Cross-Cultural Literature in Psychology and Culture Contents Quiz
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What is culture a product of?

  • The resources available to groups for survival
  • Biological needs and universal social problems
  • Evolution of the human mind and complex cognitive abilities (correct)
  • The size of the human brain and the specific ecologies in which groups live

    • How do cultures help select behaviors, attitudes, values, and opinions?

  • By restricting individuals' freedom of choice
  • By imposing strict rules and regulations on individuals
  • By encouraging diverse behaviors across the human repertoire
  • By focusing on a few limited alternatives to maximize effectiveness (correct)

    • What role do groups play in creating cultures?

  • Institutionalizing and improving cultural practices
  • Resolving individuals' adaptations to their environment
  • Maintaining complex social systems
  • Meeting individuals' needs through cultural practices (correct)

    • What problem does culture aim to address?

    <p>Individuals' adaptations to their contexts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what way do cultures help optimize resource tapping to meet survival needs?

    <p>By selecting specific behaviors, attitudes, values, and opinions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the two major categories that the contents of culture can be divided into?

    <p>Objective and subjective elements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of an objective element of culture?

    <p>Eating utensils</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What role do universal social problems play in the creation of culture according to the text?

    <p>They interact with biological needs to shape cultural solutions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did a recent study analyzing millions of digitized books reveal about cultural trends over time?

    <p>Changes in vocabularies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of culture, what do architecture, art, mass media, and the Internet represent?

    <p>Objective elements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How are Facebook and Twitter classified based on the information provided?

    <p>Important artifacts of culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Based on the text, what distinguishes the objective elements of culture from the subjective elements?

    <p>Objective elements are physical while subjective elements are abstract</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT true about culture?

    <p>Culture can be directly observed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of culture in social coordination?

    <p>Culture provides guidelines for efficient task accomplishment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does culture contribute to avoiding social chaos in groups?

    <p>By promoting social order and coordination.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of passing cultural guidelines to future generations?

    <p>To ensure future generations have ready-to-use guidelines.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do cultural products evolve over generations, according to the text?

    <p>They always improve and are ratcheted up.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between culture and meeting basic human needs?

    <p>Culture takes advantage of universal psychological toolkits to meet basic human needs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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