Berry, Poortinga, & Pandey (1997) provided the following definition for one of the
concepts central to this class,"the systematic study of relationships between the cultural
context of human development and the behaviors that become established
in the
repertoire of individuals growing up in a particular culture." This defines
a. developmental sociology
b. cross-cultural psychology
c. human development
d. cultural anthropology
b
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Brain imaging studies reveal that semantics and syntax are associated with which two lobes of the cerebral cortex?
a. the parietal and occipital lobes b. the frontal and temporal lobes c. the temporal and parietal lobes d. the frontal and parietal lobes
A person is conditioned to fear white rats. Soon after, she also begins to fear white cats, white dogs, and white rabbits. Her new, unconditioned fears result from _______
a. modeling b. discrimination c. response generalization d. stimulus generalization
The training method in which the employee being trained learns the new job tasks while actually performing the job is ________ training
a. real-time b. cooperative c. on-the-job d. vestibule
Allen tells his roommate that he thinks that smoking marijuana is wrong. A few weeks later, Allen tries smoking marijuana. Allen soon feels uncomfortable because his behavior was inconsistent with his attitude, so he decides that smoking marijuana must not be so wrong after all. Allen's change of belief can best be explained by _____ theory.
a. social comparison b. incongruence c. cognitive dissonance d. social identity