Test Bank For Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood A Cultural Approach 5th Edition

Test Bank For Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood A Cultural Approach 5th Edition

      Chapter 4: Cultural Beliefs

Multiple Choice

4.1.01. Which statement best characterizes the term symbolic inheritance?

a.  The processes which people acquire the behaviors and beliefs of the culture they live in.

b.  Developing a set of beliefs that serve as a basis for political attitudes.

c.  A set of ideas and understandings about persons, society, nature, and divinity.

d.  Gaining property and personal belongings after the death of a loved one.

Difficulty: 2Question ID: 4.1.01Page Reference: 95

Topic: What are Cultural Beliefs?

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: c. A set of ideas and understandings about persons, society, nature and divinity.

4.1.02. In the Jewish tradition, the Bar/Bat Mitzvah

a.  signifies that an adolescent is allowed to drink alcohol.

b.  signifies adult participation in religious life.

c.  communicates the moral teachings of Kohlberg.

d.  takes place at age 21.

Difficulty: 1Question ID: 4.1.02Page Reference: 97

Topic: The Bar and Bat Mitzvah

Skill: Factual

Answer: b. signifies adult participation in religious life.

4.1.03. Cultural belief systems include the roles that are appropriate for particular persons. What role is NOT a legitimate cultural role?

a.  Cognitive

b.  Age-related

c.  Social status

d.  Gender

Difficulty: 2Question ID: 4.1.03Page Reference: 96

Topic: What are Cultural Beliefs?

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: a. Cognitive

4.1.04. The three outcomes central to the process of socialization are

a.  preconventional, conventional, and post-conventional reasoning.

b.  custom complex, ontogenetics, and cultural beliefs.

c.  self-regulation, role preparation, and sources of meaning.

d.  interdependent self, independent self, and group identity.

Difficulty: 1Question ID: 4.1.04Page Reference: 96-98

Topic: Cultural Beliefs and Socialization

Skill: Factual

Answer: c. self-regulation, role preparation, and sources of meaning.

4.1.05. Bill is wrestling with his desires. He is tempted to steal a bicycle he saw in an unlocked garage, but he has not yet decided whether to do it. Bill’s mental dilemma shows us that he is beginning to exert

a.  role preparation.

b.  self-regulation.

c.  metacognition.

d.  symbolic inheritance.

Difficulty: 3Question ID: 4.1.05Page Reference: 96

Topic: Cultural Beliefs and Socialization

Skill: Applied

Answer: b. self-regulation.