In the Dani tribe of New Guinea, newly married couples
a. live apart until they both reach puberty.
b. are expected to have sexual intercourse prior to the wedding ceremony to ensure conception.
c. delay conceiving a child for the first five years of marriage.
d. delay sexual intercourse for the first two years of marriage.
Question 2Membership in a group can alter members' behavior, even those that _____, such as eating and sleeping.
a. are matters of opinion
b. are biologically determined
c. involve basic human drives
d. involve the approval of the secondary group
Question 3Which of the following is NOT an example given in the chapter demonstrating that membership in a group can have negative effects on health and safety?
a. Beggar children in India who are intentionally deformed to increase their earning potential
b. Children in the United States who are required to have immunizations in order to attend public school
c. Children of a religious sect in Colorado who are not given medical treatment
d. Appalachian religious groups who routinely handle poisonous snakes
Question 4The chapter includes information about children in India from the lowest caste being deformed by their relatives to ensure their success as beggars. This story illustrates the fact that
a. membership in a group can affect health and life.
b. beggars are the lowest caste in India for good reason.
c. membership in a low-status group is less hazardous than membership in a high-status group.
d. the caste system in India is the same as social classes in the United States.
Question 5Who studied the effects of groupthink on a cult who believed a great flood would wash away the West Coast in 1956?
a. Solomon Asch unfair competition
b. Albert Bandura a caveat emptor (let the buyer beware) philosophy
c. Muzafer Sherif cultural paradox
d. Leon Festinger the ecology crises
Question 6Who conducted a series of experiments on conformity through the use of the autokinetic effect?
a. Solomon Asch
b. Albert Bandura
c. Muzafer Sherif
d. Leon Festinger
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