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1

The idea that beating one's wife is acceptable is an example of
A)transmitted culture.
B)cultural universals.
C)evoked culture.
D)psychopathology.
2

Which of the following cultures would you expect to be most cooperative?
A)A culture that gets most of its food from agriculture
B)A culture that gets most of its food from hunting
C)A culture that gets most of its food from gathering
D)There is no way to predict a difference among these cultures.
3

According to Nisbett, aggression may be more common in the southern (as opposed to northern) United States
A)because there is more herding there.
B)because there is more agriculture there.
C)because it is warmer there.
D)because southerners are less intelligent than northerners.
4

Ideas of what is morally right and wrong
A)show many differences between cultures.
B)show many similarities across cultures.
C)are often cultural transmissions.
D)all of these
5

The cultural task of _____ involves how you differentiate yourself from your cultural group.
A)independence
B)interdependence
C)individualism
D)collectivism
6

A study found that Chinese participants were more likely than American participants to
A)describe themselves in terms of social roles.
B)describe themselves with trait adjectives.
C)describe themselves as independent.
D)describe themselves as individualists.
7

Self-enhancement
A)is more common in non-Western cultures.
B)is a stable tendency over time.
C)is not a stable tendency over time.
D)is less common in non-Western cultures.
8

Cross-cultural research suggests that traits that were more associated with men were
A)more favorable than traits associated with women.
B)less favorable than traits associated with women.
C)no more or less favorable than traits associated with women.
D)were very different across cultures.
9

The dimensions underlying interpersonal behavior used by the A'ara people of Santa Isabel are similar to the dimensions of
A)the Wiggins circumplex model.
B)the five-factor model of personality.
C)Eysenck's hierarchical model of personality.
D)Darwin's theories of emotional expression.
10

The Whorfian hypothesis of linguistic relativity contends that language
A)is more or less inconsequential to thought and experience.
B)creates thought and experience.
C)fails to constrain emotions and feelings, although it does guide our thoughts and experiences.
D)constrains emotions and feelings, although it does not constrain our thoughts and experiences.





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