Lesson 4.2.1.2
4.2.1.2 Socialisation and the agencies of socialisation Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 2
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What term describes the lifelong process through which individuals learn their society's norms and values?
- Stratification
- Socialisation
- Secularisation
- Globalisation
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Which type of socialisation takes place during early childhood, primarily within the family home?
- Re-socialisation
- Secondary socialisation
- Primary socialisation
- Anticipatory socialisation
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What term describes learning the norms and values of a group an individual aspires to join?
- Reverse socialisation
- Primary socialisation
- Anticipatory socialisation
- Re-socialisation
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Which sociologist developed the concept of the 'looking-glass self' to describe identity formation?
- Charles Horton Cooley
- George Herbert Mead
- Erving Goffman
- Talcott Parsons
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Which two stages did George Herbert Mead identify in the social development of the self?
- Sensorimotor and formal
- Play and game
- I and me
- Primary and secondary
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Which feminist sociologist identified four processes of gender role socialisation within the family?
- Helen Wilkinson
- Ann Oakley
- Angela McRobbie
- Sue Sharpe
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Which institution is universally recognised as the main primary agency of socialisation for young children?
- The school
- The media
- The peer group
- The family
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Which agency of socialisation transmits norms and values through both formal lessons and the hidden curriculum?
- Religion
- Mass media
- Education
- The family
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Which term describes the process of unlearning old norms and acquiring new ones in total institutions?
- Cultural assimilation
- Primary socialisation
- Re-socialisation
- Social control
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Which agency of socialisation allows young people to learn social expectations independent of adult control?
- Family
- Peer group
- School
- Workplace
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Which sociological perspective criticises structural theories for viewing socialisation as a one-way process?
- Functionalism
- Interactionism
- Marxism
- Positivism
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Which concept did Durkheim emphasise as the key outcome of effective socialisation?
- Class consciousness
- Status frustration
- Anomie
- Social solidarity
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Which term describes an individual deeply absorbing societal norms and values into their personal identity?
- Marginalisation
- Internalisation
- Institutionalisation
- Stratification
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Which term describes how audiences engage with and interpret messages from the mass media?
- Active reception
- Hypodermic effect
- Cultural hegemony
- Passive acceptance
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Which agency of secondary socialisation heavily influences teenage style, language, and group identity?
- Peer group
- Religious institutions
- Mass media
- Legal system
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According to feminists, primary socialisation in the family mainly reinforces which social issue?
- Cultural capital
- Meritocracy
- Gender inequality
- Social solidarity
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Which sociologist argued that middle-class families pass cultural capital to children through socialisation?
- Charles Murray
- Talcott Parsons
- Émile Durkheim
- Pierre Bourdieu
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Which term describes learning values that directly oppose the dominant norms of wider society?
- Anticipatory socialisation
- Counter-socialisation
- Resocialisation
- Primary socialisation
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Which term did Bourdieu use for the ingrained habits and tastes learned through family socialisation?
- Social solidarity
- Habitus
- Hegemony
- Anomie
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Which concept developed by Cooley describes forming identity by imagining how others perceive us?
- Looking-glass self
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
- Impression management
- Dramaturgical self
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