To what extent does culture affect the type and amount of violence one observes in a society?
What will be an ideal response?
Culture exerts a number of different effects on aggression. Aggression against
individuals tends to be higher in the United States, and aggression against groups tends
to be higher in the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Moreover, overt sexual
aggression is less acceptable in the United States than in many other countries.
Aggression tends to be higher in cultures where one's status and family afford a feeling
of "honor," as is true in the southern United States. In general, it appears that
aggression is lower in cultures that emphasize cooperation and strongly oppose
competition.
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A. dietary intake B. lung capacity C. brain density D. sensory organ functioning
Which of the following favors a special mechanism approach to speech perception?
A) Recent discoveries of categorical perception for nonspeech sounds B) Early research on categorical perception of speech sounds C) ERP shifts that are similar in processing speech and music D) The McGurk effect
The position that states that mental and physiological reactions are two aspects of the same experience and cannot be separated is called:
a. preestablished harmony b. double aspectism c. epiphenomenalism d. psychophysical parallelism
Which of these is a higher level of CAI that is often applied in schools?
a. Guided tutorials that explain and encourage discovery b. Video games that feature action c. Repetitive drills that emphasize basics of math/reading d. Use of computers to tabulate the teacher's gradebook