Socialization Across the Life CourseQuiz

1.

Which concept did George Herbert Mead use to describe the internalized perspective of the wider community that the mature social actor uses to orient conduct?

2.

Annette Lareau's concept of 'concerted cultivation' refers to which of the following?

3.

The 'correspondence principle', as developed by Bowles and Gintis, argues that:

4.

In Goffman's analysis of total institutions, what is the primary mechanism through which resocialization occurs?

5.

Glen Elder's 'Children of the Great Depression' demonstrated that the effect of the Depression on later life trajectories depended critically on:

6.

Norman Ryder's argument about cohort replacement holds that social change proceeds primarily because:

7.

Paul Willis's 'Learning to Labour' is described as paradoxical because:

8.

Danah boyd's 'It's Complicated' argues that the apparent dominance of online life in teen socialization is partly an artifact of:

9.

Explain what Bourdieu meant by 'symbolic violence' in the context of schooling, using the concept of cultural capital.

10.

What is the 'container model' of socialization, and why do contemporary sociologists reject it?

11.

What is the sociological significance of the debate between Judith Rich Harris's peer-effects argument and the sociological response to it?

12.

Drawing on at least four theorists or empirical studies from the module, evaluate the claim that schools are primarily institutions of social reproduction rather than engines of equal opportunity.