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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. cultural system

B. social stratification

C. education

D. occupation

Question #2

A hypothesis is a verified statement about testing social variables' relationship.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

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. human cultures ensure a great diversity in life

B. animals do not have any culture at all

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

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

C. the rich should be punished

D. all of the above

Question #8

According to introduction lecture, Human first learned

A. to use fire to cook raw meat

B. to stand up and create simple tools

C. to create speaking and symbolic languages

D. All of the answers are correct.

Question #9

According to methods notes,

A. a cohort study is a cross sectional study

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

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

D. all of the above

Question #10

According to methods, when doing survey research,

A. quantitative data are collected through questionnaires

B. ethnographic interviews are used

C. researchers use observations and conversations in fields

D. researchers use content analyses

Question #11

According to the Consistency model

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

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

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

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. power and prestige have much less significance than money

D. class struggles are necessary in a society

Question #13

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

A. speaking, symbolic, and written languages

B. class consciousness

C. personality

D. all of the above

Question #14

England started the capitalist society first because of the

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

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

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

Question #15

Factors that influence culture include

A. social

B. All of the answers are correct.

C. ecological

D. biological only

Question #16

Freud argued that early childhood socialization is

A. very important in shaping individuals' personality

B. related to one's religion

C. related to a society's authority ranking

D. related to one's community

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. only 2 stages

B. only 3 stages

C. at least 4 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. race is also culture

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

C. sexual orientation is not part of culture

D. all of the above

Question #21

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 #22

In Yanomamo video, there is no inter-tribe marriage

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #23

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

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. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #26

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

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #27

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

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 the fairly stable patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions

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

Question #31

In lecture, there are five socialization agencies for children.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #32

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

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

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. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #38

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #39

In chapter 2 when doing culture and personality research

A. the measurement bias can be involved

B. All of the answers are correct.

C. the sampling bias can be involved

D. the response bias can be involved

Question #40

The intermediate variable in Marxist Conflict theory is

A. class consciousness

B. class struggle

C. social class

D. all of the above

Question #41

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. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #44

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 #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. lived in LA streets for at least 16 years

B. All of the answers are correct.

C. did have early childhood socialization

D. lost two children in a fire explosion in 1957

Question #47

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 #48

The fulfillment model assumes two forces located in individuals.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

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