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Question #1

A need for approval of others and self is stressed by

A. the conflict model

B. the interactionist theory

C. the consistency model

D. the fulfillment model

Question #2

Our visual perception for figure 8.5 in Culture and Cognition chapter

A. often believe the two lines are equal

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

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

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

Question #3

According to Hudson's Visual Perception in Chapter figure 8.8

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

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

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

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

Question #4

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

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

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

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

D. there are no need to feel upset at all

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. Behavior

B. Cognition

C. Immune system

D. Emotion

Question #7

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

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #8

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

A. a gender difference in math and science

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

C. social experiment 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' home activity analysis

C. students' school activity analysis

D. drawing and sentence completion analyses

Question #10

According to Plutchik's cognitive studies in lecture notes

A. anger and fear = joy

B. love and care = hate

C. suprise and happy = embarrassment

D. surprise and anticipation should be opposite emotions

Question #11

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

A. sociologically determined

B. economically determined

C. evolutionarily determined

D. politically determined

Question #12

According to lecture and chapter

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

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

C. white children have very low math scores

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

Question #13

According to the Consistency model

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

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

C. a person never tries to socialize in a society

D. the content of personality is largely learned

Question #14

According to the Deficiency theory

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

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

C. minority members do not like one another

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

Question #15

According to the lecture notes, international IQ and math scores

A. belong to behavior component of personality

B. belong to cognitive component of personality

C. belong to emotional component of personality

D. none of the above

Question #16

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

A. the respondents' obedience level

B. male and female male and female of respondents

C. the electrical shocks toward the respondents

D. the respondents' religion education

Question #17

In Eyes on the Prize – Awakening

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

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

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

D. none of the above

Question #18

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #19

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #20

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

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

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. FALSE

B. TRUE

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. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #29

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

A. "C"

B. "D"

C. "B"

D. "A"

Question #30

In Blue Eyes and Brown Eyes

A. the teacher conducted a social survey

B. the teacher conducted a social experiment study

C. the teacher conducted a field study

D. all of the above

Question #31

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

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. TRUE

B. FALSE

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. results of simple life experiences of both humans and animals

C. interaction strategies among both humans and animals

D. emotional constructions of humans only

Question #36

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #37

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

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. thinking and reasoning of animals

B. decision making and problem solving of humans

C. touch and smell of humans

D. smell and touch of animals

Question #40

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

A. human selfishness and society's conflicts

B. sensation and perception

C. hate and love feelings

D. social roles of individuals

Question #41

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

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #42

develop________ than those in modern ones

A. worse geographical memory skills

B. more negative memory skills

C. equal memory skills

D. better 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. abundant intellectual stimulation

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

C. a peer group

D. a child's mother

Question #44

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #45

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

A. isolated

B. primitive

C. socialist

D. modern

Question #46

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

A. desires greatly influenced by greed

B. skills greatly influenced by inheritance

C. how to achieve personal goals

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

Question #47

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

A. China ranked the highest of 106 points

B. Korea ranked the second highest of 106 points

C. Hong Kong ranked the highest of 106 points

D. Japan ranked the highest of 106 points

Question #48

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

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #49

Socializations not only produce personality but also produce

A. socialist and capitalist societies

B. age and gender

C. race and ethnicity

D. values and norms

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