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Mead's work was influenced by which of the following two approaches? |
| | A) | positivism and pragmatism |
| | B) | behaviorism and pragmatism |
| | C) | positivism and behaviorism |
| | D) | behaviorism and biology |
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Which of the following statements best characterizes pragmatism? |
| | A) | Pragmatism privileges philosophical dogma over scientific data. |
| | B) | Pragmatism rejects the idea of absolute truths. |
| | C) | Pragmatism believes that truth exists "out there" in the real world. |
| | D) | Pragmatism views social actors as passive recipients of knowledge. |
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Mead has been associated with which of the following types of pragmatism? |
| | A) | nominalist pragmatism |
| | B) | philosophic realism |
| | C) | philosophic pragmatism |
| | D) | nominlist realism |
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Which of the following does NOT describe Mead's academic career? |
| | A) | He preferred to lecture in the classroom rather than ask students questions. |
| | B) | He was a prolific writer, but a poor conversationalist. |
| | C) | He never gave exams to his students. |
| | D) | He worked at the University of Chicago Settlement House. |
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In his work Mind, Self and Society, Mead gave priority to: |
| | A) | the self. |
| | B) | the mind. |
| | C) | society. |
| | D) | institutions. |
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The second stage of Mead's act is called _____________. In it, actors search for and react to stimuli. |
| | A) | impulse |
| | B) | manipulation |
| | C) | perception |
| | D) | consummation |
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Which of the following is NOT one of the stages in Mead's social act? |
| | A) | impulse |
| | B) | manipulation |
| | C) | perception |
| | D) | double-consciousness |
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Mead refers to ____________ as the basic mechanisms in a social act. |
| | A) | gestures |
| | B) | impulses |
| | C) | perceptions |
| | D) | manipulations |
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According to Mead, the development of ____________ gestures is the most important factor that makes human life distinctive from animal life. |
| | A) | vocal |
| | B) | physical |
| | C) | material |
| | D) | nonverbal |
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Gestures become __________ when they arouse in the individual who is making them the same kind of response as they are supposed to elicit from those to whom the gestures are addressed. |
| | A) | significant symbols |
| | B) | the generalized other |
| | C) | formally rational |
| | D) | social facts |
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What is Mead most interested in about consciousness? |
| | A) | the subjective ways social actors think about themselves |
| | B) | the way in which consciousness is located in the brain |
| | C) | the ways in which social actors experience pleasure or pain |
| | D) | the ways in which social actors engage in reflective intelligence |
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Which of the following statements does NOT adequately describe Mead's understanding of the mind? |
| | A) | The mind is an inner conversation with one's self. |
| | B) | The mind is not found within the individual. |
| | C) | The mind precedes social processes. |
| | D) | The mind is a social phenomenon. |
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Which of the following terms does Mead use to describe the ability to take oneself as an object? |
| | A) | the mind |
| | B) | society |
| | C) | the self |
| | D) | significant symbols |
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_______________ is the general mechanism for the development of the self. |
| | A) | Reflexivity |
| | B) | Instinct |
| | C) | Gesture |
| | D) | Behavior |
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Children learn to take the attitude of particular others to themselves during the _____________ stage. |
| | A) | game |
| | B) | social |
| | C) | primary |
| | D) | play |
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Mead refers to the ability to take the attitude of the entire community into account as: |
| | A) | the generalized other. |
| | B) | impression management. |
| | C) | pragmatism. |
| | D) | the looking-glass self. |
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The ______________ is the immediate response of an individual to others. |
| | A) | "I" |
| | B) | "me" |
| | C) | generalized other |
| | D) | mind |
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Which of the following does NOT characterize what Mead meant by the "I"? |
| | A) | The "I" is known only in our memories. |
| | B) | The "I" is a key source of novelty. |
| | C) | The "I" is the location of our most important values. |
| | D) | The "I" is a source of social control. |
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Mead defines the idea of social control as the dominance of the expression of the ____________ over the expression of the ___________. |
| | A) | "I"; "me" |
| | B) | generalized other; "me" |
| | C) | "me"; "I" |
| | D) | "I"; generalized other |
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Which of the following theorists did NOT engage in dialectical thinking? |
| | A) | Marx |
| | B) | Mead |
| | C) | Hegel |
| | D) | Durkheim |
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Like Watson and other behaviorists, Mead was opposed to the use of introspection to study mental processes. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Pragmatists, like Dewey and Mead, believe in the superiority of scientific data over philosophical dogma. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Mead has been associated with nominal pragmatism. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Mead gives priority to the mind over society in understanding social experience. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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According to Mead, perception is the first stage of "the act." |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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According to Mead, social actors have far better control over vocal gestures than over physical gestures. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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To Mead, it is impossible to imagine "a self" arising in the absence of social experiences. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Children learn to take the perspective of the generalized other during the game stage. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Mead believed that the "I" makes social change possible. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Unlike Marx, Mead refused to engage in dialectical thinking. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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