Question 1

_____ are general beliefs and premises about oneself,the social and physical environment,and the spiritual world.

Accepted Answer

A) Attributions 
B) Social norms 
C) Attitudes 
D) Social axioms

Question 2

_____ are organized system of beliefs that tie together many attitudes,values,beliefs,worldviews,and norms and provide guidelines for living.

Accepted Answer

A) Religions 
B) Ethnicities 
C) Norms 
D) Ethics

Question 3

_____ are evaluations of things occurring in ongoing thoughts about those things,or stored in memory.

Accepted Answer

A) Attitudes 
B) Worldviews 
C) Beliefs 
D) Norms

Question 4

A universal psychological process is one that is considered to be true for some people of some cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the context of psychology,which of the following is true of cross-cultural research?

Accepted Answer

A) It is topic-specific,and not a method. 
B) It concludes that humans are inherently alike and what is true of one culture is always true of another culture. 
C) Traditionally,it incorporated knowledge contrasting human cultures versus nonhuman animal cultures. 
D) It involves participants of differing cultural backgrounds and allows for comparisons of findings across those cultures.

Question 6

Which of the following statements about race is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Many psychologists today agree that race is more of a biological essential than a social construction. 
B) A racial group is solely determined by its cultural characteristics. 
C) Studies of genetic systems suggest that racially defined groups are more similar than different. 
D) Most anthropologists use skin color,hair,and other physical characteristics to define race.

Question 7

Which of the following is true about worldviews?

Accepted Answer

A) People have worldviews because of evolved,complex cognition. 
B) Having a worldview is a psychological process specific only to certain cultures. 
C) The content of worldviews is the same for every culture. 
D) Behaviors have a direct influence on cultural worldviews.

Question 8

What are the three characteristics of human cultures that differentiate them from animal cultures?

Accepted Answer

A) Social groups,family,and language 
B) Complexity,differentiation,and institutionalization 
C) Communication,groups,and institutionalization 
D) Language,groups,and social needs

Question 9

Scientists agree that many psychological processes-attitudes,values,beliefs,personality,cognition-are inherently constructed by culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In the context of the relationship between culture and human behavior,which of the following statements is correct?

Accepted Answer

A) Culture is a uniquely human product. 
B) Culture is a tangible concept and not an abstract one. 
C) Culture influences psychological processes,not behaviors. 
D) Newborns have no culture.

Question 11

Population density influences culture,whereas climate does not.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true regarding Hofstede's value dimensions?

Accepted Answer

A) Hofstede suggests that there are four dimensions that differentiate cultures. 
B) Power distance refers to the degree to which people feel threatened by ambiguous situations. 
C) Masculinity vs.femininity refers to the distribution of emotional roles between males and females. 
D) Intellectual autonomy refers to the degree to which cultures emphasize the promotion and protection of people's independent pursuit of positive experiences.

Question 13

Hofstede's value dimension of _____ refers to the degree to which people feel threatened by the unknown or ambiguous situations,and have developed beliefs,institutions,or rituals to evade them.

Accepted Answer

A) power distance 
B) masculinity versus femininity 
C) individualism 
D) uncertainty avoidance

Question 14

Different cultures foster different belief systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

There are cultural differences in attributional styles among different human cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

All humans share the same basic needs and abilities,and it's important to understand the reasons why people of different cultures do things the way they do them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Morality is a uniquely human product that apparently turns on in humans around nine months of age.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Schwartz's value dimension of _____ refers to the degree to which cultures emphasize the legitimacy of pyramidal allocation of fixed roles and resources such as social power,authority,humility,or wealth.

Accepted Answer

A) mastery 
B) hierarchy 
C) intellectual autonomy 
D) affective autonomy

Question 19

In the context of culture,which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Groups are less efficient because they divide labor. 
B) Morality,a uniquely human product,is present since the birth of a child. 
C) Both humans and animals have the ability to continually build upon improvements. 
D) Unlike humans,other animals cannot achieve a cumulative culture that ratchets up.

Question 20

What distinguishes cultural psychology from mainstream psychology?

Accepted Answer

A) The topic of study 
B) The interest in a narrow range of phenomena related to human behavior 
C) Topic-specific cross-cultural research methods 
D) The interest in understanding cultural influences on behavior

Exam 1: An Introduction to Culture and Psychology

_____ are general beliefs and premises about oneself,the social and physical environment,and the spiritual world.

_____ are organized system of beliefs that tie together many attitudes,values,beliefs,worldviews,and norms and provide guidelines for living.

_____ are evaluations of things occurring in ongoing thoughts about those things,or stored in memory.

A universal psychological process is one that is considered to be true for some people of some cultures.

In the context of psychology,which of the following is true of cross-cultural research?

Which of the following statements about race is true?

Which of the following is true about worldviews?

What are the three characteristics of human cultures that differentiate them from animal cultures?

Scientists agree that many psychological processes-attitudes,values,beliefs,personality,cognition-are inherently constructed by culture.

In the context of the relationship between culture and human behavior,which of the following statements is correct?

Population density influences culture,whereas climate does not.

Which of the following statements is true regarding Hofstede's value dimensions?

Hofstede's value dimension of _____ refers to the degree to which people feel threatened by the unknown or ambiguous situations,and have developed beliefs,institutions,or rituals to evade them.

Different cultures foster different belief systems.

There are cultural differences in attributional styles among different human cultures.

All humans share the same basic needs and abilities,and it's important to understand the reasons why people of different cultures do things the way they do them.

Morality is a uniquely human product that apparently turns on in humans around nine months of age.

Schwartz's value dimension of _____ refers to the degree to which cultures emphasize the legitimacy of pyramidal allocation of fixed roles and resources such as social power,authority,humility,or wealth.

In the context of culture,which of the following statements is true?

What distinguishes cultural psychology from mainstream psychology?