Exam 2: Culture and Nature

Devin claims that she does not have any negative stereotypes about women. But last week, when she called a technician to help her with a problem she was having with her computer, and the technician turned out to be a woman, a negative thought flashed through Devin's mind before she could stop herself ("Oh no," she thought, "a woman! A woman won't be able to help me with my problem!"). Devin surprised herself with this thought, and immediately tried to suppress it. What was going on here?

Natural selection least favors people caring about the ____.

In describing general patterns in human nature, the textbook discusses the notion of "putting people first." This is the idea that most of the time, ____.

The view that evolution shaped the human psyche so as to enable humans to create and take part in complex, advanced ways of being social is referred to as the ____ theory.

The two systems in the duplex mind are called the ________________ system and the ________________ system.

Unlike other animals, humans are able to continually build off of the knowledge and achievements of past generations. The textbook refers to this ability as ____.

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

Research on cultural differences indicates that ____.

According to evolutionary theory, the traits of which man should be most favored by natural selection?

Most of the explanations for human behavior ultimately lead back to two basic ways of answering these fundamental questions: ____.

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 ____.

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

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

Which of the following is evidence of the success of human culture in biological terms?

The term praxis best describes ____.

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

According to evolutionary theory, the main reason that males and females have different approaches when it comes to dating and mating is because ____.

Just as the user's manual for a new electronic device explains what the device can do, how it will respond when treated in certain ways, and how it will interface with other devices, information about the ________________ provides us with important information about how humans will behave and interact in different situations.

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

Sickle cell disease is caused by a genetic mutation and, when untreated, results in disability and early death. However, the mutation that causes sickle cell disease is associated with protection against malaria, especially early in life. As a result, you would expect to see sickle cell disease ____.