Activity for the book My Psychology

Instructions

Listen to the following podcast and then answer the questions that follow.

Question 1

Which of the following statements about culture is true?

Choice A, Culture is something that is genetically inherited from one’s parents.

Choice B, Culture does not refer to a person’s individual beliefs and values.

Choice C, Culture refers to the physical attributes of a set of people.

Choice D, Culture is fluid, meaning it can move and change.

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Question 2

Miranda grew up in a Chinese family, where they avoided discussing family issues with anyone outside the family. As such, Miranda was taken aback when her college friend very openly discussed her parents’ divorce. Her reaction can be described as most due to her:

Choice A, ethnicity.

Choice B, worldview.

Choice C, race.

Choice D, assimilation

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Question 3

In the podcast, what does Dr. Pomerantz provide as a personal example of diversity he experiences in his life?

Choice A, Students at his school coming from a wide mix of rural and urban areas

Choice B, Attending a religious institution with members from a lot of different ethnic backgrounds

Choice C, Having friends who come from different cultures than his own

Choice D, Presenting his research at global conferences where there are attendees from all different backgrounds

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Question 4

What personal example of microaggression does Dr. Tom recount on the podcast?

Choice A, Being told as a teen that he should enroll in shop instead of choir

Choice B, Going to a bar in the Midwest with a friend and being asked where he was ‘really’ from

Choice C, Having a college friend tell him he was surprised he listens to rap music and not classical

Choice D, Running into a friend from high school who asked if he had a girlfriend

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Question 5

What’s the best approach for a student to personally avoid engaging in microaggressions?

Choice A, Explore beliefs that lead to microaggressions and reevaluate these thoughts.

Choice B, Bite their tongue and avoid openly saying things that cross their mind.

Choice C, Enroll in a year’s worth of psychotherapy to permanently change the way they think.

Choice D, Begin eating food from different cultures to diversify their experiences.

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Question 6

Nisi knows that women generally tend to be shorter compared to men, but doesn’t gawk when she sees a professional women’s basketball team in the airport. This is a good example of:

Choice A, acculturation.

Choice B, multiculturalism.

Choice C, cultural intelligence.

Choice D, dynamic sizing.

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Question 7

Which of the following did Dr. Roberts provide as an example when discussing dynamic sizing in the podcast?

Choice A, People assuming her Hispanic friend speaks Spanish.

Choice B, People assuming she’ll be very familiar with Carnival because she is from Trinidad.

Choice C, People assuming she is an excellent cook because her mother is Italian.

Choice D, People assuming she was a certain type of woman in college because she was part of a particular sorority.

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Question 8

Ali enjoys working with artists and musicians from very diverse backgrounds and is really good at his job. Ali most likely has a strong degree of:

Choice A, cultural intelligence.

Choice B, stereotypical beliefs.

Choice C, assimilation.

Choice D, dynamic sizing.

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Question 9

Your friend says she is confused about how gender and sex differ. Since you just studied the topic in psychology, you explain that:

Choice A, both terms are just different words referring to the exact same thing.

Choice B, sex focuses on the biological aspect of maleness or femaleness, while gender refers to the psychological and behavioral experience.

Choice C, gender refers to the nature aspect of maleness or femaleness, while sex refers to the nurture element.

Choice D, sex refers to the biological aspect of males and females, while gender refers to which genes were inherited from our parents.

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Question 10

Natalie just moved from the United States to Germany. Natalie decides she wants to adopt the new culture and maintain aspects of her old culture. Natalie’s approach is best described as:

Choice A, assimilation.

Choice B, marginalization.

Choice C, integration.

Choice D, separation.

Question 10 SUBMIT