01A.2.1 Primary and secondary socialisation Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 1

The 20 questions

1. What term describes the lifelong process of learning society's norms and values?

   • Socialisation
   • Globalisation
   • Stratification
   • Secularisation

2. Which agency is primarily responsible for early childhood primary socialisation?

   • The family
   • Mass media
   • The workplace
   • The peer group

3. At roughly what age does secondary socialisation typically begin to take greater effect?

   • School age
   • Birth
   • Retirement
   • Adulthood

4. Which sociological perspective argues that primary socialisation maintains social order and consensus?

   • Feminism
   • Interactionism
   • Marxism
   • Functionalism

5. What key term describes unwritten rules of behaviour that guide everyday social interactions?

   • Norms
   • Values
   • Mores
   • Statuses

6. What term refers to general beliefs about what is considered desirable, good, or important in society?

   • Sanctions
   • Roles
   • Values
   • Norms

7. Which agent of secondary socialisation exerts a powerful influence through newspapers, television, and the internet?

   • Primary kin
   • Mass media
   • Infant school
   • The family

8. What is the term for rewards and punishments used to enforce social norms?

   • Sanctions
   • Ascribed statuses
   • Subcultures
   • Paradigms

9. Which Marxist sociologist argued that the education system acts as an ideological state apparatus?

   • Louis Althusser
   • George Herbert Mead
   • Talcott Parsons
   • Ann Oakley

10. Which functionalist theorist described the family as a 'factory' producing human personalities?

    • Max Weber
    • Talcott Parsons
    • Karl Marx
    • Howard Becker

11. What type of socialisation occurs when an adult learns new norms for a completely different role, such as becoming a parent?

    • Primary socialisation
    • Resocialisation
    • Canalilisation
    • Infant socialisation

12. According to interactionist theory, which sociologist emphasised how self-identity is formed through social interaction?

    • Charles Murray
    • George Herbert Mead
    • Basil Bernstein
    • Emile Durkheim

13. What term describes peer groups consisting of individuals of similar age and social status?

    • Social strata
    • Peer groups
    • Nuclear families
    • Class fractions

14. Which feminist researcher identified gender role socialisation through canalisation and manipulation in the family?

    • Judith Butler
    • Harriet Martineau
    • Ann Oakley
    • Sylvia Walby

15. What term did Ann Oakley use to describe parents channelling a child's interests into gender-appropriate toys?

    • Canalisation
    • Labelling
    • Streaming
    • Skimming

16. Which agent of secondary socialisation teaches children the formal curriculum as well as the hidden curriculum?

    • The family
    • Parental peers
    • Education
    • Childhood friends

17. What concept refers to the unwritten lessons, values, and routines transmitted silently in schools?

    • Hidden curriculum
    • National curriculum
    • Applied timetable
    • Formal syllabus

18. How does the workplace act as an agent of secondary socialisation for adults?

    • Occupational socialisation
    • Genetic inheritance
    • Primary induction
    • Infant bonding

19. Which theoretical perspective highlights how secondary socialisation in schools can reinforce social class inequalities?

    • Radical feminism
    • Functionalism
    • New Right
    • Marxism

20. What term describes the adoption of cultural norms of a dominant group by a minority group?

    • Polarisation
    • Segregation
    • Fragmentation
    • Assimilation

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