Lesson 9.3.2

9.3.2 Culture, gender, nature-nurture, development and social control Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Psychology, Unit 9

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The 20 questions

  1. Which term describes the shared rules, values, and customs of a specific group?

    • Culture
    • Socialisation
    • Gender
    • Ethnicity

  2. What term describes judging or explaining all cultures using the norms of one's own culture?

    • Alpha bias
    • Determinism
    • Androcentrism
    • Ethnocentrism

  3. Which gender bias is present when psychological research uses only male participants and then claims the findings apply to humans in general?

    • Ceiling effect
    • Demand characteristics
    • Monotropy
    • Androcentrism

  4. In the nature-nurture debate, what component represents the influence of environmental factors?

    • Maturation
    • Nurture
    • Genetics
    • Nature

  5. What term describes using psychological techniques to manipulate or regulate human behaviour?

    • Cultural bias
    • Social control
    • Ethnocentrism
    • Social sensitivity

  6. Psychological research that could have negative implications for specific groups is called what?

    • Reductionist research
    • Socially sensitive research
    • Deterministic research
    • Ethnocentric research

  7. Which stance argues that behaviour is shaped by both genetic factors and environmental experiences?

    • Nativism
    • Interactionism
    • Biological determinism
    • Empiricism

  8. What perspective best explains gender differences in drug misuse by combining biology and social norms?

    • Biological reductionism
    • Cultural relativism
    • Interactionist approach
    • Hard determinism

  9. What issue occurs when findings from one culture are assumed to apply to all cultures?

    • Reductionism
    • Cultural bias
    • Gender bias
    • Social control

  10. Which ethical concern arises when psychological research is used to manipulate public behaviour?

    • Right to withdraw
    • Lack of consent
    • Protection from harm
    • Deception

  11. According to social learning theory, how do children mainly acquire new behaviours?

    • Observing and imitating
    • Biological maturation
    • Classical conditioning
    • Operant conditioning

  12. Which type of validity is reduced when research excludes one gender?

    • Population validity
    • Predictive validity
    • Internal validity
    • Temporal validity

  13. In the nature-nurture debate, which factor represents the nature explanation for drug addiction?

    • Peer influence
    • Social learning
    • Genetic predisposition
    • Media exposure

  14. What term describes judging another culture using the standards and values of one's own culture?

    • Beta bias
    • Ethnocentrism
    • Alpha bias
    • Androcentrism

  15. Which factor explains gender differences in aggression from a nurture perspective?

    • Evolutionary adaptation
    • Socialisation norms
    • Brain structure
    • Testosterone levels

  16. Which concept describes using psychological findings to shape and regulate public behaviour?

    • Cultural relativism
    • Social control
    • Reductionism
    • Social sensitivity

  17. Which evidence supports the nurture side of attachment development?

    • Evolutionary adaptation
    • Gene-mapping studies
    • Innate drive
    • Cross-cultural variations

  18. What is a major negative consequence of ignoring gender and culture in psychological research?

    • Increased reliability
    • Social desirability
    • Demand characteristics
    • Reduced generalisability

  19. A psychological study that only tests mothers from a single culture suffers from which two biases?

    • Beta and sampling bias
    • Gender and cultural bias
    • Age and observer bias
    • Alpha and publication bias

  20. What term describes research that has potential negative consequences for the participants or group represented?

    • Culturally biased
    • Methodologically flawed
    • Androcentric
    • Socially sensitive

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