an example of an internal social control.

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FALSE


7.  

Communal societies tolerate more deviance than do associational societies.

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FALSE


8.  

Associational societies have more rules than communal societies.

TRUE
FALSE


9.  

An act that has been declared illegal by some authority is called deviance.

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FALSE


10.  

When a crime, such as rape, involves a stigma, the victim may be reluctant to report it.

TRUE
FALSE


11.  

Cultural transmission theory states that deviance is learned through the same process as conformity is learned.

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FALSE


12.  

Differential Association Theory states that the frequency, length, and intensity of a person's associations determine the impact of those associations on him or her.

TRUE
FALSE


13.  

According to Strain Theory, a conformist accepts both the conventional goals of a society and the accepted means of achieving those goals.

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FALSE


14.  

According to Strain Theory, innovators are deviants.

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FALSE


15.  

Age and gender are two demographic characteristics which directly impact crime rates.

TRUE
FALSE


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