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QUESTION 16

Which of the following is an example of an ascribed status?

		After midnight, Ravi became a newly elected member of the Parliament.
		After his 18th birthday, Ravi passed a test and received his driver’s license.
		After a lengthy interview, Ravi was chosen to be the new manager of the company.
		After he was born, Ravi was named the heir (inheritor) to his father’s business.
		After he checked his lottery ticket, Ravi knew he won a lot of money.

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QUESTION 17

Heidi moved from the United States to Germany for her career. She began to feel a lot of anxiety and depression even though she was happy with her career choice. These emotions may be due to

		culture shock
		ethnic differences
		spirituality
		domestic disturbance

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QUESTION 18

An individual who has left his or her native country and is unwilling or unable to return to it because of persecution or fear of persecution (because of race, religion, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion) is called a(n) _____________.

		colonist
		settler
		immigrant
		explorer
		refugee

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QUESTION 19

Which of the following is not an example of a stereotype?

		All men are aggressive.
		All Chinese politicians are corrupt.
		All Italians like pizza and spaghetti.
		All English and French kings were men.
		All Korean performing artists like their ancestors.

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QUESTION 20

The restrictive practice of reviewing and determining what is appropriate for publication or broadcasting according to moral, ideological, or political considerations is called ____________.

		psychological propaganda
		censorship
		rights violation
		indoctrination
		psychological brainwashing

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QUESTION 21

People from different cultural backgrounds should understand psychological disorders differently. This is known as _______.

		Culture- bound syndrome
		Universalist perspective
		Psychopathology
		Relativist perspective

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QUESTION 22

Actions that reward those who follow the norms and reprove those who are deviant are called _________________.

		social loafing
		roles
		groupthink
		sanctions
		social facilitation

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QUESTION 23

A form of social interaction in which individuals or groups attempt to maximize their own outcomes, often at the expense of others is called _____________.

		group polarization
		cooperation
		obedience
		conformity
		competition

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QUESTION 24

On the basis of comparative studies, researchers have found evidence that meditation and prayer do not affect any physiological or psychological processes of an individual.

True

False

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QUESTION 25

Rotter showed that people could be placed into two separate large groups. One group, the __________, prefers to explain events as influenced by controllable internal factors. The second group, the __________, prefers to explain events as influenced by uncontrollable external factors.

		In-bodies, Out-of-bodies
		Insiders, Outsiders
		Controllables, Uncontrollables
		Internals, Externals
		Spirituals, Physicals

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QUESTION 26

Across cultures, when people explain why they succeed or fail, three explanations are commonly given. These explanations include individual ability, effort, and ___________.

		task difficulty
		good or bad move during task performance
		absence of money
		presence or absence of other people
		magical powers such as “evil eye”

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QUESTION 27

Enduring patterns of behavior and inner experience that deviate markedly from the expectations of the individual's culture are referred to as _______________.

		personality disorders
		dementia
		anxiety disorders
		depressive disorders
		schizophrenia

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QUESTION 28

What is the United Nations’ contemporary policy regarding birth rates in the world’s poor regions?

		The policy is to increase birth rates
		The U.N. does not have an official policy in this matter
		The policy is to keep birth rates consistent
		The policy is to lower birth rates

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QUESTION 29

As a managing editor of a popular website that specializes in international news, you refuse to post (publish) a picture of a U.S. diplomat changing her clothes in a locker room. Some of your subordinates complain that your action is political censorship. You reply that there is no politics in your action because you follow your own standards of decency. What type of censorship is this?

		Ideological
		Political
		Moral
		Religious

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QUESTION 30

_____________ refers to a broad range of phenomena concerning “non-material” matters related to faith, trust, and hope, in contrast to “material” matters related to ownership, accumulation of possessions, and competition.

		Possession
		Non-traditional thinking
		Folk philosophy
		Spirituality
		Abstract thinking

Answer 1

16. The correct answer is Option D. The example “After he was born, Ravi was named the heir (inheritor) to his father’s business” illustrates ascribed status.

17. The correct answer is Option A. These emotions may be due to culture shock.

18. The correct answer is Option E. An individual who has left his or her native country and is unwilling or unable to return to it because of persecution or fear of persecution is called a refugee.

19. The correct answer is Option D. “All English and French kings were men” is not an example of a stereotype.

Please post the other questions separately as we are supposed to answer just one question or four sub parts of a question.