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PSYC 355 Study Guide - Poverty Threshold, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sexual Intercourse

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Simon Fraser University
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Psychology
Course
PSYC 355
Professor
Robert Ley

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Behavior, patterns, beliefs and all other products of a particular group of people that are passed on from generation to generation. Understand behavior of the world = interact better and effectively. Tendency to favor one"s own group over other groups. Studies that compare a culture with one or more other cultures. Provide information about the degree to which development in adolescents and emerging adults is similar, or universal, across cultures, or about the degree to which it is culture-specific. Found beginning of seventh grade to end of eight, us adolescents valued academic less, and motivational behavior also decreased, but chinese adolescents did not change. Emphasizes values that serve the self and gives priority to personal goals, not group goals. Culture = higher rates of crime, suicide, teenage pregnancy, divorce, child abuse, mental disorders. Emphasizes values that serve the group by subordination personal goals to preserve group integrity.

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23. All humans show changes in facial expressions to accompany emotions such as fear, anger, happiness, disgust, and surprise. But how well can you identify these expressions when shown by individuals from a different culture? A) identifying facial expressions is a learned skill, so you would not be able to identify them if you were not familiar with that particular culture B) facial expressions are similar across cultures so you would be able to identify them with good accuracy C) facial expressions are all culturally specific, so you would not be able to identify them D) facial expressions vary by personality, not by culture E) none of the above

23. All humans show changes in facial expressions to accompany emotions such as fear, anger, happiness, disgust, and surprise. But how well can you identify these expressions when shown by individuals from a different culture? A) identifying facial expressions is a learned skill, so you would not be able to identify them if you were not familiar with that particular culture B) facial expressions are similar across cultures so you would be able to identify them with good accuracy C) facial expressions are all culturally specific, so you would not be able to identify them D) facial expressions vary by personality, not by culture

10. Which of the following statements would likely have been made by a sociobiologist? A) reality is a social construction and little is shared across cultures B) an individual's social behaviour is determined by external rewards C) much our behaviour is unknown to our conscious mind—we are driven by unconscious impulses and desires D) social behaviours that increase our ability to pass on our genes will be more likely to be represented in future generations E) all humans seek to self-actualize and grow