Exam 2: Culture and Nature

Research suggests that humans evolved large brains not to better understand the environment around them but rather to increase the capability for interpersonal relations. This idea is known as the ____.

Molly was born in September, and the cutoff date for admission to kindergarten in her school district is being five years of age on August 1. Based on the relative age effect, Molly will MOST likely be one of the ____.

Money's relationship with human biology is BEST described as ____.

Research suggests that humans evolved relatively large brains in order to ____.

The term culture originally referred to ____.

Which of the following is a cultural act rather than just a social act?

Suppose that you were shown the calculation $5,672 + $2,004 + $2,744, and needed to calculate the sum quickly. How would your automatic system handle this information?

One of the things that sets culture apart, and is one of its major advantages, is ____.

Money has been part of human culture since ____.

According to the social brain theory, what enables humans to connect with one another?

Explain the essence of the theme nature says go, culture says stop .

_____ is a theory proposed by Charles Darwin to explain how change occurs in nature.

Humans today still benefit from the famous invention of Alexander Graham Bell (the telephone). Even though Bell has been dead for decades, the basic technology he invented still exists, and modern telephone systems have built and elaborated upon his invention. What best describes this?

Describe culture in terms of shared ideas.

Driving on the right-hand side of the road in the United States is an example of praxis.

Which statement is most accurate regarding communication?

Compared to other animals' sensory organs, humans' sensory organs are especially good at ____.

Are social psychologists concerned with cross-cultural differences in behavior?

A characteristic that is innate ____.

A professor of genetics is studying the family tree of a royal family to understand how diseases are transmitted from one generation to the next. She hopes to isolate the cause of a mysterious disease that afflicts the females of each generation. Which cultural activity is discussed in this scenario?