Exam 2: Culture and Nature

Molly was born in September, and the cutoff for going to kindergarten in her school district is August 1st. Based on the relative age effect, Molly will MOST likely ____.

What does a genetic mutation introduce into a gene pool?

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

Recall Solomon Asch's famous line-judging studies. In these studies, research subjects were asked to make judgments about unambiguous stimuli. They were asked to do this while in the presence of confederates who consistently gave incorrect responses. According to the textbook, one of the important conclusions to be drawn from Asch's research is that ____.

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?

The fact that collectivist cultures tend to spring up in places with abundant pathogens but individualist cultures tend to flourish in places with few pathogens best illustrates ____.

When faced with a time trade-off, nature tends to ____.

Culture is a(n)____________________system involving shared understandings and praxis, enabling people to live together in an organized fashion to get what they need.

The automatic system is to quick feelings as the deliberate system is to ____.

Suppose that Ricardo is sitting in class, that he is extremely hungry, and that he spots his neighbor munching on a tempting snack. If Ricardo is like MOST people, then his automatic system ____.

According to the textbook, compared to animals such as birds, humans ____ the acceptance of others in their social group.

Money has been part of human culture since ____.

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

Culture primarily serves to teach people ____________________.

Humans today still benefit from the famous invention of the Wright brothers (the airplane). Even though they have been dead for generations, their basic technology still lives on, and modern aircrafts have built off of and elaborated upon their invention. What best describes this?

In all contemporary human cultures, homosexual behavior is ____.

Research on the brain sizes of different animals would suggest that (domesticated) cats have ____ than (wild, pride-living) lions.

According to your text, what factor do biologists emphasize as the MOST important factor in natural selection?

The automatic system is to ____ as the deliberate system is to ____.

Consider the many steps involved in how most people get their food in modern societies (e.g., steps involving everything from farms to factories to stores). This process is a good example of ____.