Socialization Winter 2008
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ONE  trust & autonomy [Erikson, poverty, love, religion, relationships, infancy, temperament 1]

TWO play & initiative    [Piaget, gender, brains, history of childhood, temperament 2]

THREE   game & success [structure of childhood moved this phase up and shortened TWO]

FOUR  identity & success [based on ONE, TWO, and THREE]

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BOTH QUIZZES AND CHAPTERS 10-11-12

QUIZ 2:

1)     According to author, Corsaro, what is the most fitting phrase about children and their socialization?

a)     Children are trying desperately to fit in

b)     Children will test all kinds of things to figure out what the boundaries of culture are

c)     Children mostly play with members of their own sex

d)     Children are not naturally mean; they learn to be mean

e)     Children need good role models

2)     The way to join a group, whether a group of peers of children or even adult peers is

a)     To be clear about who you are

b)     To be friendly

c)     To demonstrate that you are assessing the sociological nature of the group you are trying to join

d)     To have high status

3)      Children form songs and games to

a)     Test their abilities to be social creatures

b)     Express their genders

c)     Get scared

d)     Control other children

e)  Segregate themselves from adults

4)     African American children might have distinctive socialization patterns in their

a)     Authoritarian vs. Authoritative styles

b)     Toddling styles

c)     Tendency not to be so age-graded as white American children’s play groups

d)     Ability to be creative

5)     A “shared universe of discourse” is

a)     A learning group set up by adults

b)     A group in which there is talking

c)     A group which has a common meaning structure

d)     A place where toys are equally shared among children

6)     The song sung by those Italian children called “We Are Us” symbolizes

a)     How much they have learned the digested the adult world

b)     How Italians distinguish themselves among other people in the world

c)     An expression of how each child gets meaning and belonging from a group

d)     Unusual grammar

7)     In childhood, what is not true about friendships

a)     They tend to be between same genders

b)     They are fragile

c)     They are honest, so they are long lasting

d)     They produce shared activity

8)     For children, according to Corsaro, “working the system” means that

a)     In earlier societies there was child labor

b)     In all societies, there is a structure of childhood

c)     Children will stretch the rules to see where they really “catch hold”

d)     Children are trying to obey in order to work into the system

e)     Working through the orb web

9)     Fear is a part of growing up and it is noticeable that children

a)     Always need comfort from fear from their guardians

b)     Differ in who is fearful and who brings fear – some do, some do not

c)     Test and play and challenge fears to try to come to terms with the  world they inhabit

d)     Use fear over one other more than adults do

e)     None of the above

10)  Approach-avoidance play is

a)     When children approach others to tease them and then not let them in their group

b)     When children approach a fear and then avoid it

c)     A psychological disturbance now often treated by psychotropic drugs

d)     A children's game in Italy, where the author studied

11)  Peer groups are most differentiated in

a)     Traditional societies

b)     Early industrialized societies

c)     African American neighborhoods

d)     White American neighborhoods

12)  Conflict in a peer group (best answer for a Corsaro view of socialization)

a)     Makes the group dissolve because they are so fragile

b)     Can bring the group together because it defines their boundaries

c)     Is inevitable because children are developing

d)     Is resolved in ways that trace back to cultural contexts

13)  Oppositional talk or the oppositional style is associated with different social groups.  Which is correct:

a)     It is connected with middle class or upper middle class families and allows for the development of reason

b)     Is establishes a right-wrong or black-white view of the world so that children are raised with a need to please others

c)     Is a style of bonding characteristics of Aftrican American socialization contexts

d)     Is becoming more true of our young generation as we advance through time

14)  What have we learned about peer groups with a mixture of ages

a)     There is likely to be more conflict

b)     There are probably more boys

c)     There is likely to be a leader designated

d)     There is violence

e)     There is more intimacy

15)  Peer groups have two basic themes:

a)     Youth and commonality

b)     Fun and danger

c)     Obedience and disobedience

d)     Sharing and control

e)     Social class and gender

16)  Within a peer group, one’s status is determined by many things, but not by which one

a)     Possession of things

b)     Skilled discussion of things

c)     Money

d)     Luck in getting things

e)     Skills in the acquisition of things

17)  Boys’ status is not typically determined by

a)     Athletics

b)     Masculinity

c)     Girls

d)     Grades

e)     Sophistication

18)  Girls status is not typically determined by

a)     Athletics

b)     Social skills

c)     Grades

d)     Family

e)     Appearance

19)  Borderwork may involve

a)     Contests

b)     Chasing

c)     Threats

d)     Kissing

e)     All of the above

Match

20)  Idealist     D                                   a. goal setter

21)  Decider     A                                    b. holder of human sentiments and feelings

22)  Guardian    B                                    c. usher of the unknown

23)  Promoter     C                                   d. maintainer of the social system