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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. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #3

According to chapter 1,

A. animals do not have any culture at all

B. human cultures ensure a great diversity in life

C. the mental and psychiatry variables are not important in personality studies

D. none of the above

Question #4

According to chapter, all cultures have same meanings in terms of "happy", and "productive".

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #5

According to Freud's conflict model

A. a and c

B. the sacrifices of self is the beginning of personality

C. human selfish instincts come into conflict with taboos of a society

D. minority members interact with one another

Question #6

According to fulfillment model,

A. there are two forces located in individuals and conflict is necessary

B. b and c only

C. one has to meet the expectations of others and his/her society

D. there is a need for approval of others and self

Question #7

According to functionalist theory

A. the rich should be punished

B. the poor should be disregarded

C. the top talented individuals are rare in a society and they should be rewarded higher than others

D. all of the above

Question #8

According to introduction lecture, Human first learned

A. to create speaking and symbolic languages

B. to stand up and create simple tools

C. to use fire to cook raw meat

D. all of the above

Question #9

According to methods notes,

A. a panel study follows the exact individuals in the surveys

B. a cross sectional study is better than a longitudinal study

C. a cohort study is a cross sectional study

D. all of the above

Question #10

According to methods notes,

A. the independent variables can include gender

B. the dependent variables cannot use race and age

C. the independent variables are the effect

D. both a and b

Question #11

According to methods, when doing survey research,

A. researchers use content analyses

B. quantitative data are collected through questionnaires

C. ethnographic interviews are used

D. researchers use observations and conversations in fields

Question #12

According to the Consistency model

A. a person needs to be approved by others

B. the content of personality is largely learned

C. a person also tries to control anxiety-modification of events

D. both A and B

Question #13

According to the Functionalist theory's own arguments

A. power and prestige have much less significance than money

B. class struggles are necessary in a society

C. both carpenters and doctors jobs should be equally important

D. if one invests more time, energy and money, one should be rewarded higher with money, prestige and power

Question #14

Dr. Mead argued that individuals in a modern society use ______ to conduct daily interactions

A. class consciousness

B. personality

C. speaking, symbolic, and written languages

D. all of the above

Question #15

England started the capitalist society first because of the

A. process of "sheep ate humans" and profit made from the sheep industry

B. profit made from the sheep industry

C. invention of the steam machine

D. process of "sheep ate humans"

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 one's religion

B. related to a society's authority ranking

C. related to one's community

D. very important in shaping individuals' personality

Question #18

Functionalist theory stated that

A. inequality is not affected by greed

B. a society is like a functional body with some occupations are more important than others

C. skills are greatly influenced by genetic inheritance

D. all of the above

Question #19

Human development history went through

A. only 2 stages

B. only 3 stages

C. at least 4 stages

D. None of the above

Question #20

In book chapter, Etics refer to those psychological processes that are different across cultures.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #21

according to the chapter,

A. race is also culture

B. sexual orientation is not part of culture

C. culture is a adaptation process that produces behaviors, thinking, and ways of being.

D. all of the above

Question #22

In chapter 2, the most common dimension of culture operationalized on individual level is

A. individualism and collectivism

B. social integration and isolation

C. social structure and social behaviors

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. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #26

According to Dr. Mead 1 to 6 year old is the most important stage for socialization.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

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. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #29

In lecture, an independent variable is the effect of a dependent variable.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #30

In lecture, cross sectional data are more complex and costly than longitudinal data.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #31

In lecture, personality

A. is the most important outcome of socialization and is the fairly stable patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions

B. is the fairly stable patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions

C. is the most important outcome of socialization

D. is biologically determined only

Question #32

In lecture, there are five socialization agencies for children.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #33

Darwin's evolution theory includes natural selection and genetic inheritance two basic principles

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

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. TRUE

B. FALSE

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. TRUE

B. FALSE

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. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #40

In chapter 2 when doing culture and personality research

A. the sampling bias can be involved

B. the response bias can be involved

C. the measurement bias can be involved

D. all of the above

Question #41

The intermediate variable in Marxist Conflict theory is

A. class struggle

B. class consciousness

C. social class

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. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #44

According to lecture and notes, usually a culture cannot be changed dramatically.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #45

children who were adopted by animals

A. would learn speech fast after being taken back to human societies

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 be able to grow up as normal persons later

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. lost two children in a fire explosion in 1957

B. lived in LA streets for at least 16 years

C. did have early childhood socialization

D. all of the above

Question #48

One cannot apply self-administered questionnaire surveys to primitive societies

A. because primitive societies' people are very selfish

B. because many of those societies don't have written languages.

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. FALSE

B. TRUE

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