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51. "Self develops as a result of cognitive evaluations of costs and benefits "this is_______________?
- A. Symbolic interactionism
- B. Role theory
- C. Reinforcement theory
- D. None of these
Explanation: Reinforcement theory explains learned behaviour through a person's assessment of rewards, costs and consequences. Symbolic interactionism instead explains the self mainly through meanings developed in social interaction.
Correct answer: Reinforcement theory52. Socialization is a continuous lifelong process and self develops as a result of social interactions this is_______________?
- A. Role theory
- B. Reinforcement theory
- C. Symbolic interactionism
- D. None of these
Explanation: Symbolic interactionism holds that the self develops through ongoing interaction and the interpretation of other people's responses. This also fits the view of socialization as a continuous, lifelong process.
Correct answer: Symbolic interactionism53. Arnett proposed an interesting distinction of types of socialization_______________?
- A. high and low
- B. broad and narrow
- C. old and new
- D. None of these
Explanation: Arnett distinguishes broad socialization, which promotes conformity and existing social roles, from narrow socialization, which encourages individual initiative and critical thinking. Hence the pair is broad and narrow.
Correct answer: broad and narrow54. Socialization is a life process generally divided into two parts primary and secondary socialization Primary refers to_____________?
- A. Socialization at primary school level
- B. Socialization at home
- C. Socialization in early life, as a child
- D. None of these
Explanation: Primary socialization occurs in early childhood, when basic language, norms, values and patterns of behaviour are first learned, usually within the family. It is broader than merely attending primary school.
Correct answer: Socialization in early life, as a child55. Learning behavior in a social institution or developing social skills is called________________?
- A. Primary
- B. Secondary
- C. Developmental socialization
- D. None of these
Explanation: Developmental socialization refers to learning behaviours and skills needed for participation in social institutions and wider social life. Primary socialization mainly occurs in early childhood, while secondary socialization concerns particular institutions or roles.
Correct answer: Developmental socialization56. The process of learning one's culture and how to live within it is called________________?
- A. Culture
- B. Socialization
- C. Association
- D. None of these
Explanation: Socialization is the lifelong process through which people learn their culture, norms, values and expected ways of living. Culture is what is learned, whereas socialization is the process of learning it.
Correct answer: Socialization57. The creative potential of personality is accounted for by______________?
- A. Stimulus-response psychology
- B. Drive psychology
- C. Trait psychology
- D. None of these
Explanation: Trait psychology explains personality through relatively enduring characteristics, and creativity can be treated as one such trait or potential. Stimulus-response and drive theories focus more on learned responses and motivational forces than on distinctive personality potential.
Correct answer: Trait psychology58. Erik Erikson a German scholar trained in Freudian psychoanalysis presented a theory of life-cycle socialization through ?
- A. five stages
- B. Seven stages
- C. Eight stages
- D. None of these
Explanation: Erikson’s psychosocial theory describes eight stages from infancy through old age, with each stage involving a central developmental conflict. This extends socialisation across the whole life course rather than limiting it to childhood.
Correct answer: Eight stages59. The part which is the complex of social ideals and values which one has internalized, and which form the conscience is______________?
- A. id
- B. Superego
- C. ego
- D. None of these
Explanation: Freud’s superego contains internalized social ideals, rules, and parental standards, so it operates as the conscience. The id seeks immediate pleasure, while the ego manages realistic action between the id and superego.
Correct answer: Superego60. Freud saw self and society in basic conflict not in harmony He named this self as_________________?
- A. Antisocial self
- B. Generalized other
- C. looking glass self
- D. None of these
Explanation: Freud emphasized tension between instinctual desires and society’s restrictions, a conflict expressed here through the idea of the antisocial self. The generalized other and looking-glass self belong to Mead and Cooley’s interactionist accounts, not Freud’s terminology.
Correct answer: Antisocial self