Soc 305 - Culture and Personality » Fall 2020 » Exam 1

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

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