Agencies of Socialization — Quiz

Q1. Park as saying

• A. 'Man is born human and society only polishes him.'
• B. 'Man is not born human but to be made human.'
• C. 'Man is a tabula rasa shaped only by heredity.'
• D. 'Man becomes human only through formal schooling.'

Q2. When a Class 7 student in a Rampur school is asked to conform to school rules, follow timetables and interact in larger groups, this stage is called

• A. Primary socialization
• B. Adult socialization
• C. Secondary socialization
• D. Anticipatory socialization

Q3. Cooley, Mead and Piaget are named together because they all argued that children develop reasoning, morality and the sense of self primarily through

• A. Inherited temperament and genetic coding
• B. Direct reward and punishment from parents alone
• C. Social observation, contact and interaction
• D. Solitary play with toys

Q4. Which of the following does the family largely determine for a child?

• A. The child's race, language, religion, class and political affiliation
• B. The child's IQ score and aptitude
• C. The child's height and weight
• D. The child's academic stream in higher classes

Q5. A Class 8 boy in Bihar refuses to tidy his room; his parents scold him for breaking a social convention while he calls it 'his personal choice'. This conflict best illustrates

• A. Adult socialization conflicting with secondary socialization
• B. The interpretive gap between parents who judge by social convention and adolescents who frame issues as personal choice
• C. A failure of primary socialization in early childhood
• D. Habitus mismatch between school and family

Q6. Crosnoe (2001) observes that middle-level (upper-primary) students

• A. Want their parents to stay nearby at all times
• B. Do not want parents always around but take comfort that they are always around
• C. Treat parents and peers as completely interchangeable
• D. Have outgrown the need for parental presence altogether

Q7. Peer-group influence on a child may be traced from approximately what age?

• A. From birth
• B. From age three onwards, when the child begins to mingle outside the immediate family
• C. Only from age ten
• D. Only after the child enters secondary school

Q8. A teacher in Bihar notices her Class 7 students settling roles during a football match without adult direction — negotiating, leading, cooperating and compromising. These skills are mainly acquired through

• A. Direct instruction by parents
• B. Religious training at home
• C. Peer-group interaction during play, without adult direction
• D. Watching educational television programmes

Q9. If a child grows up in a neighbourhood peopled by aggressive and violent groups, the child is likely to

• A. Develop greater empathy by contrast
• B. Remain unaffected because the family will neutralise the influence
• C. Become more academically gifted
• D. Learn unsocial or anti-social behaviours

Q10. A child's first day in school is called 'one of the rites of passage' because it marks the child's entry into

• A. The meso level of socialization
• B. The macro level of socialization
• C. Adult socialization
• D. Pre-school primary socialization

Q11. Apart from academic insights, school socialization helps the growing child gain values such as

• A. Memorisation, obedience and silence
• B. Punctuality, discipline, resilience, teamwork and cooperation
• C. Examination orientation and rank consciousness
• D. Brand awareness and consumer choice

Q12. A Class 7 teacher in Rampur consciously gives boys and girls the same chance to lead group projects and corrects 'boys cannot cook' jokes. This shows the teacher being

• A. An authoritarian disciplinarian
• B. A neutral examiner only
• C. Unbiased, democratic and capable of counteracting gender stereotypes
• D. A passive observer of classroom interaction

Q13. Regarding religion as an agency of socialization, which of the following is correct?

• A. Children mostly choose a religion different from their parents
• B. In most cases children adopt the religion of their parents
• C. Children are usually atheists during childhood
• D. Religion plays no role before adulthood

Q14. Middle-class parents typically direct their children towards

• A. Conforming to authority and accepting one's social place
• B. Future goals, emphasising success in studies and reinforcing the role of schools
• C. Manual occupations of the parents
• D. Religious vocations only

Q15. In the last few decades children have been dramatically socialized by one source in particular, namely

• A. Newspapers
• B. Radio
• C. Television
• D. Public libraries