Turning Psychology into social contextual analysis: chapter 2

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What are the resource–social relationship pathways?

Our social relationships (correct)
Cultural practices of smaller groups
The economic systems we live in
The opportunities afforded or stratified by various societal structures

What are some of the contexts the author suggests considering in order to understand human behavior?

Patriarchal systems
Historical periods (correct)
Language, thinking, perceiving, emotion
The contexts of colonization

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a difficult case that requires more detail?

Emotion (correct)
Language
Thinking
Perceiving

According to Gibson and Gibson (1955), how does learning to see happen?

By finer and finer differentiations of behavior or doing things (D) Signup and view all the answers

According to Pathway 2, what is the onus of showing?

That our worlds and environments have sufficient complexity and adaptations to change when we do (B) Signup and view all the answers

What did Gibson argue against in his original paper?

The assumption that something is taken in by the sensory organs (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which fields have been describing social and societal contexts for many years?

Social anthropology, sociology, and sociolinguistics (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used by sociologists to describe the ability to see all the social, societal, cultural, economic, and other contexts that have shaped an individual?

Sociological imagination (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the first point of social contextual analysis?

Following Pathway 2 (C) Signup and view all the answers

What does the text suggest about the idea of individuals?

Individuals are shaped by their social and societal contexts (A) Signup and view all the answers

What did Skinner focus on in his study of behavior?

Exploring the contingent relations between an organism's actions and external consequences (A) Signup and view all the answers

What did the text suggest about the need for the brain to construct a three-dimensional representation of the environment?

The brain does not need to construct a three-dimensional representation of the environment (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the vision of social contextual analysis in psychology according to the text?

To bring together all social sciences to form a united analysis of material contexts (D) Signup and view all the answers

What was the subject matter of psychology according to the text?

Behaviour and contingent relations with external consequences (C) Signup and view all the answers

What are some of the main social behavior categories of what humans do with each other?

Compete, cooperate, bond, bully (D) Signup and view all the answers

What are some examples of resources that people try to obtain in life, according to the text?

A job, money, love, attention (A) Signup and view all the answers

Why is it difficult to analyze escaping or avoiding bad things in reality, according to the text?

Because we do not see tangible outcomes when successful (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between resources and social relationships?

All our resources come through social relationships (B) Signup and view all the answers