Question 1

Which of the following is NOT defined as part of culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  values 
B)  emotions 
C)  customs 
D)  roles 
A)  values 
B)  emotions 
C)  customs 
D)  roles

Question 2

A college senior, Ali is about to participate in his university commencement ceremony. What is the most precise social psychological description of what Ali is about to do?

Accepted Answer

A)  develop a new set of customs by learning about a set of cultural attitudes 
B)  enact the cultural value of benevolence 
C)  fulfill his motives for security and growth 
D)  participate in a ritual celebrating his entrance into a new social role 
A)  develop a new set of customs by learning about a set of cultural attitudes 
B)  enact the cultural value of benevolence 
C)  fulfill his motives for security and growth 
D)  participate in a ritual celebrating his entrance into a new social role

Question 3

What does the current research literature (cited in the text) say about the relationship between cognition and emotion? Does one of these variables primarily drive the other? Or do they both influence each other reciprocally? Use some examples from research to support your analysis.

Accepted Answer

The current research literature suggests

Question 4

Data from Germany suggest that the people there tend to cognitively separate parts of scenes out from the whole. They pay attention to the differences between objects; how they contrast with and are separate from one another and the background. This suggests that Germany is a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  land-based culture. 
B)  water-based culture. 
C)  collectivistic culture. 
D)  individualistic culture. 
A)  land-based culture. 
B)  water-based culture. 
C)  collectivistic culture. 
D)  individualistic culture.

Question 5

What is NOT one of the important functions of all cultural worldviews specified by terror management theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  providing people with a sense of the origin and meaning of the universe 
B)  convincing people that death is only an illusion 
C)  offering clear standards for what it means to be a valuable person 
D)  giving people the promise of actual or symbolic immortality 
A)  providing people with a sense of the origin and meaning of the universe 
B)  convincing people that death is only an illusion 
C)  offering clear standards for what it means to be a valuable person 
D)  giving people the promise of actual or symbolic immortality

Question 6

Action identification theory suggests that as a person experiences difficulty completing a task, that person will tend to reconceptualize their activity in more _____ terms.

Accepted Answer

A)  automatic 
B)  future-oriented 
C)  abstract 
D)  concrete 
A)  automatic 
B)  future-oriented 
C)  abstract 
D)  concrete

Question 7

Which of the following entities is the BEST example of a cultural symbol in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  a parent 
B)  a monkey 
C)  the U.S. Constitution 
D)  the Pacific Ocean 
A)  a parent 
B)  a monkey 
C)  the U.S. Constitution 
D)  the Pacific Ocean

Question 8

The fact that one function of culture is to adapt people to the metaphysical environment suggests that cultures:

Accepted Answer

A)  sometimes distort reality. 
B)  almost always provide accurate information. 
C)  only last a few generations. 
D)  are inevitably negative in their consequences. 
A)  sometimes distort reality. 
B)  almost always provide accurate information. 
C)  only last a few generations. 
D)  are inevitably negative in their consequences.

Question 9

What are the five moral foundations, according to Haidt's theory? Which foundations are relied on by political conservatives, and which by political liberals?

Accepted Answer

The moral foundations are harm/care, fai

Question 10

Briefly describe the difference between an independent and an interdependent self-construal.

Accepted Answer

People living in collectivistic cultures

Question 11

Biologists discover that the male members of a certain species of lizard tend to have orange tails. These biologists are also aware that (a) there is vegetation in the area that can make animals' skin orange; (b) female members of the lizard species are attracted to the color orange; and (c) predators in the area have difficulty seeing the color orange. Based on what we know about evolutionary processes, which statement best describes the likely cause of the lizards' orange tails?

Accepted Answer

A)  Female lizards are attracted to orange males. 
B)  Predators have difficulty seeing the color orange. 
C)  No factor explains the inheritance of the color orange; it is simply a random mutation. 
D)  The color orange likely results from a combination of factors, including the vegetation, the female preference, and the predator characteristics. 
A)  Female lizards are attracted to orange males. 
B)  Predators have difficulty seeing the color orange. 
C)  No factor explains the inheritance of the color orange; it is simply a random mutation. 
D)  The color orange likely results from a combination of factors, including the vegetation, the female preference, and the predator characteristics.

Question 12

Which of the following statements BEST summarizes terror management theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  People from individualist cultures tend to be more concerned about the possibility of dying alone. 
B)  The majority of people's activities are designed to distract them from thinking about death and other sources of anxiety. 
C)  The anxiety that people feel in everyday life is repressed by unconscious mechanisms which prevent terror from ever entering into conscious awareness. 
D)  To protect against fears of mortality, humans try to see themselves as valuable contributors to a meaningful world. 
A)  People from individualist cultures tend to be more concerned about the possibility of dying alone. 
B)  The majority of people's activities are designed to distract them from thinking about death and other sources of anxiety. 
C)  The anxiety that people feel in everyday life is repressed by unconscious mechanisms which prevent terror from ever entering into conscious awareness. 
D)  To protect against fears of mortality, humans try to see themselves as valuable contributors to a meaningful world.

Question 13

How might a researcher determine whether a particular cultural belief serves as a buffer against mortality concerns?

Accepted Answer

A)  by randomly assigning people to think about that cultural belief or not, and then measuring their level of self-esteem 
B)  by measuring the extent to which fears of death positively correlate with the level of that belief 
C)  by randomly assigning some people to think about death, and others not to, and then measuring the extent to which people express support for that cultural belief 
D)  by manipulating the extent to which people connect their sense of self-esteem to that cultural belief, and then measuring the extent to which they are thinking about death 
A)  by randomly assigning people to think about that cultural belief or not, and then measuring their level of self-esteem 
B)  by measuring the extent to which fears of death positively correlate with the level of that belief 
C)  by randomly assigning some people to think about death, and others not to, and then measuring the extent to which people express support for that cultural belief 
D)  by manipulating the extent to which people connect their sense of self-esteem to that cultural belief, and then measuring the extent to which they are thinking about death

Question 14

What are two of the primary sources of the variability that is necessary for natural selection to occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  competition and fission 
B)  competition and heritability 
C)  heritability and sexual recombination 
D)  mutation and sexual recombination 
A)  competition and fission 
B)  competition and heritability 
C)  heritability and sexual recombination 
D)  mutation and sexual recombination

Question 15

Define and differentiate between cultural diffusion and cultural transmission.

Accepted Answer

Cultural diffusion is the transfer of id

Question 16

Humans are most distinguished from other species by the extent to which they possess:

Accepted Answer

A)  domain-general adaptations. 
B)  domain-specific adaptations. 
C)  instincts. 
D)  social tendencies. 
A)  domain-general adaptations. 
B)  domain-specific adaptations. 
C)  instincts. 
D)  social tendencies.

Question 17

Damasio's theory distinguishes between which kinds of emotions?

Accepted Answer

A)  feelings, moods, and affects 
B)  background, primary, and secondary emotions 
C)  innate, secondary, and tertiary emotions 
D)  cognitive emotions and motivational emotions 
A)  feelings, moods, and affects 
B)  background, primary, and secondary emotions 
C)  innate, secondary, and tertiary emotions 
D)  cognitive emotions and motivational emotions

Question 18

Zachary his about to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah, which in the Jewish tradition marks his entrance into manhood. This is MOST CLEARLY an example of what aspect of culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  custom 
B)  ritual 
C)  symbol 
D)  socialization 
A)  custom 
B)  ritual 
C)  symbol 
D)  socialization

Question 19

Bul has always believed that when he dies he will go to Heaven. This is an example of the way in which culture adapts people to:

Accepted Answer

A)  the metaphysical environment. 
B)  the physical environment. 
C)  the unconscious environment. 
D)  the social environment. 
A)  the metaphysical environment. 
B)  the physical environment. 
C)  the unconscious environment. 
D)  the social environment.

Question 20

In research across cultures by Schwartz and colleagues, which of the following values ranked as most important?

Accepted Answer

A)  benevolence 
B)  security 
C)  achievement 
D)  tradition 
A)  benevolence 
B)  security 
C)  achievement 
D)  tradition

Which of the following is NOT defined as part of culture?

A college senior, Ali is about to participate in his university commencement ceremony. What is the most precise social psychological description of what Ali is about to do?

What does the current research literature (cited in the text) say about the relationship between cognition and emotion? Does one of these variables primarily drive the other? Or do they both influence each other reciprocally? Use some examples from research to support your analysis.

Data from Germany suggest that the people there tend to cognitively separate parts of scenes out from the whole. They pay attention to the differences between objects; how they contrast with and are separate from one another and the background. This suggests that Germany is a(n):

What is NOT one of the important functions of all cultural worldviews specified by terror management theory?

Action identification theory suggests that as a person experiences difficulty completing a task, that person will tend to reconceptualize their activity in more _____ terms.

Which of the following entities is the BEST example of a cultural symbol in the United States?

The fact that one function of culture is to adapt people to the metaphysical environment suggests that cultures:

What are the five moral foundations, according to Haidt's theory? Which foundations are relied on by political conservatives, and which by political liberals?

Briefly describe the difference between an independent and an interdependent self-construal.

Which of the following statements BEST summarizes terror management theory?

How might a researcher determine whether a particular cultural belief serves as a buffer against mortality concerns?

What are two of the primary sources of the variability that is necessary for natural selection to occur?

Define and differentiate between cultural diffusion and cultural transmission.

Humans are most distinguished from other species by the extent to which they possess:

Damasio's theory distinguishes between which kinds of emotions?

Zachary his about to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah, which in the Jewish tradition marks his entrance into manhood. This is MOST CLEARLY an example of what aspect of culture?

Bul has always believed that when he dies he will go to Heaven. This is an example of the way in which culture adapts people to:

In research across cultures by Schwartz and colleagues, which of the following values ranked as most important?

The Revealing Science of Social Psychology

The Core Elements of Social Cognition

Thinking About People and Events

The Nature, Origins, and Functions of the Self

The Key Self-Motives: Consistency, Esteem, Presentation, and Growth

Social Influence

Persuasion, Attitudes, and Behavior

Group Processes

Understanding Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination

Responding to and Reducing Prejudice

Interpersonal Aggression

Prosocial Behavior

Interpersonal Attraction

Close Relationships

Filters

Exam 2: Fundamentals of Social Behavior

Which of the following is NOT defined as part of culture?

A college senior, Ali is about to participate in his university commencement ceremony. What is the most precise social psychological description of what Ali is about to do?

What does the current research literature (cited in the text) say about the relationship between cognition and emotion? Does one of these variables primarily drive the other? Or do they both influence each other reciprocally? Use some examples from research to support your analysis.

Data from Germany suggest that the people there tend to cognitively separate parts of scenes out from the whole. They pay attention to the differences between objects; how they contrast with and are separate from one another and the background. This suggests that Germany is a(n):

What is NOT one of the important functions of all cultural worldviews specified by terror management theory?

Action identification theory suggests that as a person experiences difficulty completing a task, that person will tend to reconceptualize their activity in more _____ terms.

Which of the following entities is the BEST example of a cultural symbol in the United States?

The fact that one function of culture is to adapt people to the metaphysical environment suggests that cultures:

What are the five moral foundations, according to Haidt's theory? Which foundations are relied on by political conservatives, and which by political liberals?

Briefly describe the difference between an independent and an interdependent self-construal.

Which of the following statements BEST summarizes terror management theory?

How might a researcher determine whether a particular cultural belief serves as a buffer against mortality concerns?

What are two of the primary sources of the variability that is necessary for natural selection to occur?

Define and differentiate between cultural diffusion and cultural transmission.

Humans are most distinguished from other species by the extent to which they possess:

Damasio's theory distinguishes between which kinds of emotions?

Zachary his about to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah, which in the Jewish tradition marks his entrance into manhood. This is MOST CLEARLY an example of what aspect of culture?

Bul has always believed that when he dies he will go to Heaven. This is an example of the way in which culture adapts people to:

In research across cultures by Schwartz and colleagues, which of the following values ranked as most important?

The Revealing Science of Social Psychology

The Core Elements of Social Cognition

Thinking About People and Events

The Nature, Origins, and Functions of the Self

The Key Self-Motives: Consistency, Esteem, Presentation, and Growth

Social Influence

Persuasion, Attitudes, and Behavior

Group Processes

Understanding Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination

Responding to and Reducing Prejudice

Interpersonal Aggression

Prosocial Behavior

Interpersonal Attraction

Close Relationships

Filters