Explain the relationship between Cooley's looking-glass self and reference groups.
What will be an ideal response?
Looking-glass self: the concept developed by Charles Horton Cooley that our self-image results from how we interpret other people's views of us. Reference group: a group that provides standards for judging one's attitudes or behaviors. One uses reference groups to develop one's self-image.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Native Americans were moved to isolated reservations, but their children were sent to schools off the reservation because
a. Native American parents believed this was the best way for their children to gain an education. b. the school system wanted Native American children to be educated together in order to allow them to retain their culture. c. the government wanted to eliminate the Native American culture and replace it with the values of the Anglo American society. d. of the need for economic efficiency since the families were so scattered.
Not having a gender identity called is called being ______________.
- pangender - bigender - agender - gender fluid
The variance of a group of scores is 9. What is the standard deviation?
A) 1 B) 3 C) 4.5 D) 81