Question

Question 1

What are agents of socialization?

Group of answer choices

a:Indivuduals, groups. and institutions involved in the socilization process

b:individuals involved in the socilization process

c:groups involved in the socilization process

d:institutions involved in the socilization process

Question 2

Which of the following is typically the earliest agent of socialization?

Group of answer choices

a:School

b:mass media

c:workplace

d:family

Question 3

What is social stratification?

Group of answer choices

a:A socioeconomic system that provides for the betterment of a society

b:A socioeconomic system that manipulates people for profit

c:a socioeconomic system that divides society’s members into categories ranking from high to low, based on things like wealth, power, and prestige

d:The ways in which a sociaoeconomic system pertains to social control and deviance

Question 4

What is meritocracy?

Group of answer choices

a:the social structure that denies any upward mobility

b:The benefits that come only through education

c:An ideal system of rewards for even the laziest among us

d:an ideal system in which personal effort—or merit—determines social standing

Question 5

Structural mobility occurs when:

Group of answer choices

a:an individual moves up the class ladder

b:an individual moves down the class ladder

c:a large group moves up or down the class ladder due to societal changes

d:a member of a family belongs to a different class than his or her siblings

Question 6

The behaviors, customs, and norms associated with a class are known as:

Group of answer choices

a:class traits

b:power

c:prestige

d:underclass

Answer 1

Question 1

What are agents of socialization?

Agents of socialization include the family, religion, peer groups, economic systems, legal systems, penal systems, language, and the media.

ANSWER: (a)Individuals, groups. and institutions involved in the socilization process

Question 2

Which of the following is typically the earliest agent of socialization?

Family is the first and earliest agent of socialization. Mothers and fathers, siblings and grandparents, plus members of an extended family, all teach a child what he or she needs to know.

ANSWER: (d) family

Question 3

What is social stratification?

Social stratification refers to a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy. In the United States, it is perfectly clear that some groups have greater status, power, and wealth than other groups. These differences are what led to social stratification.

ANSWER: (c) a socioeconomic system that divides society’s members into categories ranking from high to low, based on things like wealth, power, and prestige

Question 4

What is meritocracy?

Meritocracy is a political system in which economic goods and/or political power are vested in individual people on the basis of talent, effort, and achievement, rather than wealth or social class. Advancement in such a system is based on performance, as measured through examination or demonstrated achievement.

ANSWER: (d) an ideal system in which personal effort—or merit—determines social standing