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This section includes 111 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Human and Cultural Diversity knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Piaget's stage for infancy is called |
| A. | Concrete operations |
| B. | Formal operation |
| C. | Preoperational thought |
| D. | Sensory motor thoughts |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
According to anthropological psychologists ,a strategy used by the ego to defend itself against the anxiety provoked by the conflict of everyday life refers to |
| A. | Defense mechanism |
| B. | Displacement |
| C. | Rationalization |
| D. | Ego-ideal |
| Answer» B. Displacement | |
| 3. |
According to anthropological psychologists ,which perspectives of psychology focuses on determining the extent to which psychological characteristics such as memory, intelligence are influenced by heredity? |
| A. | Neuroscience |
| B. | Biogenic |
| C. | cognitive |
| D. | socio-cultural |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
According to anthropologists the ability to exercise one's will over others to do what one wants the basis of political status is called |
| A. | Authority |
| B. | Power |
| C. | knowledge |
| D. | Wealth |
| Answer» C. knowledge | |
| 5. |
According to anthropologists an agriculture and industrialism is known as |
| A. | State |
| B. | Tribe |
| C. | Band |
| D. | Chiefdom |
| Answer» B. Tribe | |
| 6. |
Who believed that mind is composed of senses, ideas, images and feelings? |
| A. | William James |
| B. | Titcher |
| C. | Carl Rogers |
| D. | Wundt |
| Answer» C. Carl Rogers | |
| 7. |
According to anthropological psychologists the ancient Greek physicians characterized hysteria as |
| A. | Euphoric behaviour |
| B. | Uncontrollable sobbing |
| C. | An inability to control emotional responses |
| D. | A physical ailment without any physical cause |
| Answer» D. A physical ailment without any physical cause | |
| 8. |
According to anthropological psychologists ,any stimulus that follows a behavior and increases the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated is called a |
| A. | Cue |
| B. | Situational stimulus |
| C. | Reinforcer |
| D. | Punisher |
| Answer» D. Punisher | |
| 9. |
According to anthropological psychologists ,the ability to learn by observing a model or receiving instructions, without reinforcement, is called |
| A. | Cognitive learning |
| B. | Contingency |
| C. | Social learning |
| D. | Instrumental learning |
| Answer» D. Instrumental learning | |
| 10. |
According to anthropologists Etoro was studied by |
| A. | Kent |
| B. | Lindenbaum |
| C. | Kelly |
| D. | Tanner |
| Answer» D. Tanner | |
| 11. |
According to anthropologists women were found to be the main producers in horticulture during |
| A. | Primitive period |
| B. | Present time |
| C. | None of the above |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Present time | |
| 12. |
Anthropologists said in our every day language, nation has come to mean a |
| A. | Country |
| B. | World |
| C. | City |
| D. | State |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
According to anthropological psychologists ,when a researcher tests several groups of people at the same time each group at a different age, he is conducting a |
| A. | Observational |
| B. | Longitudinal |
| C. | Cross-sectional |
| D. | Sequential |
| Answer» D. Sequential | |
| 14. |
Illnesses that seem to result from an interaction of physical and psychological factors are called as |
| A. | Hysterical |
| B. | Psychosomatic |
| C. | Somatic |
| D. | Conversion disorder |
| Answer» C. Somatic | |
| 15. |
When a teacher appreciates his students every time they ask questions with the hope that this will enable them to handle more technical questions in future , he is using conditioning? |
| A. | Classical conditioning |
| B. | Shaping |
| C. | Modeling |
| D. | Reinforcing |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
According to anthropology a society which was productive horticulture, pastoral, nomadic and agriculture is known as |
| A. | Tribe |
| B. | State |
| C. | Band |
| D. | Chiefdom |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
Which of the following perspectives of psychology is most concerned with the individuals reaching their maximum potential? |
| A. | Behavioural |
| B. | Cognitive |
| C. | Humanistic |
| D. | Psychoanalysis |
| Answer» D. Psychoanalysis | |
| 18. |
According to anthropological psychologists ,which of the following is a subdivision of the autonomic nervous system? |
| A. | Both the sympathetic and Para-sympathetic nervous system |
| B. | Sympathetic nervous system |
| C. | Parasympathetic nervous system |
| D. | Brain and spinal cord |
| Answer» B. Sympathetic nervous system | |
| 19. |
According to anthropology, psychologists work to improve people in business is called |
| A. | Cognative |
| B. | Developmental |
| C. | Industrial/organizational |
| D. | Physiological |
| Answer» D. Physiological | |
| 20. |
Who is particularly intersted in studying patterns of behaviour, beliefs and values which are shared by people? |
| A. | Social Psychologist |
| B. | Experimental Psychologist |
| C. | Clinical Psychologist |
| D. | PsychoAnalyst |
| Answer» B. Experimental Psychologist | |
| 21. |
According to anthropologists they assume that human evolutionary success rests on flexibility or the ability to adopt in various ways is called as |
| A. | Adaptation |
| B. | Culture |
| C. | Changing's |
| D. | Globlization |
| Answer» C. Changing's | |
| 22. |
According to anthropological psychologists , Freud believed that adult problems usually |
| A. | Result in Freudian slip |
| B. | Result in bad dreams |
| C. | Can be traced back to critical stage during childhood |
| D. | Poor behavior |
| Answer» D. Poor behavior | |
| 23. |
Jobs can by redesigned to make the work more interesting, challanging and to increase responsibility and opportunities for achievement |
| A. | Job Satisfaction |
| B. | Job specification |
| C. | Job enrichment |
| D. | Job description |
| Answer» D. Job description | |
| 24. |
Anthropologists said that Cohen's typology, the three adaptive strategies based on food production in nonindustrial societies are horticulture, agriculture and Pastoralism is called |
| A. | Cultivation |
| B. | Productivity |
| C. | Irrigation |
| D. | Dairy farming |
| Answer» B. Productivity | |
| 25. |
The theory of how people explain other's behaviour by attributing it either to internal disposition or to external situation refers to |
| A. | Attribution theory |
| B. | Dispositional theory |
| C. | Situational theory |
| D. | Attributing causality |
| Answer» B. Dispositional theory | |
| 26. |
Which of the following clinical procedures are based, in part on classical conditioning? |
| A. | Transference |
| B. | Systematic desensitization |
| C. | Token economy |
| D. | Two chair technique |
| Answer» C. Token economy | |
| 27. |
The process through which brain uses the two retinal images into one dimensional perception is called |
| A. | Depth perception |
| B. | Stereopsis |
| C. | Binocular cues |
| D. | Retinal Disparity |
| Answer» C. Binocular cues | |
| 28. |
According to anthropological psychologists ,conditioned response may be eliminated by withdrawing reinforcement this is known as |
| A. | Stimulus generalization |
| B. | Extinction |
| C. | Discrimination |
| D. | Spontaneous recovery |
| Answer» C. Discrimination | |
| 29. |
In kinship anthropology the children of a brother and a sister are cross cousins are called as |
| A. | Cross cousins |
| B. | Parallel cousins |
| C. | Patrimoiety cousins |
| D. | Paradoxicality |
| Answer» C. Patrimoiety cousins | |
| 30. |
The self-image formed during adolescence that integrates and individual's ideas of what he or she is and want to be refers to |
| A. | Ego-ideal |
| B. | Ego-identity |
| C. | Crisis |
| D. | Ego |
| Answer» C. Crisis | |
| 31. |
According to anthropological psychologists ,a psychological test is good only when it measures what it is supposed to measure this statement refers to which of the following? |
| A. | Degree to which it is objective, precise and short |
| B. | Degree to which it is consistent across several administrations |
| C. | Degree to which it is norm based |
| D. | Degree to which it is psychometrically sound |
| Answer» B. Degree to which it is consistent across several administrations | |
| 32. |
According to anthropologists they believe that different languages produce different ways of thinking this position is sometimes known as |
| A. | Hypo culture |
| B. | Hypothesis |
| C. | Sapir-Whorf hypothesis |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 33. |
In anthropology there are three type of economic principles which are market principle, redistribution, and reciprocity which was defined by |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Karl Polyanyi |
| C. | Kroeber |
| D. | Margaret Mead |
| Answer» C. Kroeber | |
| 34. |
According to anthropological psychologists ,which part of personality opposes the irrational desires of id according to Freud's Psychoanalytic THeory of Personality? |
| A. | Ego |
| B. | Psychic energy |
| C. | Super Ego |
| D. | Libido |
| Answer» B. Psychic energy | |
| 35. |
The research method used by Frued was |
| A. | Correlational method |
| B. | Naturalistic observation |
| C. | Survey research |
| D. | Case study method |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
According to anthropologists in which way behaviour is different from mental processes? |
| A. | Introspection |
| B. | Observation right |
| C. | Research |
| D. | Psychoanalysis |
| Answer» C. Research | |
| 37. |
In Freud's theory of personality is |
| A. | The ego obeys the reality principle |
| B. | The id operates by secondary process |
| C. | The superego obeys the pleasure principle |
| D. | The ego operates by primary process thinking |
| Answer» B. The id operates by secondary process | |
| 38. |
In agricultural anthropology like land, labor and tools are called |
| A. | Agriculture |
| B. | Economy |
| C. | Production |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 39. |
Cross-culture variation in gender status is related to rules of descent and post marital residence said by |
| A. | Kent |
| B. | Lee |
| C. | Fried |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 40. |
According to anthropologists a primitive society which was depend on horticulture and Pastoralism is called |
| A. | Chiefdom |
| B. | Tribe |
| C. | state |
| D. | Band |
| Answer» C. state | |
| 41. |
In the society what can also be broken into three categories, gender identity, gender expression, and biological sex |
| A. | Human behaviour |
| B. | Gender studies |
| C. | Gender equality |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Gender equality | |
| 42. |
The peasants must paying rent to landlords, peasants must satisfy government obligations, paying them money in the form of |
| A. | Receprocity |
| B. | Taxes |
| C. | Production |
| D. | Redistribution |
| Answer» C. Production | |
| 43. |
Anthropologists said that a languages developing out of the same parent language for example french and German are called |
| A. | Sister language |
| B. | Daughter language |
| C. | Language |
| D. | Brother language |
| Answer» C. Language | |
| 44. |
The subdivisions of linguistics that studies languages over time is called |
| A. | Primitive linguistics |
| B. | Historical linguistics |
| C. | Socio linguistics |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Socio linguistics | |
| 45. |
Economists tend to assume that producers and distributors make decisions rationally using the profit motive, as do consumers when they stop around for the best value is called |
| A. | Prestige |
| B. | Productivity |
| C. | Production |
| D. | Economizing |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Karl Polanyi study exchange cross-culturally, and he defined how many principles? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 1 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» C. 1 | |
| 47. |
Human beings primary means of communication may be spoken or written features productivity and displacement and is culturally transmitted is called |
| A. | culture |
| B. | Race |
| C. | Language |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 48. |
Who was the economist of anthropology? |
| A. | Franz Boas |
| B. | Kroeber |
| C. | Karl Polanyi |
| D. | Margaret Mead |
| Answer» D. Margaret Mead | |
| 49. |
A field with canals from rivers, streams, springs and ponds for using agriculture is called as |
| A. | Irrigation |
| B. | Plantation |
| C. | Production |
| D. | Distribution |
| Answer» B. Plantation | |
| 50. |
According to anthropological psychologists what model of mental illness did most people hold during the middle ages? |
| A. | The moral model |
| B. | The medical model |
| C. | The psychogenic model |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |