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The document consists of a series of practice questions covering various concepts related to culture, race, and social behavior. It includes multiple-choice questions that explore theories of perception, self-concept, enculturation, worldviews, and the role of culture in society. The questions aim to assess understanding of cultural differences, the relationship between race and culture, and the characteristics of popular culture.

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Spvv112 Practise Questions

The document consists of a series of practice questions covering various concepts related to culture, race, and social behavior. It includes multiple-choice questions that explore theories of perception, self-concept, enculturation, worldviews, and the role of culture in society. The questions aim to assess understanding of cultural differences, the relationship between race and culture, and the characteristics of popular culture.

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PRACTICE QUESTIONS.

1. Which of the following theories suggests that people in urbanized, industrialized


societies are used to seeing things that are rectangular in shape and unconsciously come
to expect things to have squared corners?
a. Front-horizontal theory
b. Rectangular perception theory
c. Carpentered world theory
d. Right angle perception theory

2. What refers to organized systems of beliefs that tie together many attitudes, values,
beliefs, worldviews, and norms and provide guidelines for living?
a. Ethnicities
b. Norms
c. Religions
d. Ethics

3. Self-concept is defined as
a. the cognitive representations of who one is, that is, the ideas or images that one has about
oneself, especially in relation to others, and how and why one behaves
b. people’s attributions of control over their behaviours and relationships as internal or
external to themselves
c. the tendency for individuals to underestimate the commonality of desirable traits and to
overestimate their uniqueness
d. the perception that each culture has a modal personality type, and that most persons in that
culture share aspects of it

4. The process by which individuals learn and adopt the ways and manners of their
specific culture is called _____.
a. grouping
b. enculturation
c. motivation
d. globalization
5. What refers to the generally accepted standard of behaviour within a culture or
subculture group?
a. Norms
b. Beliefs
c. Etiquette
d. Rituals

6. Which of the following is true about worldviews?


a. Behaviours have a direct influence on cultural worldviews.

b. Having a worldview is a psychological process specific only to certain cultures.

c. People have worldviews because of evolved, complex cognition.

D. The content of worldviews is the same for every culture.

7. What role do human cultures play in society?

a. They primarily focus on economic practices rather than social ones.

b. They provide rigid structures that inhibit cultural evolution.

c. They serve to simplify human interactions by reducing complexity.

d. They create and maintain complex social systems and improve cultural practices.

8. How does social coordination affect a human group?

a. It improves the group's ability to function and survive.

b. It enhances the potential for chaotic interactions.

c. It decreases the overall efficiency of individual contributions.

d. It creates dependency on leadership that stifles creativity.


9. What best describes how different cultures perceive the concept of family?

a. Cultures universally define family in a single way.

b. Each culture provides its own distinct meaning to family.

c. Only a few cultures assign unique meanings to family.

d. All families across cultures are identical in their structure.

10. Which of the following aspects is NOT commonly associated with culture?

a. Language

b. Geographical location

c. Personality traits

d. Ethnic groups

11. Race is primarily understood as:

a. A biological determinant of behaviour.

b. A stable and unchangeable category.

c. An inherent characteristic of individuals.

d. A social construction influenced by cultural perceptions.

12. What role does culture play in understanding racial differences?

a. Culture is irrelevant to the discussion of race.

b. Culture eliminates the significance of race altogether.

c. Culture simplifies racial categories into rigid definitions.

d. Culture provides context and meaning to observed racial similarities and differences.
13. How does personality differ from culture?

a. Culture influences individual personality differences.

b. Personality varies greatly among individuals within cultural groups.

c. Culture remains consistent, while personality is static across individuals.

d. Personality traits are common cultural attributes.

14. What defines the relationship between race and culture?

a. Race is a biological truth that exists independently of culture.

b. Cultural definitions of race are universally accepted.

c. Race and culture can be used interchangeably.

d. Cultural contexts provide meaning to the concept of race.

15. Which of the following is a characteristic of culture?

a. It changes based on individual personalities.

b. It only applies to specific geographic regions.

c. It exists solely in written form.

d. It is passed down through generations of a group.

16. Which value dimension refers to the acceptance of unequal power distribution

within a group?

a. Power Distance

b. Individualism versus Collectivism

c. Uncertainty Avoidance

d. Long-versus Short-Term Orientation


17. What characterizes popular culture as opposed to stable culture?

a. It is constantly evolving with fads and trends.

b. It remains unchanged over generations.

c. It is adopted universally across all groups.

d. It is strictly defined by historical practices.

18. Which of the following dimensions focuses on a group's tendency towards delayed

gratification?

a. Long-versus Short-Term Orientation

b. Masculinity versus Femininity

c. Indulgence versus Restraint

d. Collectivism versus Individualism

19. What term refers to universal psychological processes or behaviour across cultures?

a. Culture-specific variables

b. Etics

c. Societal norms

d. Emics

20. Which factors contribute to cultural differences as described in the content?

a. Language diversity and social structures

b. Political systems and historical events

c. Geography, climate, and resources

d. Population density and technology


21. Which factors contribute to cultural differences as described in the content?

a. Language diversity and social structures

b. Political systems and historical events

c. Geography, climate, and resources

d. Population density and technology

22. What is the term for cultural processes that are specific to a certain culture?

a. Etics

b. Emics

c. Generalizations

d. Cultural manifestations

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