Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.
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| 1 |  |  Socialization affects the overall cultural practices of a society, but it does not shape one's self-image. |
|  | A) | true |
|  | B) | false |
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| 2 |  |  Most social scientists believe heredity is the most important factor influencing human development. |
|  | A) | true |
|  | B) | false |
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| 3 |  |  Charles Horton Cooley used the phrase looking-glass self to emphasize that the self is the product of our social interactions with other people. |
|  | A) | true |
|  | B) | false |
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| 4 |  |  According to George Herbert Mead, during the play stage, children merely imitate the people around them, especially family members with whom they continually interact. |
|  | A) | true |
|  | B) | false |
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| 5 |  |  George Herbert Mead was among the first to analyze the relationship of symbols to socialization. |
|  | A) | true |
|  | B) | false |
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| 6 |  |  Like Charles Horton Cooley and George Herbert Mead, Erving Goffman believed that the self is a social product and that other people influence aspects of one's personality. However, unlike Cooley and Mead, he suggested that the self has components that work in opposition to each other. |
|  | A) | true |
|  | B) | false |
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| 7 |  |  In his well-known cognitive theory of development, Freud identifies four stages in the development of children's thought processes. |
|  | A) | true |
|  | B) | false |
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| 8 |  |  According to Jean Piaget, social interaction is the key to development. |
|  | A) | true |
|  | B) | false |
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| 9 |  |  Most sociologists agree that the development of the self is completed around age 23. |
|  | A) | true |
|  | B) | false |
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| 10 |  |  Anticipatory socialization refers to the process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life. |
|  | A) | true |
|  | B) | false |
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| 11 |  |  Those members of the Amish community who stray too far from Amish mores may be excommunicated and shunned by all other members of the community—a practice called deathing. |
|  | A) | true |
|  | B) | false |
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| 12 |  |  The term gender roles refers to expectations regarding proper behavior, attitudes, and activities of males and females. |
|  | A) | true |
|  | B) | false |
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| 13 |  |  Research suggests that adolescent males are more likely to spend time in groups, whereas females are more likely to interact with a single other female. |
|  | A) | true |
|  | B) | false |
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| 14 |  |  While social scientists see the family, the school, and work as agents of socialization, they do not recognize the state as an agent of socialization. |
|  | A) | true |
|  | B) | false |
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| 15 |  |  Research suggests that television is a critical force in the socialization of children in the United States. |
|  | A) | true |
|  | B) | false |
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