Question 12Group of answer choices heavily affected by economic, organizational, legal, and technological factors.

The form and content of culture is:

unaffected by technology.

almost totally determined by the economic system.

independent of human input.

Question 13

According to the text’s discussion of culture, they encompass everything except:

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shared ideas about what is appropriate.

police powers.

behaviors that are perceived as sacred (like not condoning pedophilia).

living in heaven

Question 14

__________ is a master status in most societies.

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Occupation

Gender

Education level

Size

Question 15

We ___________ a status and ____________ a role.

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play; occupy

occupy; play

enhance; play

play; emulate

Question 16

Sociologists define a(n) _____________ as a collection of people who share a characteristic that is deemed to be of social significance.

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culture

category

aggregate

group

Question 17

Recent interest in the roles of nature and nurture in the development of human personality centers on the issue(s) of

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which factor is more important.

to what degree the differences between people can be attributed to each factor.

how specific hereditary and environmental factors interact to produce behavior.

which factor ultimately determines personality traits.

Question 18

Conditioning and observational learning are components of

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symbolic interactionism.

social learning theory.

cognitive development theory.

conflict theory.

Question 19

All social interaction involves

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verbalization.

communication.

vision.

hearing.

Question 20

Cooley’s looking-glass self refers to

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people’s obsession with examining themselves in a mirror.

a process by which people view themselves as they believe others see them.

a process by which people mirror their views of others to them.

the process in which people “ape” the behavior of others around them.

Question 21

Martha believes that if she doesn’t wear her lucky hat, she’ll flunk her algebra test. She forgets her hat, and becomes so anxious about forgetting it that she flunks the exam. This is an example of

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the power of positive thinking.

the importance of self-concept.

definition of the situation.

egocentric bias.

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