CROSS CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH 100%
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What term is used to describe the degree to which a person adopts the gender specific
behaviors ascribed by their culture? - ANS gender roles
According to Hofstede (2001), which cultures tended to be more traditional, and focused more
on religion and God or gods? - ANS masculine cultures
In the context of biological correlates to aggression, increased testosterone levels in males have
been associated with dominance hierarchies in some nonhuman primates, but the human
analog is less clear. - ANS true
Some researchers suggest that male aggression may be a compensatory mechanism to offset
the conflict produced by a young male's identification with a care provider and his initiation
into adulthood as a male. In this model, aggressiveness is viewed as "gender marking" behavior.
- ANS true
Widmer and colleagues (1998) grouped countries based on their responses to their survey on
attitudes toward premarital sex, teen sex, extramarital sex, and homosexuality. The "Teen
Permissives" group included: - ANS East and West Germany, Austria, Sweden, and Slovenia.
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, Which of the following is a model that suggests that biological differences between the sexes
interact with the environment to produce culture-specific sex roles that are adaptations to the
environment? - ANS Biosocial model
One of the major findings of the study conducted by Williams and Best (1982) on "gender
stereotypes" was that the characteristics associated with men were stronger and more active
than those associated with women across all countries. - ANS true
In the context of gender role ideologies, Gibbons and colleagues conducted several cross-
cultural studies involving almost 700 adolescents from Spain, Guatemala, and Sri Lanka. In their
surveys, these researchers found that the most important quality of an ideal man or woman for
both boys and girls was being _____, a characteristic that was not gender-specific. - ANS kind
and honest
The 191 members of the _____ have committed to creating sustainable human development
and to recognizing equal rights and opportunities for men and women that are critical for social
and economic progress. - ANS united nations
Changes in culture only result in positive consequences, such as increased economic power,
affluence, and individualism. - ANS false
Sensation is defined as: - ANS the feelings that result from excitation of the sensory
receptors such as touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing.
In the Mueller-Lyer illusion, _____. - ANS subjects viewing the two figures typically judge the
line with the arrowheads pointing in as longer
Which theory suggests that we interpret vertical lines as horizontal lines extending into the
distance? - ANS Front-horizontal foreshortening theory
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EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS | LATEST
VERSION 2025/2026.
What term is used to describe the degree to which a person adopts the gender specific
behaviors ascribed by their culture? - ANS gender roles
According to Hofstede (2001), which cultures tended to be more traditional, and focused more
on religion and God or gods? - ANS masculine cultures
In the context of biological correlates to aggression, increased testosterone levels in males have
been associated with dominance hierarchies in some nonhuman primates, but the human
analog is less clear. - ANS true
Some researchers suggest that male aggression may be a compensatory mechanism to offset
the conflict produced by a young male's identification with a care provider and his initiation
into adulthood as a male. In this model, aggressiveness is viewed as "gender marking" behavior.
- ANS true
Widmer and colleagues (1998) grouped countries based on their responses to their survey on
attitudes toward premarital sex, teen sex, extramarital sex, and homosexuality. The "Teen
Permissives" group included: - ANS East and West Germany, Austria, Sweden, and Slovenia.
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, Which of the following is a model that suggests that biological differences between the sexes
interact with the environment to produce culture-specific sex roles that are adaptations to the
environment? - ANS Biosocial model
One of the major findings of the study conducted by Williams and Best (1982) on "gender
stereotypes" was that the characteristics associated with men were stronger and more active
than those associated with women across all countries. - ANS true
In the context of gender role ideologies, Gibbons and colleagues conducted several cross-
cultural studies involving almost 700 adolescents from Spain, Guatemala, and Sri Lanka. In their
surveys, these researchers found that the most important quality of an ideal man or woman for
both boys and girls was being _____, a characteristic that was not gender-specific. - ANS kind
and honest
The 191 members of the _____ have committed to creating sustainable human development
and to recognizing equal rights and opportunities for men and women that are critical for social
and economic progress. - ANS united nations
Changes in culture only result in positive consequences, such as increased economic power,
affluence, and individualism. - ANS false
Sensation is defined as: - ANS the feelings that result from excitation of the sensory
receptors such as touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing.
In the Mueller-Lyer illusion, _____. - ANS subjects viewing the two figures typically judge the
line with the arrowheads pointing in as longer
Which theory suggests that we interpret vertical lines as horizontal lines extending into the
distance? - ANS Front-horizontal foreshortening theory
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