Test Bank
Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment
12th Edition by Charles Zastrow, Sarah L. Hessenauer
🔹 Foundations (1–40)
1. Human behavior is influenced by:
A. Only biology
B. Only society
C. Biological, psychological, and social factors
D. Only emotions
Answer: C
2. The “person-in-environment” perspective means:
A. Focus only on personality
B. Behavior must be understood in context
C. Ignore social systems
D. Focus only on genetics
Answer: B
3. A system is:
A. Random events
B. Interconnected parts forming a whole
C. One individual only
D. A belief system only
Answer: B
4. Microsystem includes:
,A. Laws and culture
B. Family and school
C. Global economy
D. Genetics
Answer: B
5. Macrosystem includes:
A. Immediate family
B. Cultural values and laws
C. Friends only
D. Personality traits
Answer: B
6. Mesosystem refers to:
A. Genetics
B. Interaction between microsystems
C. Global systems
D. Brain structure
Answer: B
7. Chronosystem refers to:
A. Time and life transitions
B. Biology
C. Geography
D. Personality
Answer: A
8. Social environment includes:
A. Only nature
B. People and institutions
C. Only emotions
D. Only biology
Answer: B
9. Human behavior is:
A. Fixed
B. Dynamic
C. Random
,D. Unchanging
Answer: B
10. Resilience means:
A. Weakness
B. Ability to adapt
C. Illness
D. Dependence
Answer: B
11. Risk factors:
A. Reduce problems
B. Increase likelihood of problems
C. Cure disease
D. Eliminate stress
Answer: B
12. Protective factors:
A. Increase risk
B. Reduce risk
C. Cause problems
D. Are genetic only
Answer: B
13. Socialization is:
A. Isolation
B. Learning social norms
C. Genetics
D. Disease
Answer: B
14. Primary socialization occurs in:
A. School
B. Family
C. Workplace
D. Government
Answer: B
15. Secondary socialization occurs in:
, A. Family
B. Institutions like school
C. Genetics
D. Biology
Answer: B
16. Culture is:
A. Biology
B. Shared beliefs and values
C. Personality
D. Weather
Answer: B
17. Ethnocentrism is:
A. Cultural acceptance
B. Belief one’s culture is superior
C. Equality
D. Neutrality
Answer: B
18. Cultural relativism means:
A. Judging cultures
B. Understanding culture in context
C. Rejecting culture
D. Ignoring culture
Answer: B
19. Stereotype is:
A. Accurate fact
B. Oversimplified belief
C. Individual truth
D. Scientific law
Answer: B
20. Discrimination is:
A. Thinking
B. Unequal treatment
C. Learning
Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment
12th Edition by Charles Zastrow, Sarah L. Hessenauer
🔹 Foundations (1–40)
1. Human behavior is influenced by:
A. Only biology
B. Only society
C. Biological, psychological, and social factors
D. Only emotions
Answer: C
2. The “person-in-environment” perspective means:
A. Focus only on personality
B. Behavior must be understood in context
C. Ignore social systems
D. Focus only on genetics
Answer: B
3. A system is:
A. Random events
B. Interconnected parts forming a whole
C. One individual only
D. A belief system only
Answer: B
4. Microsystem includes:
,A. Laws and culture
B. Family and school
C. Global economy
D. Genetics
Answer: B
5. Macrosystem includes:
A. Immediate family
B. Cultural values and laws
C. Friends only
D. Personality traits
Answer: B
6. Mesosystem refers to:
A. Genetics
B. Interaction between microsystems
C. Global systems
D. Brain structure
Answer: B
7. Chronosystem refers to:
A. Time and life transitions
B. Biology
C. Geography
D. Personality
Answer: A
8. Social environment includes:
A. Only nature
B. People and institutions
C. Only emotions
D. Only biology
Answer: B
9. Human behavior is:
A. Fixed
B. Dynamic
C. Random
,D. Unchanging
Answer: B
10. Resilience means:
A. Weakness
B. Ability to adapt
C. Illness
D. Dependence
Answer: B
11. Risk factors:
A. Reduce problems
B. Increase likelihood of problems
C. Cure disease
D. Eliminate stress
Answer: B
12. Protective factors:
A. Increase risk
B. Reduce risk
C. Cause problems
D. Are genetic only
Answer: B
13. Socialization is:
A. Isolation
B. Learning social norms
C. Genetics
D. Disease
Answer: B
14. Primary socialization occurs in:
A. School
B. Family
C. Workplace
D. Government
Answer: B
15. Secondary socialization occurs in:
, A. Family
B. Institutions like school
C. Genetics
D. Biology
Answer: B
16. Culture is:
A. Biology
B. Shared beliefs and values
C. Personality
D. Weather
Answer: B
17. Ethnocentrism is:
A. Cultural acceptance
B. Belief one’s culture is superior
C. Equality
D. Neutrality
Answer: B
18. Cultural relativism means:
A. Judging cultures
B. Understanding culture in context
C. Rejecting culture
D. Ignoring culture
Answer: B
19. Stereotype is:
A. Accurate fact
B. Oversimplified belief
C. Individual truth
D. Scientific law
Answer: B
20. Discrimination is:
A. Thinking
B. Unequal treatment
C. Learning
