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1. The study of how natural selection predisposes adaptive traits & behavior is called
2. Historian Arthur Schlesinger calls __________ “the explosive problem of our times.”
 anarchy
diversity
totalitarianism
mindless conformity
3. Darwin proposed that nature selects traits that best equip organisms to survive & reproduce in their environment. This process is called
devolution.
natural selection.
adaptation syndrome.
selection of only the fittest.
4. Enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, & traditions shared by a large group of people & transmitted from one generation to the next defines
culture.
social heritage.
evolutionary heritage.
the collective unconscious.
5. A cultural perspective
defines society.
spotlights human adaptability.
highlights universals in human nature.
highlights the role of our evolved genes in determining cultural patterns.
6. Human kinship is to the ___________ perspective as social diversity is to the ______________ perspective.
humanistic; cultural
evolutionary; cultural
biological; humanistic
cognitive; psychoanalytic
7. Cultural diversity is best illustrated in which of the following?
norms regarding incest
norms regarding etiquette
norms regarding status & authority
all of these factors illustrate cultural diversity.
8. According to Roger Brown, a “universal norm” governs the tendency for people to
feel indebted to friends or relatives.
avoid eye contact with people they do not know.
talk to higher-status people & strangers in the same respectful way.
excuse themselves when they accidentally make physical contact with strangers.
9. In languages that distinguish between the two forms of “you,” the familiar form is used with _____ and the respectful form is used with _____.
children; adults
inferiors; superiors
intimates; strangers
all of the above!
10. The incest taboo is
a universal norm.
is only of interest to sociologists.
violated less often than psychologists once believed.
explained by the theory of psychodynamic relativism.
11. The characteristics people associate with male & female define
gender.
sexuality.
sex roles.
sex differences.
12. In general, women more than men give priority to
creativity
skill mastery.
independence.
close relationships.
13. In groups, men talk more ______________, whereas women talk more _____________.
about people; about issues
to show support; to criticize
about others; about themselves
to give information; to show support
14. Men are more likely than women to gravitate toward jobs that
reduce inequalities.
enhance inequalities.
require empathy skills.
enhance independence.
15. In essentially every society, men, relative to women,
are socially dominant.
have higher self-esteem
are more communitarian.
have poorer vocabularies.
16. Across cultures, men
are more likely to initiate sexual activity.
prefer women with physical features that suggest fertility.
strive to offer women external resources & physical protection.
do all of the things noted above.
17. Evolutionary psychologists respond to their critics by saying
the criticisms are “flat-out wrong.”
cultural explanations are guilty of hindsight explanations.
their field is an empirical science that tests its predictions with a variety of data.
all of the above
18. A set of behavior expectations for males or females defines gender
roles.
types.
positions.
identities.
19. Which of the following terms best describes the relationship between biology & culture?
interaction
competition
interpolation
reciprocation
20. A very strong cultural norm dictates that males should be taller than their female mates. This height norm is evidence that
what is biologically “fit” may be culturally disastrous.
biology and culture interact to develop gender-role norms.
relationship behavior is influenced more by biology than culture.
gender roles are essentially cultural and thus completely arbitrary.
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Social Psychology
Robert C. Gates
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