The difference in achievement scores of American and Asian children is the result of:
a. Asian parents value education more than American parents
b. Asian teaching methods of drill and rote memory
c. greater stress and anxiety of Asian schoolchildren
d. longer hours in school for Asian children
Question 2The Golden Rule, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, is basically a statement of which of the following principles of social interaction?
a. fairness principle
b. pleasure principle
c. rationality principle
d. reciprocity principle
Question 3Tests of educational achievement comparing Asian and American children indicated that:
a. American first graders had math scores equal to those of Asian children
b. Asian children scored lower than American children in reading skills
c. Asian children scored lower than American children in math
d. American children as a group had lower math scores than Asian children
Question 4When people make interaction decisions on the basis of calculations of costs and benefits, they are operating under which of the following principles?
a. fairness principle
b. pleasure principle
c. rationality principle
d. reciprocity principle
Question 5Sam dropped out of school to go to work at 15 to support his mother. Now he finds that he does not have the skills he needs to get a job, he cannot read well enough to even complete a job application. He is an example of someone who
a. is considered a failure
b. is functionally incompetent
c. academically deficient
d. is mentally deficient
Question 6In his Leviathan Thomas Hobbes concluded that:
a. democratic principles of social interaction were required to prevent societal collapse
b. humanity needs a benevolent dictator to prevent social chaos
c. people are basically social and prefer to act charitably toward others except in dire circumstances
d. social order must be built on the basis of individual freedom
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