Trivia Review: Socialization & Social Control

Round 1: Socialization, the Basics

Round 1: Question 1 QUESTION: This is the process by which individuals learn the ways of society & culture; includes the acquisition of norms, values, attitudes & beliefs. ANSWER: Socialization

Round 1: Question 2 QUESTION: One’s conscious awareness of possessing a distinct identity that separates you and your environment from other members of society ANSWER: Self

Round 1: Question 3 QUESTION: This is the sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs and values that are characteristic of an individual. ANSWER: Personality

Round 1: Question 4 QUESTION: According to Charles Darwin, ALL human behavior is instinctual. In the Nature v. Nurture debate this is known as what? ANSWER: Sociobiology

Round 1: Question 5 QUESTION: This is the term used to characterize children who have been kept in extreme social isolation (i.e. Genie) ANSWER: Feral children

Round 2: Socialization, Theories & The Life Course

Round 2: Question 1 QUESTION: According to sociologists, this is the MOST important agent of socialization in the U.S., especially during one’s early years. ANSWER: Family

Round 2: Question 2 QUESTION: This is the term used to describe the interactive process by which humans develop an image of themselves based on how they imagine they appear to others. ANSWER: Looking-Glass Self

Round 2: Question 3 QUESTION: Process in which individuals take on or pretend to take on the roles of others to allow us to anticipate what others expect of us ANSWER: Role-taking

Round 2: Question 4 QUESTION: Adolescent dating is a form of this type of socialization, which prepares the person for assuming that role in the future ANSWER: Anticipatory Socialization

Round 2: Question 5 QUESTION: One of the 3 key factors that create adolescence as a distinct life stage in the U.S. ANSWER: Education (mandatory until 16), Child Labor Laws, Juvenile Justice System

Round 3: Deviance, the Basics

Round 3: Question 1 QUESTION: This term is used to describe a violation of a culture’s rules or norms. ANSWER: Deviance

Round 3: Question 2 QUESTION: This is nonconformity that goes undetected by people in positions of authority; does NOT result in a deviant label. ANSWER: Primary Deviance

Round 3: Question 3 QUESTION: Sociologists using this particular theoretical perspective would argue that deviance is a common part of human existence, with both positive & negative consequences for social stability. ANSWER: Structural-Functionalism

Round 3: Question 4 QUESTION: Identify the social functions of deviance ANSWER: Clarifies cultural norms, promotes social unity, diffuses social tension, promotes social change, provides jobs

Round 3: Question 5 QUESTION: List at least two privileges granted to juvenile delinquents in the American justice system. ANSWER: Tried in a juvenile court for juvenile crimes, confidentiality, mandatory parental presence during questioning, juvenile detention center…

BONUS ROUND QUESTION: Every year the FBI releases the Uniform Crime Report which outlines statistics for FIVE broad categories of crime. What are these categories? ANSWER: Violent crimes, crimes against property, victimless crimes, white-collar crimes & organized crime

Round 4: Deviance, the Theories

Round 4: Question 1 QUESTION: This theory suggests that deviance is a natural outgrowth of society & is most concerned with the tension that arises between societal goals and the means of achieving those goals. ANSWER: Merton’s Strain Theory

Round 4: Question 2 QUESTION: Denial of responsibility, denial of injury and condemnation of the authorities are components of which theory of deviance? ANSWER: The Techniques of Neutralization

Round 4: Question 3 QUESTION: Theory that the degree of social integration has a direct impact on the likelihood of deviant behavior. ANSWER: Control Theory

Round 4: Question 4 QUESTION: This theory explains deviance as a learned behavior. ANSWER: Cultural Transmission Theory

Round 4: Question 5 QUESTION: According to Merton’s Strain Theory, one who accepts cultural goals (i.e. be wealthy) but doesn’t accept approved means of achieving goals (i.e. steal), would be considered a/an _____________. ANSWER: Innovator

Round 5: Miscellaneous

Round 5: Question 1 QUESTION: Fraud and tax evasion are examples of this type of crime ANSWER: White Collar

Round 5: Question 2 QUESTION: Four factors that influence personality ANSWER: Heredity, birth order, parents, cultural environment

Round 5: Question 3 QUESTION: Which Technique of Neutralization is being employed if someone says they committed a crime to protect their family? ANSWER: Appeal to higher loyalties

Round 5: Question 4 QUESTION: Which theory of deviance holds that a degradation ceremony can lead to a change in a person’s master status? ANSWER: Labeling Theory

Round 5: Question 5 QUESTION: Institutions with the primary goal of RESOCIALIZING, or having a person break with past experiences & learn new values ANSWER: Total institutions