Exam 2: Fundamentals of Social Behavior

Lisa belongs to a community in which it is considered very important that everyone has the same rights. There are just legal institutions which protect the interests and access to resources of everyone in the community. What is the best way of characterizing this community?

Research suggests that positive emotions are associated with _____ motivation, while negative emotions are associated with _____ motivation.

Which of the following is an empirical finding that supports the universality of basic emotions?

Compared to biological evolution, cultural evolution is:

What is the mortality salience hypothesis? Describe how support for this hypothesis supports terror management theory. Give an example of how this hypothesis has been tested in research.

_____ is the process whereby inventions and ideas transfer from one culture to another, while _____ is the process whereby cultures develop through beliefs and behaviors that contribute to their success.

Persephone wants to become an actress. In order to do this, she is auditioning for a local play. To give the audition, she is currently memorizing a short script. In this example, memorizing the script is a(n) _____ goal and becoming an actress is a(n) _____ goal.

Define cultural evolution and discuss how it differs from biological evolution.

Discuss some of the ways in which culture adapts individuals to the physical, social, and metaphysical environments. Give examples from your knowledge of your own and/or other cultures of each form of adaptation.

Which of the following aspects of human behavior is the most evolutionarily unique?

Define the naturalistic fallacy, and identify a reason why it is false.

Haci was originally born in Turkey, but he has traveled quite a bit throughout his lifetime, never staying in one place for more than five years. Research suggests that Haci is most likely to think of himself:

A cultural trauma is:

If the self tends to be defined in relation to others, rather than being evaluated in comparison to others, this is referred to as:

Which of the following environments is NOT one of the environments to which we are adapted by culture, according to the anthropologist W. Lloyd Warner?

Studies suggest that individuals who are more residentially mobile are more likely to be:

Traditionally, Pakistan has a culture that places strong emphasis on the value of tradition. Which of the following types of morals is Pakistani culture MOST likely to strongly hold?

Which of the following needs is NOT called a basic human need by self-determination theory?

List and briefly define three of the nine basic elements of culture.

Jasmine is walking down the street and sees a homeless man shivering on the corner. As she moves on, she decides that the man must be fundamentally immoral and lazy, and that's why he's homeless. Jasmine's interpretation is evidence that she: