Week Three Open Book Test

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Week Three Open Book Test
The following 25 questions are based on the Week Three readings. You may use your textbooks to
complete this open-book test.
True or False
Determine whether each statement is true or false and write your answer in the True of False column
Statement

Answer

1. All cultures share a common need to solve similar human problems.

true

2. American psychologists tend to treat their research as being

universally applicable.

true

3. Horizontal relationships, such as relationships with coworkers and

peers, are more important in individualistic cultures than collectivist
cultures.

false

4. Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are included in the Asian

American ethnic group.

true

5. The largest minority group in the United States is currently African

Americans.

false

6. To experience stereotype threat, one needs to accept that the

stereotype about oneself is true.

false

7. White Europeans represent the majority of the U.S. population.

true

Fill in the Blank

The number of words you must include in the Answer column is indicated by the number of blank lines
in the Statement column. Write your answers in the Answer column.
Statement

Answer

8. ___________ threat occurs when negative stereotypes about

one's group are used to interpret one's behavior.

stereotyping

9. According to the American Psychological Association, all

individuals are ___________ beings

human

10. In the year ________, psychology professionals first paid attention

to the culture within the psychology profession.

1891

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11. By 1800, _________ could vote and hold office everywhere in the
United States except Maryland and New Hampshire.

Black African Men

12. Cross-cultural psychologists test theories with the notion that

culture was ____________ of the individual and separate from
psychological activities and principles.

separate

13. Culture evolved because it contributed to human ________ and

reproduction.

survival

14. Definitions and conceptualizations of culture in current psychology

come primarily from the field of __________ anthropology.

cultural

15. __________defines diversity in terms of shared national origin and

current allegiance, therefore ethnicity is a more useful and
definable concept.

ethnicity

16. Genetic research has suggested that biological differences among

races are largely ___________.

identified

17. Interracial marriage was illegal in some parts of the United States
until the year ___________.

1967

18. Members of ethnic groups learn about themselves from others

within the same group, and from the way they are treated by
__________.

Members of other
groups,
mainstream
institutions

19. An individuals ____________ identity includes his or her age,

sexual orientation, physical disability, socioeconomic status, race
and ethnicity, workplace role and position, religion social and
spiritual orientation, and work and family concerns.

Social

20. Ray (2010) stated that ________ ________ shapes "who we are
in spite of ourselves, effortlessly, and inexorably as we
internalize our community's habits of thought, values, and forms of
behavior" (p. 15).

Experiences and
environment

21. The _________ approach to cultural research is most akin to

indigenous psychology.

cultural

22. The _________ approach to cultural research is most akin to

cross-cultural psychology.

indigenous

23. The main factor in making decisions about racial categories is

_________.

politics

24. Contemporary approaches to culture emphasize the active role of

individuals as _________ and _________ as they interact with
others and with their environment.

Interpreters and
modifiers

25. Turtle Island is another name for _________ ________.

North America

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