Social Science Questions

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1. What is the science that deals with behaviour and thinking of living organisms? Paleontology Sociology Psychology Anthropology

2. What is the process of shaping an individual relative to his or her environment called? Socialization Haptics Cognition Proxemics

3. What is the person called when he or she expresses the traits of both males and females. Androgynous Me-Self I-Self Inferior

4. What are the formal, traditional customs, behaviours, and attitudes of a culture called? Mores Folkways Norms Laws

5. The taboo on incest in all the cultures of the world would be an example of what? Laws Human Universals Diversity Mores

6. What theory states that the children tend to behave as their parents despite environmental influences? Cultural Component Cultural Complex Cookie-cutter Syndrome Cultural Lag

7. What would a family be an example of? Dyad Culture Secondary Group Primary Group

8. Which experiment was conducted to prove that people tend to obey higher authority and suspend their judgment? The Milgram experiment The Zimbardo experiment The Asch Experiment The Skinner experiment

9. Consensus theories is a group of theories based on the assumption that conflict is an important and permanent feature of society. True False

10. Your role as a daughter or son is an achieved or an ascribed role? Answer: (Achieved or Ascribed)