John Watson once said, "Give me a baby and my world to bring it up in and I'll make it crawl and walk; I'll make it climb and use its hands in constructing buildings of stone or wood; I'll make it a thief, a gunman, or a dope fiend." Explain this statement as it relates to the socialization process
What will be an ideal response?
Watson's quotation is a statement of behaviorist socialization theory. He is saying that, given a baby and the proper conditions, he could make that baby into whatever kind of person he (Watson) wished. He asserts that all individual behavior is learned, that it is a product of external forces acting on the individual.
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As Max Weber saw it, the essential difference between power and authority is
a. authority is more rational. b. people perceive authority as legitimate, rather than coercive. c. raw power is always the foundation of justice. d. power is more efficient in getting the job done.
The NAACP
a. has been active in violent protest against the white-dominated establishment. b. has been heavily involved in legal attacks on segregation and discrimination in schools, voting, transportation, and jury selection. c. fostered a back to Africa movement in the 1920s. d. has emphasized economic goals for black Americans.
"The smile comes before the sale.". This slogan underscores the importance of
a. the sectoral transformation. b. tertiarization. c. routinization. d. total quality management. e. face-work.