Question 1

When Mr. Thompson lived overseas for a year, he was very surprised at how much respect he received from people simply because he was an older person. His sense of surprise suggests that he had NOT previously lived in a culture characterized by

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A)   social diversity.
B)   collectivism.
C)   extraversion.
D)   individualism.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 2

Professor Shankar believes that her students' most important personal characteristics are those that distinguish them as uniquely different from most other people. Her attitude best illustrates one of the consequences of

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A)   individualism.
B)   gender typing.
C)   collectivism.
D)   temperament.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT true regarding cultural diversity?

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A)   Culture influences how we raise our children.
B)   Culture influences how punctual we are.
C)   Culture does not have a strong influence on how strictly social roles are defined.
D)   All cultures evolve their own norms.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Voluntary migration, a sparsely populated environment, and shift to a capitalist economy have most clearly fostered

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A)   extraversion.
B)   neuroticism.
C)   individualism.
D)   gender typing.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 5

Norms are best described as

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A)   the expression of group identity.
B)   a person's characteristic emotional reactivity.
C)   rules for socially acceptable behavior.
D)   a universally shared moral grammar.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 6

The social roles assigned to women and men

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A)   are virtually the same in all cultures.
B)   have been virtually the same in all historical periods.
C)   differ widely across cultures.
D)   differ widely across historical time periods but not across cultures.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 7

Mr. Eskenazi frowns when his son cries but hugs his daughter when she cries. Mr. Eskenazi's contribution to the gender typing of his children would most likely be highlighted by

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A)   Freudian psychologists.
B)   social learning theorists.
C)   cultural neuroscientists.
D)   evolutionary psychologists.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

Lacking any exposure to language before adolescence, a person will never master any language due to the ________ of unemployed neural connections.

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A)   shaping
B)   sculpting
C)   pruning
D)   temperamentE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Genetically male children who underwent sex-reassignment surgery and were raised as girls later

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A)   all described themselves as female.
B)   all described themselves as male.
C)   all had an unclear sexual identity.
D)   described themselves either as female or male, or had an unclear sexual identity.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 10

In everyday behavior, men are LESS likely than women to

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A)   smile at others.
B)   stare at others.
C)   interrupt others.
D)   initiate touching others.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

The hormone testosterone

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A)   is found only in females.
B)   determines the sex of the developing person.
C)   stimulates growth of the female sex organs.
D)   stimulates growth of the male sex organs.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

An infant boy was raised as a girl following a botched circumcision. During adolescence, the child ________ boys and ________ the assigned female identity.

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A)   wanted to kiss; accepted
B)   wanted to kiss; did not accept
C)   wanted no part of kissing; accepted
D)   wanted no part of kissing; did not acceptE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

Children tend to organize their worlds into male and female categories. This best illustrates their use of

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A)   a pruning process.
B)   individualism.
C)   gender schemas.
D)   the male answer syndrome.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

It has been suggested that our sensitivity to peer influence is genetically predisposed because it has facilitated the process of human mating. This suggestion best illustrates

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A)   gender schemas.
B)   collectivism.
C)   gender typing.
D)   an evolutionary perspective.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 15

In considering gender differences, you should remember that

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A)   no gender difference is common to all human cultures.
B)   gender similarities are much greater than gender differences.
C)   genetic differences between the genders do not contribute to gender differences in behavior.
D)   all of these answers are true.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

Women are more likely than men to

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A)   stare at people who make them angry.
B)   interrupt others while they are talking.
C)   misperceive simple friendliness as a sexual come-on.
D)   tend and befriend.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 17

Compared with environmentally impoverished rats, those rats housed in enriched environments experienced a dramatic increase in the number of their

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A)   Y chromosomes.
B)   schemas.
C)   synapses.
D)   sex hormones.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

The traditions of a culture are passed from one generation to the next by means of

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A)   norms.
B)   testosterone.
C)   genes.
D)   chromosomes.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 19

Prenatal testosterone secretions exert one of their earliest influences on

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A)   genes.
B)   individualism.
C)   gender schemas.
D)   brain organization.E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

People living in a culture that promotes collectivism are more likely than those in individualist cultures to report experiencing

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A)   happiness.
B)   family loyalty.
C)   personal freedom.
D)   marital romance.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Exam 12: Culture, Gender, and Other Environmental Influences

The social roles assigned to women and men

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In considering gender differences, you should remember that

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Compared with environmentally impoverished rats, those rats housed in enriched environments experienced a dramatic increase in the number of their

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The hormone testosterone

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Voluntary migration, a sparsely populated environment, and shift to a capitalist economy have most clearly fostered

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Which of the following is NOT true regarding cultural diversity?

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The traditions of a culture are passed from one generation to the next by means of

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Women are more likely than men to

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Norms are best described as

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People living in a culture that promotes collectivism are more likely than those in individualist cultures to report experiencing

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An infant boy was raised as a girl following a botched circumcision. During adolescence, the child ________ boys and ________ the assigned female identity.

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Lacking any exposure to language before adolescence, a person will never master any language due to the ________ of unemployed neural connections.

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Mr. Eskenazi frowns when his son cries but hugs his daughter when she cries. Mr. Eskenazi's contribution to the gender typing of his children would most likely be highlighted by

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Professor Shankar believes that her students' most important personal characteristics are those that distinguish them as uniquely different from most other people. Her attitude best illustrates one of the consequences of

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Prenatal testosterone secretions exert one of their earliest influences on

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In everyday behavior, men are LESS likely than women to

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It has been suggested that our sensitivity to peer influence is genetically predisposed because it has facilitated the process of human mating. This suggestion best illustrates

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When Mr. Thompson lived overseas for a year, he was very surprised at how much respect he received from people simply because he was an older person. His sense of surprise suggests that he had NOT previously lived in a culture characterized by

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Genetically male children who underwent sex-reassignment surgery and were raised as girls later

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