Deck 14: Culture and Social Behavior

Question 1

Refers to prejudicial attitudes,values,and beliefs that are unspoken and perhaps even outside of conscious awareness

A)Implicit prejudice
B)Explicit prejudice
C)Both
D)None of the above

Answer 1

Implicit prejudice

Question 2

In this culture,female promiscuity is considered to bring dishonor and disgrace to a man and his family

A)Old school culture
B)New school culture
C)Cultures of honor
D)None of the above

Answer 2

Old school culture

Question 3

_________ refers to the process of forming impressions of others.

A)Interrelationship
B)Interaction
C)Person perception
D)Communication

Answer 3

Person perception

Question 4

Stereotypes about other groups is

A)Explicit adaptation
B)Overt discrimination
C)Contained discrimination
D)Heterostereotypes

Question 5

In these cultures,insults,threats and infidelity can threaten one's honor,resulting in anger,which then leads to violence and aggression

A)Cultures of honor
B)War
C)Cultures of snobs
D)Lifson paradigm

Question 6

This component of acculturation is referred to as how people change their behaviors or ways of thinking in a new cultural environment

A)Intercultural adaptation
B)Explicit adaptation
C)Implicit attitudes
D)None of the above

Question 7

Stereotypes that you hold about your own group is

A)Autostereotypes
B)Factorial model
C)Overt discrimination
D)Contained discrimination

Question 8

This refers to prejudice that is verbalized and made public

A)Implicit prejudice
B)Explicit prejudice
C)Both
D)None of the above

Question 9

This is defined as the process by which people adopt a different cultural system.

A)Acculturation
B)Enculturation
C)Verbal swap
D)Swamp dog

Question 10

Generalized images that we have about groups of people,particularly about their personality of psychological characteristics is

A)Stereotypes
B)Autotype
C)Outer pilot theory
D)Attribution error

Question 11

This is discrimination that occurs at the level of a large group,society,organization,or institution

A)Institutional discrimination
B)Factorial model
C)ANOVA discrimination
D)Contained discrimination

Question 12

In this test,participants are usually shown pairs of stimuli such as faces of European Americans or African Americans,and adjectives such as good or bad,and are asked to make a simple evaluation of the pair

A)Explicit Attitudes Test (EAT)
B)Implicit Attitudes Test (IAT)
C)Extraversion Attitudes Test (ExAT)
D)Tubular Attitudes Test (TAT)

Question 13

According to Wheeler and Kim,although all cultures appear to stereotype on the basis of physical attractiveness,the contents of the stereotypes probably depend on _________.

A)Cultural values
B)Personality
C)Habits
D)None of the above

Question 14

Unequal or unfair patterns of behavior or preferential treatment of people by a large group or organization solely on the basis of group membership is called

A)Factorial model
B)Overt discrimination
C)Contained discrimination
D)Institutional discrimination

Question 15

The stereotype of Asian Americans that they are overachievers is

A)Model Minority Stereotype
B)High Fashion Stereotype
C)Implicit overachieving stereotype
D)Explicit overachieving stereotype

Question 16

In this type of culture,which the norm is to place a strong emphasis on status and reputation

A)Cultures of honor
B)Cultures of snobs
C)Stuck up people
D)None of the above

Question 17

This refers to unfair treatment of others based on their group membership

A)Discrimination
B)Mate poaching
C)Social snobs
D)None of these

Question 18

This component of acculturation refers to the subjective experiences people have as they adapt their behaviors and thinking.

A)Explicit adaptation
B)Implicit attitudes
C)Intercultural adjustment
D)None of the above

Question 19

Attracting someone who is already in a romantic relationship with someone else is

A)Stealing
B)Thieving
C)Mate poaching
D)Mate trance

Question 20

Buss (1989)concluded that females value cues related to resource acquisition in potential mates more highly than males do,whereas males value _________ more highly than do females.

A)Power distribution
B)Reproductive capacity
C)Social Position
D)None of the above

Question 21

Hatfield and Sprecher (1995)used a 12-item scale to measure people's preferences in a marital partner.Which one is not one of the items?

A)Physically attractive
B)Intelligence
C)Good conversationalist
D)The total number of family

Question 22

________ refers to finding a mutual point,with both partners partially giving up their positions and partially accepting each other's.What does this refer to?

A)Compromise
B)Capitulation
C)Coexistence
D)Cooperation

Question 23

According to Carroll and Wole (1996),marriage is an institutionalized relationship that publicly recognizes the long-term commitment that tow people make to each other.About 90 percent of people in most societies get married.

Question 24

Stereotypes based on some degree of "factual" observation are called ______ according to Triandis (1994).

A)Social bias
B)Social types
C)Social cognition
D)Social acceptance

Question 25

According to Parsonson (1987),children tend to develop strong or weak ethnic identities based not on their parents' similarities or differences,but on their upbringing,especially with regard to attitudes,values,and behaviors regarding their single or dual cultures.

Question 26

____ is necessary for human reproduction,and thus is a biological necessity for survival of the species.What is this?

A)Love
B)Sex
C)Common sense
D)Familiarity

Question 27

A study by Pines (2001)provides evidence for both the _________ theory and the ______ theory of mate selection.In this study,American and Israelin students were extensively interviewed about their romantic relationships.Fill in the blanks respectively

A)Evolutionary,Social construction
B)Social learning,Physical attractiveness
C)Evolutionary,Freud
D)Affect,Evolutionary

Question 28

______ is one of the uniquely human emotions,and it is important because it aids in our finding potential mates and creating a social support system to buffer the stresses of life.What is this?

A)Generousness
B)Compassion
C)Love
D)Anger

Question 29

What are two components of prejudice?

A)Cognitive component,affective component
B)Stereotype,cognitive component
C)Stereotype beliefs,opinions
D)Sympathy,closeness

Question 30

_________ refers to the ability and willingness to give up one's own cultural behaviors and accept the other's position occasionally.What does this refer to?

A)Compromise
B)Capitulation
C)Coexistence
D)Cooperation

Question 31

______ refers to the process by which both partners live with their respective differences by accepting each other "as they are" in their marriage.What does this refer to?

A)Compromise
B)Capitulation
C)Coexistence
D)Cooperation

Question 32

________ is a form of compliance that occurs when people follow direct commands,usually from someone in a position of authority.What is this?

A)Conformity
B)Compliance
C)Obedience
D)None of the above

Question 33

What is not one of the characteristics of individualistic cultures?

A)People have more ingroups
B)People are not as attached to any single ingroup,because there are numerous ingroups to which they can be attached
C)People make relatively fewer distinctions between ingroups and outgrouops
D)Survival of the individuals and the society is more dependent on the successful and effective functioning of the groups rather than individuals

Question 34

________ refers to people's ability to work together toward common goals.Trust and ________ are necessary for the efficient functioning and survival of any social group,human or animal.What does this refer to?

A)Cooperation
B)Trust
C)Conformity
D)Compliance

Question 35

Which of the following is related to ethnocentric,prejudicial attitudes according to Duckitt,Callanghan,& Wagner (2005)?

A)The strength of one's own ingrouop attitudes
B)The strength of own outgroup attitudes
C)The strength of social interaction
D)None of the above

Question 36

_______ means yielding to real or imagined social pressure._____ is generally defined as yielding to social pressure in one's public behavior,even though one's private beliefs may not have changes.Fill in the blanks respectively.

A)Compliance,obedience
B)Compliance,obedience.
C)Conformity,compliance
D)Obedience,compliance

Question 37

What kind of phenomenon does the following statement mean? How selective attention may contribute to stereotypes.People can often hear their own names across the room at party even though myriad other sounds are occurring at the same time.

A)Cognition bias
B)Attention bias
C)Cocktail party phenomenon
D)None of the above

Question 38

According to the text book,which one is incorrect about mate-poaching?

A)There are some cultural differences in mate poaching
B)Cultures with more economic resources had higher rates of mate-poaching attempts
C)Women were more likely to engage in mate poaching
D)Sex differences in mate poaching tend to be larger in cultures that were more gender egalitarian

Question 39

Zimbabwean culture places a higher value on relationships,whereas American culture places a higher value on individuality and uniqueness.

Question 40

Love seems to be a prerequisite to forming a long-term romantic relationship.

Question 41

_____ are (is)an integral and important part of our normal,everyday lives. ____ reinforce important cultural concepts,and we have very complex emotional reactions to people of different groups according to Cottrell and Neuberg (2005).What is this?

A)Emotions
B)Interactions
C)Self-identities
D)Cooperation

Question 42

Stereotypes can also change depending on major events,such as war.

Question 43

Aggression may best be defined as:

A)Being overtly hostile to another person or a group of people.
B)Letting anger control one's self.
C)Any act or behavior that hurts another person,either physically or psychologically.
D)Any act that causes despair to another person or to a group of people.
E)None of the above.

Question 44

What theory may be helpful to understand stereotyping and prejudice?

A)Social identity theory
B)Personality theory
C)Psychoanalysis theory
D)Social construct theory

Question 45

Which of the following is the best example of an internal attribution?

A)I hit the other car because the sun got in my eyes.
B)I ran the red light because my mother wouldn't stop talking to me while I was driving.
C)I ran off the road and into the lake because my car really wanted to.
D)I hit the pedestrian with my car because I'm a bad driver.
E)None of the above.