Exam 2: Culture and Nature

Studies on consumer psychology have found that people seem to get more pleasure and value from spending money on objects than on experiences.

A mutation is a ____.

Suppose your employer has just implemented a number of new workplace conduct policies ranging from how phones and e-mails are to be answered to what is permitted on desks and cubicle walls. In this context, employee training and learning is best achieved ____.

Collectivist cultures tend to be found in places where there are ____ pathogens; individualist cultures tend to be found in places where there are ____ pathogens.

In the context of the duplex mind, "figuring it out" refers to the _____ system.

Research on delay of gratification looks at how people make tradeoffs between "now versus tomorrow."

The downside of being social is that ____.

Charles Darwin, the biologist who proposed the theory of evolution, was ____.

Which of the following best illustrates the theme inner processes serve interpersonal functions ?

Who coined the term survival of the fittest ?

Research on the brain sizes of different animals would suggest that after adjustment for differences in weight, domesticated cats have ____ than wild, pride-living lions.

Which of the following is a general theme that emerges in research on human nature and culture?

The automatic system and the deliberate system operate almost completely independent of one another.

When researchers studied delay of gratification using simple tasks with food rewards, they found that chimpanzees are ____.

Marlena works hard to earn as much money as she can but rarely spends it, not even for things that she really needs. Marlena's behavior exemplifies the analogy that money is like a(n)_____.

Social animal is to cultural animal as ____ is to ____.

Kirk works hard to earn as much money as he can. He tries to be a good steward of his money, using it to buy a solid house for his family to live in, healthy food for them to eat, cars so they can get around town, and so forth. Kirk's approach to money is most consistent with the analogy of money as a(n)_____.

Jonathan starts to feel angry due to his roommate's inconsiderate behavior. His anger causes him to speak in a short, clipped tone to his roommate and, as a result, their interactions become increasingly tense. They both dislike the tension between them and ultimately decide to have a talk to discuss and resolve their issues. Describe which theme from the text best illustrates this scenario and explain why.

The most common resolution to the nature-nurture debate tends to favor culture as more important because culture is indispensable.

When it comes to conflict, social animals tend to use ____ to resolve conflict.