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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. education

B. cultural system

C. occupation

D. social stratification

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. human cultures ensure a great diversity in life

C. animals do not have any culture at all

D. none of the above

Question #5

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #6

According to fulfillment model,

A. there is a need for approval of others and self and one has to meet the expectations of others and his/her society

B. there are two forces located in individuals and conflict is necessary and one has to meet the expectations of others and his/her society

C. there are two forces located in individuals and conflict is necessary and there is a need for approval of others and self

Question #7

According to functionalist theory

A. the poor should be disregarded

B. the rich should be punished

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 stand up and create simple tools

B. to create speaking and symbolic languages

C. to use fire to cook raw meat

D. All of the answers are correct.

Question #9

According to methods notes,

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

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

C. a cohort study is a cross sectional study

D. all of the above

Question #10

According to methods, when doing survey research,

A. ethnographic interviews are used

B. researchers use observations and conversations in fields

C. quantitative data are collected through questionnaires

D. researchers use content analyses

Question #11

According to the Consistency model

A. the content of personality is largely learned and a person also tries to control anxiety-modification of events

B. the content of personality is largely learned and a person needs to be approved by others

C. a person also tries to control anxiety-modification of events and a person needs to be approved by others

Question #12

According to the Functionalist theory's own arguments

A. class struggles are necessary in a society

B. power and prestige have much less significance than money

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

D. both carpenters and doctors jobs should be equally important

Question #13

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

A. personality

B. class consciousness

C. speaking, symbolic, and written languages

D. all of the above

Question #14

England started the capitalist society first because of the

A. invention of the steam machine and profit made from the sheep industry

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

C. invention of the steam machine and process of "sheep ate humans"

Question #15

Factors that influence culture include

A. social

B. All of the answers are correct.

C. biological only

D. ecological

Question #16

Freud argued that early childhood socialization is

A. related to one's religion

B. related to one's community

C. very important in shaping individuals' personality

D. related to a society's authority ranking

Question #17

Functionalist theory stated that

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

B. inequality is not affected by greed

C. skills are greatly influenced by genetic inheritance

D. all of the above

Question #18

Human development history went through

A. at least 4 stages

B. only 3 stages

C. only 2 stages

D. None of the above

Question #19

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #20

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 #21

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

A. social structure and social behaviors

B. social integration and isolation

C. individualism and collectivism

D. all of the above

Question #22

In Yanomamo video, there is no inter-tribe marriage

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #23

In lecture, humans first experienced low birth and low death stage

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #24

In chapter, it is said that there are no differences in how parents structure the home environment for children

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #25

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #26

Door to door or face to face survey is more expensive than telephone survey.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #27

In lecture, a random sample means all individuals in the sample has an equal chance to be selected.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #28

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #29

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #30

In lecture, personality

A. is the fairly stable patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions and is biologically determined only

B. is the most important outcome of socialization and is biologically determined only

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

Question #31

In lecture, there are five socialization agencies for children.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #32

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #33

In methods, Field study has a high degree of reliability.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #34

In book, enculturation is unrelated at all to socialization.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #35

According to notes and book, personality includes only two components: cognition and emotion.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #36

In the video, Yanomamos do mention those persons' names after their death.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #37

According to notes and chapter, "values" are guiding principles for behaviors and most desirable goals in a society

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #38

According to lecture, the animal adopted children can finally become normal

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #39

In chapter 2 when doing culture and personality research

A. the sampling bias can be involved

B. the measurement bias can be involved

C. All of the answers are correct.

D. the response bias can be involved

Question #40

The intermediate variable in Marxist Conflict theory is

A. class struggle

B. class consciousness

C. social class

D. all of the above

Question #41

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #42

Qualitative data are usually collected through field observations/conversations and ethnographic interviews.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #43

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #44

children who were adopted by animals

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

B. usually cannot become normal because they lost most important socialization stage

C. would be able to grow up as normal persons later

D. learned correct eye to eye contacts with humans after being rescued

Question #45

In lecture, the core U.S. values include competition, materialism, hard working, individualism, egoism etc.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #46

The homeless person James Robertson

A. lost two children in a fire explosion in 1957

B. All of the answers are correct.

C. did have early childhood socialization

D. lived in LA streets for at least 16 years

Question #47

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 #48

The fulfillment model assumes two forces located in individuals.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

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