Socialization and Agents of Socialization (7B) Practice Test

A media lab exposes participants to a 2-week social media feed curated to emphasize short videos portraying a particular neighborhood as unsafe. Participants are not given crime statistics, but the feed repeatedly highlights dramatic incidents and includes comment threads endorsing avoidance. In follow-up surveys, participants report increased support for restrictive policies targeting that neighborhood and overestimate the likelihood of being harmed there. Based on socialization and its agents, which agent of socialization is most influential in the scenario described?

A longitudinal study follows children raised in households where caregivers routinely discuss emotions, label feelings, and encourage apologizing after conflicts. During lab play sessions at age 8, these children more often use emotion terms and attempt to repair peer relationships after disagreements than children from households where caregivers discourage emotional expression. Based on the information, which conclusion is most consistent with the role of the family as an agent of socialization?