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Question #1

A need for approval of others and self is stressed by

A. the interactionist theory

B. the fulfillment model

C. the conflict model

D. the consistency model

Question #2

Our visual perception for figure 8.5 in Culture and Cognition chapter

A. often believe the top line is longer than bottom line

B. often believe the two lines are equal

C. often believe the bottom line is longer than top line the top line is truly longer

D. often believe the top line is shorter than bottom line the bottom line is indeed longer

Question #3

According to Hudson's Visual Perception in Chapter figure 8.8

A. the hunter will kill both animals at once for sure

B. the hunter is likely to kill the gazelle in the foreground as perceived by Americans

C. the hunter won't kill any animal for sure

D. the hunter is likely to kill the elephant in the background

Question #4

According to lecture and chapter, "problem solving" indicates that

A. people attempt to discover ways of achieving that do not readily attainable.

B. there are no differences at all among world population on this issue

C. there are no need to feel upset at all

D. there are no need at all for approval by others

Question #5

According to book chapter and lecture, discrimination involves action and prejudice involves thinking but not action

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #6

According to book chapter, human "creativity" belongs most likely to

A. Immune system

B. Emotion

C. Behavior

D. Cognition

Question #7

According to "emotion" lecture, surprise and disgust = embarrassment

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #8

According to blue eyes and brown eyes video, the teacher conducted a

A. a gender difference in math and science

B. social experiment in class

C. a face to face in-depth interview in class

D. social survey in class

Question #9

The notes said to study personality, besides survey, experiment and field work, researchers can also use

A. sports activity analysis

B. students' school activity analysis

C. students' home activity analysis

D. drawing and sentence completion analyses

Question #10

According to Plutchik's cognitive studies in lecture notes

A. love and care = hate

B. anger and fear = joy

C. surprise and anticipation should be opposite emotions

D. suprise and happy = embarrassment

Question #11

According to Professor Richard Lynn's surveys on "cognitive scores" among many countries the differences are basically

A. evolutionarily determined

B. politically determined

C. economically determined

D. sociologically determined

Question #12

According to lecture and chapter

A. modern people are more likely to use circling time consciousness

B. primitive tribe people are more likely to use the liner time tribe people are more likely to use the linear time

C. modern people are more likely to have the linear time consciousness

D. white children have very low math scores

Question #13

According to the Consistency model

A. a person does not need to be approved by others

B. a person should never try to control anxiety-modification of events

C. the content of personality is largely learned

D. a person never tries to socialize in a society

Question #14

According to the Deficiency theory

A. minority members do not like one another

B. disadvantaged minorities likely to have weak socialization process, emotional and behavioral problems, and higher drop out rates.

C. all minorities worked as cheap labors in the U.S.

D. all minorities are discriminated against by the middle class in the U.S.

Question #15

According to the lecture notes, international IQ and math scores

A. belong to emotional component of personality

B. belong to behavior component of personality

C. belong to cognitive component of personality

D. none of the above

Question #16

In "obedience to authority" experiment, the independent variables include

A. the electrical shocks toward the respondents

B. the respondents' religion education

C. male and female male and female of respondents

D. the respondents' obedience level

Question #17

In Eyes on the Prize – Awakening

A. the two whites who killed the black boy were announced "guilty" by the southern court

B. the two whites who killed the black boy were announced "not guilty" by the southern court

C. the two whites were arrested after their murder of the boy

D. none of the above

Question #18

In book chapter, "acculturation" means people adopt their own culture only

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #19

The lectures on both Deficiency and Bias theories the remote causal social factor is the plantation economy

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #20

In studying behavior, delinquency and crime are explained by social control and social strain theories only

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #21

In chapter, "aggression" is any act that intentionally hurts another person either physically or psychologically.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #22

In chapter, "stereotypes" can be either positive or negative attitudes toward a group of people.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #23

In chapter, besides the 6 emotions, the table also listed "shame" and "shock" emotions.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #24

In chapter, Darwin said that facial emotions are biologically innate, and evolutionarily adaptive.

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

In chapter, many studies provided initial evidence for the universality of anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #27

In chapter, the author said "emotions" are the same as "moods".

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #28

In lecture, anomie suicide equals to altruist suicide

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #29

In LA County Jail, the gang members took the letter __ out of words

A. "D"

B. "A"

C. "C"

D. "B"

Question #30

In Blue Eyes and Brown Eyes

A. the teacher conducted a field study

B. the teacher conducted a social survey

C. the teacher conducted a social experiment study

D. all of the above

Question #31

In Blue Eyes and Brown Eyes the students were from the sixth grade.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #32

In lecture and chapter, institutionalized discrimination is preferential treatment solely on the basis of minority group membership.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #33

In lecture, "liner time" relates to both primitive and modern cultures.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #34

In lecture, Bias theory pointed out the discrimination from the elite class is the central cause of inequality in the U.S.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #35

In lecture, social scientists would treat "secondary emotion" as

A. family inherited factor

B. emotional constructions of humans only

C. interaction strategies among both humans and animals

D. results of simple life experiences of both humans and animals

Question #36

In lecture, Durkheim's suicide study has three types of suicide only

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #37

In obedience to authority video, there is only a very small percent respondence showed the obedience

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #38

In lecture, suicide is the dependent variable that affects gender and age

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #39

In the book a higher-order mental process includes

A. smell and touch of animals

B. thinking and reasoning of animals

C. touch and smell of humans

D. decision making and problem solving of humans

Question #40

In the book the FIRST cognition processes to occur when people process stimuli are

A. hate and love feelings

B. human selfishness and society's conflicts

C. social roles of individuals

D. sensation and perception

Question #41

In Eyes on the Prize - Awakening, the city called Money had the bus workers' strike.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #42

develop________ than those in modern ones

A. more negative memory skills

B. better geographical memory skills

C. equal memory skills

D. worse geographical memory skills

Question #43

Lectures indicate one crucial requirement for a child's psychological and physical development appears to be the presence in infancy of

A. a child's mother

B. abundant intellectual stimulation

C. a caring person to whom the emotional attachments are formed

D. a peer group

Question #44

Personality refers to the unique constellation of traits, attributes, qualities, and individual characteristics.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #45

Researchers hypothesize that in ________societies people are more likely to use supernatural powers than acquiring empirical evidences

A. modern

B. socialist

C. primitive

D. isolated

Question #46

Socialization is a learning process in which what is learned can be described as

A. how to meet family, community, and society's expectations and pass the knowledge to the next generation

B. desires greatly influenced by greed

C. skills greatly influenced by inheritance

D. how to achieve personal goals

Question #47

The cross country surveys on average IQ conducted by Richard Lynn show that

A. Japan ranked the highest of 106 points

B. Korea ranked the second highest of 106 points

C. China ranked the highest of 106 points

D. Hong Kong ranked the highest of 106 points

Question #48

Anomie suicides occur when immigration rate is high in a place.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #49

Socializations not only produce personality but also produce

A. socialist and capitalist societies

B. race and ethnicity

C. values and norms

D. age and gender

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