HDEV HUMAN LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT
6TH EDITION SPENCER A RATHUS TEST
BANK PRACTICE SCRIPT UPDATED 2026
TESTED SOLUTIONS
⫸ What are the characteristics of culture? Answer: -culture is learned,
adapted, and dynamic
-our values are initially determined by our culture
-our nonverbal communication patterns reflect our culture
⫸ What is individualism? Answer: the belief that every individual is his
or her own master, is in control of his or her own destiny, and will
advance or regress in society based only on his or her own efforts
⫸ What is cultural pluralism? Answer: a society that allows multiple
distinctive groups to function separately and equally without requiring
assimilation into the dominant culture
⫸ What is assimilation? Answer: when a group's distinctive cultural
patterns either become part of the dominant culture or disappear as the
group adopts the dominant culture
, ⫸ What is cultural relativism? Answer: to see a culture as if we are a
member of the culture
⫸ What is case law? Answer: the published opinions of judges, which
interpret statutes, regulations, and constitutional provisions
⫸ What is enculturation? Answer: the process of acquiring the
characteristics of a given culture and becoming competent in its
language and ways of behaving and knowing
⫸ What is socialization? Answer: the general process of learning the
social norms of a culture
⫸ What is ethnocentrism? Answer: the inability to view other cultures
as equally viable alternatives for organizing reality
⫸ What is multicultural education? Answer: student's interests are
integrated into the curriculum, instruction, and the environment of the
classroom and school
⫸ Section 504 of Public Law 93-112 prohibits exclusion from programs
solely on the basis of an individual's what? Answer: Disability
⫸ What does the term "hidden curriculum" refer to? Answer: the
curriculum, in addition to a formal curriculum, that consists of the
6TH EDITION SPENCER A RATHUS TEST
BANK PRACTICE SCRIPT UPDATED 2026
TESTED SOLUTIONS
⫸ What are the characteristics of culture? Answer: -culture is learned,
adapted, and dynamic
-our values are initially determined by our culture
-our nonverbal communication patterns reflect our culture
⫸ What is individualism? Answer: the belief that every individual is his
or her own master, is in control of his or her own destiny, and will
advance or regress in society based only on his or her own efforts
⫸ What is cultural pluralism? Answer: a society that allows multiple
distinctive groups to function separately and equally without requiring
assimilation into the dominant culture
⫸ What is assimilation? Answer: when a group's distinctive cultural
patterns either become part of the dominant culture or disappear as the
group adopts the dominant culture
, ⫸ What is cultural relativism? Answer: to see a culture as if we are a
member of the culture
⫸ What is case law? Answer: the published opinions of judges, which
interpret statutes, regulations, and constitutional provisions
⫸ What is enculturation? Answer: the process of acquiring the
characteristics of a given culture and becoming competent in its
language and ways of behaving and knowing
⫸ What is socialization? Answer: the general process of learning the
social norms of a culture
⫸ What is ethnocentrism? Answer: the inability to view other cultures
as equally viable alternatives for organizing reality
⫸ What is multicultural education? Answer: student's interests are
integrated into the curriculum, instruction, and the environment of the
classroom and school
⫸ Section 504 of Public Law 93-112 prohibits exclusion from programs
solely on the basis of an individual's what? Answer: Disability
⫸ What does the term "hidden curriculum" refer to? Answer: the
curriculum, in addition to a formal curriculum, that consists of the
