Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.

1			Socialization affects the overall cultural practices of a society, but it does not shape one's self-image.
			A)	True
			B)	False
2			Most social scientists believe heredity is the most important factor influencing human development.
			A)	True
			B)	False
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
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
5			George Herbert Mead was among the first to analyze the relationship of symbols to socialization.
			A)	True
			B)	False
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
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
8			According to Jean Piaget, social interaction is the key to development.
			A)	True
			B)	False
9			Most sociologists agree that the development of the self is completed around age 23.
			A)	True
			B)	False
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
11			The term gender roles refers to expectations regarding proper behavior, attitudes, and activities of males and females.
			A)	True
			B)	False
12			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
13			Research suggests that television is a critical force in the socialization of children in the United States.
			A)	True
			B)	False
14			Gerontologist Robert Atchley has identified several phases of the retirement experience. In the near phase, the person establishes a specific departure date from his or her job.
			A)	True
			B)	False