Soc 305 - Culture and Personality » 2019 » Exam 1

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Question #1
A hypothesis is a verified statement about testing social variables' relationship.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #2
According to book chapter and lecture, "culture" is the same as "personality".
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #3
According to chapter 1,
A.   the mental and psychiatry variables are not important in personality studies
B.   human cultures ensure a great diversity in life
C.   animals do not have any culture at all
D.   none of the above
Question #4
According to chapter, all cultures have same meanings in terms of "happy", and "productive".
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #5
According to Freud's conflict model
A.   the sacrifices of self is the beginning of personality
B.   minority members interact with one another
C.   a and c
D.   human selfish instincts come into conflict with taboos of a society
Question #6
According to fulfillment model,
A.   there are two forces located in individuals and conflict is necessary
B.   one has to meet the expectations of others and his/her society
C.   there is a need for approval of others and self
D.   b and c only
Question #7
According to functionalist theory
A.   the top talented individuals are rare in a society and they should be rewarded higher than others
B.   the poor should be disregarded
C.   the rich should be punished
D.   all of the above
Question #8
According to introduction lecture, Human first learned
A.   to stand up and create simple tools
B.   to use fire to cook raw meat
C.   to create speaking and symbolic languages
D.   all of the above
Question #9
According to methods notes,
A.   a cohort study is a cross sectional study
B.   a panel study follows the exact individuals in the surveys
C.   a cross sectional study is better than a longitudinal study
D.   all of the above
Question #10
According to methods notes,
A.   the independent variables are the effect
B.   both a and b
C.   the independent variables can include gender
D.   the dependent variables cannot use race and age
Question #11
According to methods, when doing survey research,
A.   researchers use observations and conversations in fields
B.   researchers use content analyses
C.   quantitative data are collected through questionnaires
D.   ethnographic interviews are used
Question #12
According to the Consistency model
A.   a person also tries to control anxiety-modification of events
B.   both A and B
C.   the content of personality is largely learned
D.   a person needs to be approved by others
Question #13
According to the Functionalist theory's own arguments
A.   class struggles are necessary in a society
B.   both carpenters and doctors jobs should be equally important
C.   if one invests more time, energy and money, one should be rewarded higher with money, prestige and power
D.   power and prestige have much less significance than money
Question #14
Dr. Mead argued that individuals in a modern society use ______ to conduct daily interactions
A.   personality
B.   speaking, symbolic, and written languages
C.   class consciousness
D.   all of the above
Question #15
England started the capitalist society first because of the
A.   invention of the steam machine
B.   process of "sheep ate humans" and profit made from the sheep industry
C.   process of "sheep ate humans"
D.   profit made from the sheep industry
Question #16
Factors that influence culture include
A.   social
B.   biological
C.   ecological
D.   all of the above
Question #17
Freud argued that early childhood socialization is
A.   related to a society's authority ranking
B.   related to one's religion
C.   related to one's community
D.   very important in shaping individuals' personality
Question #18
Functionalist theory stated that
A.   skills are greatly influenced by genetic inheritance
B.   inequality is not affected by greed
C.   a society is like a functional body with some occupations are more important than others
D.   all of the above
Question #19
Human development history went through
A.   at least 4 stages
B.   only 3 stages
C.   only 2 stages
D.   None of the above
Question #20
In book chapter, Etics refer to those psychological processes that are different across cultures.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #21
according to the chapter,
A.   culture is a adaptation process that produces behaviors, thinking, and ways of being.
B.   sexual orientation is not part of culture
C.   race is also culture
D.   all of the above
Question #22
In chapter 2, the most common dimension of culture operationalized on individual level is
A.   social integration and isolation
B.   social structure and social behaviors
C.   individualism and collectivism
D.   all of the above
Question #23
In Yanomamo video, there is no inter-tribe marriage
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #24
In lecture, humans first experienced low birth and low death stage
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #25
In chapter, it is said that there are no differences in how parents structure the home environment for children
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #26
According to Dr. Mead 1 to 6 year old is the most important stage for socialization.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #27
Door to door or face to face survey is more expensive than telephone survey.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #28
In lecture, a random sample means all individuals in the sample has an equal chance to be selected.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #29
In lecture, an independent variable is the effect of a dependent variable.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #30
In lecture, cross sectional data are more complex and costly than longitudinal data.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #31
In lecture, personality
A.   is the fairly stable patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions
B.   is the most important outcome of socialization
C.   is biologically determined only
D.   is the most important outcome of socialization and is the fairly stable patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions
Question #32
In lecture, there are five socialization agencies for children.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #33
Darwin's evolution theory includes natural selection and genetic inheritance two basic principles
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #34
In methods, Field study has a high degree of reliability.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #35
In book, enculturation is unrelated at all to socialization.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #36
According to notes and book, personality includes only two components: cognition and emotion.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #37
In the video, Yanomamos do mention those persons' names after their death.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #38
According to notes and chapter, "values" are guiding principles for behaviors and most desirable goals in a society
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #39
According to lecture, the animal adopted children can finally become normal
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #40
In chapter 2 when doing culture and personality research
A.   the sampling bias can be involved
B.   the measurement bias can be involved
C.   the response bias can be involved
D.   all of the above
Question #41
The intermediate variable in Marxist Conflict theory is
A.   social class
B.   class consciousness
C.   class struggle
D.   all of the above
Question #42
Personality refers to the unique constellation of traits, attributes, qualities, and individual characteristics.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #43
Qualitative data are usually collected through field observations/conversations and ethnographic interviews.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #44
According to lecture and notes, usually a culture cannot be changed dramatically.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #45
children who were adopted by animals
A.   would be able to grow up as normal persons later
B.   learned correct eye to eye contacts with humans after being rescued
C.   usually cannot become normal because they lost most important socialization stage
D.   would learn speech fast after being taken back to human societies
Question #46
In lecture, the core U.S. values include competition, materialism, hard working, individualism, egoism etc.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #47
The homeless person James Robertson
A.   lived in LA streets for at least 16 years
B.   did have early childhood socialization
C.   lost two children in a fire explosion in 1957
D.   all of the above
Question #48
One cannot apply self-administered questionnaire surveys to primitive societies
A.   because many of those societies don't have written languages.
B.   because primitive societies' people are very selfish
C.   because those societies usually include group marriages
D.   all of the above
Question #49
Hong Kong ranked top number 1 for the IQ scores
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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