A famous monologue from Shakespeare’s As You Like It begins: All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts Which theory of social life could be seen as taking its inspiration from these lines?

Here is a quote from Freud, describing a part of the mind as he theorized it: It is the dark, inaccessible part of our personality, what little we know of it we have learnt from our study of the dream-work and of the construction of neurotic symptoms. . . .We all approach [it] with analogies: we call it a chaos, a cauldron full of seething excitations. Which part of the mind was he talking about?

Which of the following is an example of a feeling rule?

Which of the following is one of the goals of socialization?

Which of the following sources of socialization forms the foundation for all other socializing agents?

When we try to understand how other people define a situation, why might expressions given off seem like more trustworthy guides than expressions given?

Victor of Aveyron was a feral child who wandered out of the woods in 1800 when he was approximately twelve years old. Victor was incapable of talking and he never fully adjusted to life with other humans. This case shows the importance of:

A person who leaves her job of twenty years to retire is undergoing what process?

A position in a social hierarchy that comes with a set of expectations is called:

How does a person come to possess an achieved status?

Parents often buy their children gender-specific toys. Boys get action figures that encourage active and aggressive play; girls get dolls and toy ovens that encourage domesticity. This is part of what process?

How do sociologists define the self?

Which part of the mind of feral children would Sigmund Freud expect to be most fully developed?

A traffic cop pulls over a speeder, only to discover that the driver is a close friend. The police officer is torn, because her professional obligations demand that she punish the speeder but her personal obligations suggest that she should give a friend a break. This is an example of:

Sociologists examine financial collapses, such as those of the 1930s, in which rumors of insolvency, when believed by enough depositors, resulted in real bank failures. What sociological concept describes this phenomenon?

Which of the following is true of expressions given off, as defined by Erving Goffman?

Children who are raised without human interaction, or with a minimum of human contact, are referred to as ________ children.

Which of the following statements reflects the best understanding of the nature vs. nurture debate?

When a parent has to decide between being on time for work or helping his child with a homework assignment, he is experiencing:

Which of the following agents of socialization has the most enduring, lifelong impact on the individual?

Why are adults unable to be completely socialized?

The nature vs. nurture debate helps us understand:

Before we can experience role-taking emotions, we must:

According to George Herbert Mead, in what way is a game of football like society?

What happens to individuals who are not socialized?

Which part of the mind would Freud have described as being like a type of conscience that punishes misbehavior with feelings of guilt?

Imagine a child who consistently gets mediocre grades and is often picked last for a team when games are played at recess. However, he likes to make silly jokes and play pranks, and he notices that people laugh when he does those things. The child starts to think that others are laughing with him, not at him. This is part of the process that Charles Cooley called:

A high school football coach is worried about how he should handle his roster. On the one hand, it’s his job to try to win as many games as possible, which means playing the best players; on the other hand, his contract also requires him to try to allow every member of the team to meaningfully participate. The tension he feels is the result of:

According to Sigmund Freud, which part of the mind is composed of biological drives and consequently is the source of psychic energy?

What sort of status would a physical disability be?