Identity within Socialization MCQs

Identity within Socialization MCQs

Try to answer these 20 Identity within Socialization MCQs and check your understanding of the Identity within Socialization subject. Scroll down and let's begin!

1: Statement designed to explain unanticipated, embarrassing, or unacceptable behavior after the behavior has occurred is called account

A.   True

B.   False

2: Action taken to restore an identity that has been damaged is called

A.   Aligning action

B.   Non aligning action

C.   Aligning inaction

D.   None of above

3: Area of social interaction away from the view of an audience, where people can rehearse and rehash their behavior is called

A.   Back stage

B.   Front stage

C.   Back camera

D.   Front camera

4: Gently persuading someone who has lost face to accept a less desirable but still reasonable alternative identity is called

A.   Cooling in

B.   Cooling out

C.   Cooling off

D.   All of above

5: Disclaimer is assertion designed to forestall any complaints or negative reactions to a behavior or statement that is about to occur

A.   True

B.   False

6: Study of _______ as theater, in which people (“actors”) project images (“play roles”) in front of others (“audience”) is called Dramaturgy

A.   Social interaction

B.   Non social interaction

C.   Family interaction

D.   All of above

7: Spontaneous feeling experienced when the identity someone is presenting is suddenly and unexpectedly discredited in front of others is called

A.   Happiness

B.   Anxiety

C.   Nervousness

D.   Embarrassment

8: Area of social interaction where people perform and work to maintain appropriate impressions is called

A.   Back stage

B.   Front stage

C.   Back camera

D.   Front camera

9: The process by which we define others based on observable is called Impression formation

A.   True

B.   False

10: Act of presenting a favorable public image of oneself so that others will form positive judgments is called

A.   Impression management

B.   Impression formation

C.   Impression non formation

D.   Impression assessment

11: Set of individuals who cooperate in staging a performance that leads an audience to form an impression of one or all team members is known as

A.   Performance team

B.   Performance class

C.   Performance head

D.   Performance activity

12: Stigma is a deeply discrediting characteristic that is viewed as an obstacle to competent or morally trustworthy behavior

A.   True

B.   False

13: Which of the following is an example of a total institution?

A.   Harvard University

B.   The U.S. military

C.   A fraternity

D.   The German Parliament

14: Learning about the broader social and historical context impacting your life is part of what process?

A.   Socialization

B.   The differentiation of self

C.   Language acquisition

D.   The development of role taking

15: According to George Herbert Mead, a child in this stage of developing role taking is able to participate in organized activities, such as school events.

A.   Play stage

B.   Game stage

C.   Mimic stage

D.   None of these

16: By what age have most children developed a number of gender stereotypes that then guide their perceptions and activities?

A.   One

B.   Three

C.   Five

D.   Eight

17: When individuals leave one role and enter another, they must often learn new values, norms, and expectations through a process called ______.

A.   Habituation

B.   Primary socialization

C.   Anticipatory socialization

D.   Resocialization

18: Grouping students into different curricular programs based on an assessment of their academic abilities is known as ______.

A.   Tracking

B.   Role-taking

C.   No child left behind

D.   Common core

19: In the United States, ______ is the most powerful agent of socialization.

A.   Education

B.   Mass media

C.   Family

D.   Religion

20: In ______ cultures, one’s personal achievements are less important in the formation of individual identity than one’s group memberships.

A.   Egalitarian

B.   Ethnoracial

C.   Individualistic

D.   Collectivist

21: All individuals are born with a sense of self.

A.   True

B.   False

22: In a total institution, conformity is optional.

A.   True

B.   False