Exam 2: Fundamentals of Social Behavior

Which of the following is NOT one of Fiske's four basic patterns of social relations?

The process of expending energy to achieve or avoid a particular outcome is generally referred to as:

According to the moral foundations theory proposed by Haidt and colleagues, which moral foundations are political liberals more likely to strongly emphasize?

Which of the following theories proposes that people invest in a cultural worldview and their sense of self-esteem to protect themselves from the anxiety of death awareness?

What is the name for the process through which initially difficult, complex, or multistep tasks eventually become habitual and capable of being nonconsciously performed?

Achmed continues to work long hours every week in his psychology lab because he believes he will someday be remembered for his contributions to the field. According to terror management theory, Achmed is pursuing:

Describe at least two ways in which modernization processes have affected cultures around the world. Present examples from research.

Which of the following emotions is NOT a social emotion?

Cultural transmission is the process through which what occurs?

What is the general consensus in the area of research on emotions?

_____ involves internalizing aspects of a new culture while retaining aspects of one's former culture; _____ involves almost completely embracing a new culture and leaving one's former culture behind.

List and define two of the four forms of symbolic immortality described by Robert Jay Lifton.

Jiao was raised to believe that it is perfectly acceptable to act and feel like a different person in different contexts, while Li was raised to believe that a person is fundamentally the same regardless of the social role they are playing in a given situation. This suggests that Jiao is from a(n) _____ culture while Li is from a(n) _____ culture.

Studies derived from Hogg's (2007) uncertainty identity theory suggest that people are especially likely to identify with groups if they:

Violations of autonomy morals elicit reactions of _____, while violations of divinity morals elicit reactions of _____.

In what ways does previous research support terror management theory? Use concrete examples of studies to demonstrate how particular effects have shown support for particular predictions generated by the theory.

Discuss the distinction between symbolic and literal immortality according to terror management theory. Give an example of each type of immortality.

Some research suggests that emotions involve a two-step process. Physiological arousal and the experiential system are involved in _____, while higher-order cognition and the rational system are involved in _____.

Summarize the melting-pot and multicultural views of the acculturation process. What are the major differences between these views?

What does socialization mean?