Which of the following is true about the family as an agent of socialization?
A. The family is rarely a person’s first source of socialization.
B. In today’s world, parents have a very minor role in the development of their child’s identity.
C. Not all families socialize children in the same way or into the same expectations.
D. The media make up a more important source of gender socialization than the family.
Answer: C
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Which racial or ethnic category has the largest number of poor families?
A) white B) African American C) Hispanic D) Asian
Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the historical development of schooling in the United States?
A. Until the late 1800s, most children did not attend school. B. Public schools in the U.S. have always been open to all groups. C. Early school expansion was, in part, a way to socialize new immigrants. D. High school attendance became more common in the first half of the 1900s.
Which of the following statements regarding parental monitoring of the digital world is true?
A. All parents know their children's passwords for e-mail and cell phones. B. Parents profess that they have a large amount of knowledge pertaining to their children's online behavior. C. Mothers are more likely to monitor online activity than are fathers. D. Parents who have higher incomes tend to discuss online activity more than those with lower incomes.
According to a study of men arrested for trying to hire a street prostitute, which of the following is a social psychological factor for using prostitutes?
A. They, compared to men generally, were less likely to report being generally unhappy. B. They, compared to men generally, were more likely to form a lasting intimate relationship with prostitutes. C. They, compared to men generally, were less likely to be happily married if they were married. D. They, compared to men generally, were more likely to be sexual lunatics.