A.Very Short answer questions (1-3 sentences) (4 points each):
- List the three potential sources for harm in scientific research? Describe ONE.
- List the four agents of early childhood socialization. Describe one in detail.
- Describe the three steps in Cooley’s looking glass self.
- How does socialization makes us like all other members of society, but distinctive in other ways?
- What are some of the similarities and differences between childhood and adulthood socialization?
- Compare and contrast role-taking and role-making?
- What is a role-person merger?
- What are the three types of impression management? Which would you use in a job interview and why?
- Why are “compliance” and “obedience” short-term conformity?
- Explain how gender differences in communication patterns might link to differences in communication by status.
- Describe the ABCDE model of close relationships.
- What is “social” about the fundamental and ultimate attribution errors?
B.Medium length questions (4-6 sentences) (8 points each):
- What is the nature versus nurture “controversy?
- Identify an important norm in your culture, and describe the value from which it originates.
- Pretend you are a college professor and you want to encourage your students to do the reading - choose from among the potential schedules of reinforcement, explain why you picked the schedule, and provide a summary of how it would work to improve the reading habits of your students.
- Contrast Kohlberg and Gilligan’s views on moral development; how do they neglect the influence of family socialization?
- Contrast the bond profile (primary or secondary relationship, degree of intimacy, task, social power/influence, and/or self-involvement in the social tie) and typical interactions in your social relationship with your best friend and with your least favorite teacher.
- What is the distinction between social persuasion through the central and the peripheral routes?
C. Multi-Part Question (5 points for each part; 20 points total):
- Consider the following perspectives discussed in class. Each offers a very different view of socialization. For each theory: Write a brief summary of the theory (approx. 2-4 sentences) and then explain how that theory views socialization (approximately 2-3 sentences).
A. Behavioral B. Cognitive C. Social Structural D. Symbolic Interactionist
D. SHORT ESSAY: 20 points (approximately 3-4 paragraphs)
The emphasis in social psychology is on understanding how personal/dispositional factors, combined with social/situational factors influence individuals’ behaviors, thoughts, and feelings. This focus is summarized in the model of Self-Monitoring Processes.
First, you are to describe the self-monitoring process, and define the continuum of high to low self-monitors.
Next, you are to integrate self-monitoring with some of the main topics/chapters. Here are some suggestions (choose only two of these):
How does self-monitoring influence impression formation/management and attribution errors?
How is self-monitoring connected to the processes of social influence and conformity?
How might self-monitoring be involved in social attraction and close relationships.
How might self-monitoring influence the likelihood to help/harm?
How might self-monitoring relate to intra-group (cohesion, conformity, coalitions) and inter-group (conflict, cooperation) processes?