Multiple choice

1. Which of these statements best reflects Mead's concept of the generalized other? 

A. Most of us learn our social roles from watching what other people do.

B. Anyone Jane doesn't recognize as a significant other, she considers a generalized other.

C. Ike has an overall understanding of the norms and values of his culture.

D. Jake imagines what it's like to be firefighter and decides he would like to be a firefighter.

2. The variable in a hypothesis that precedes or causes a change in the other variable in the hypothesis is

called the _______ variable. 

A. dependent

B. sample

C. control

D. independent

3. Lucinda has recently moved to the United States from Colombia. Her children no longer speak Spanish and are learning to live like American children. Lucinda's children are experiencing

A. ethnocentrism.

B. cultural relativism. 

C. assimilation.

D. multiculturalism.

4. Regarding consumerism, which statement is most accurate?

A. Advertising is so pervasive these days that it has only a marginal impact on consumer purchasing decisions.

B. As consumer debt has increased, family purchases have declined proportionally.

C. As women increasingly joined the workforce, families tended to buy more consumer goods.

D. Consumerism is a form of economic cultural diffusion.