Part A Multiple Choice
(10 Minutes)
15
marks
For each question, circle the most correct response.
1. The social sciences include which fields of study?
a) astronomy, psychology, sociology
b) political science, economics, physics
c) sociology, psychology, anthropology
d) economics, natural science, sociology
2. A psychologist:
a) is always a doctor
b) studies mental illness or human behaviour
c) a doctor who specializes in human behaviour
d) conducts experiments to understand behaviour
3. An example of isolates would be
a) Victor, Genie, Anna
b) Anna, Isabelle, Genie
c) Genie, Victor, Isabelle
d) all of the above
4. The study of non-verbal communication would be done by
which of the following:
a) psychologist
b) anthropologist
c) sociologist
d) all of the above
5.Speech may have evolved from the imitation of sounds
according to which theory?
a) gestural theory
b) bow-wow theory
c) yo-he-ho theory
d) dingdong theory
6.
A Which of the following studied human body language?
a) Jane Goodall
b) Desmond Morris
c) Willy Bosket
d) Abraham Maslow
7. Sign language is a response to a need to overcome which of
the following disabilities?
a) speech problems
b) hearing problems
c) speech and language problems
d) speech and hearing problems
8. A Freudian slip refers to which of the following?
a) verbal slips and hidden motives and anxieties
b) cluttered neural pathways
c) competition between similar verbal choices
d) a loss of attention on the part of the speaker
9. The study of body language shows that when people touch
their faces, most often they are doing which of the following?
a) flirting with the person they are talking to.
b) lying to the person they are talking to
c) indicating they are confused
d) bored by the conversation
10.Which
a)
b)
c)
d)
individual developed the theory of evolution?
Freud
Lineus
Maslow
Darwin
11.Harlow=s monkey experiment demonstrated which of the
following?
a) aggression is learned
b) monkeys use tools
c) all primates need love to survive and live normally
d) monkeys communicate
12. Marc Lepine engaged in which of the following types of
behaviour?
a) research communication
b) murdered fourteen woman in Montreal
c) studied Victor the Wild Child
d) had low levels of MAO in his system and so took many
risks
13. An anthropologist would find which of the following
interesting?
a) tools, clubs, customs and rituals
b) brain chemistry, genetics, and adaptive behaviour
c) criminal psychology
d) multiculturalism, assimilation and social
stratification
14. Which of the following conducted research on facial
expressions?
a) Diane Fossy
b) Paul Ekman
c) Alfred Adler
d) Erik Erickson
15. Which of the following did research on dogs and linked his
observations to conditioning?
a) Carl Jung
b) Ivan Pavlov
c) Max Weber
d) Karl Marx
Part B True / False
15 x 1 15 marks
5 minutes
Circle the most correct answer
1. Anna and Isabelle are part of the Minnesota twin study.
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2. The BETTER BABY INSTITUTE AND Greg Dolmen believe all
children are born with unlimited potential.
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3. Heredity refers to those qualities learned after birth.
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4. A control group is group randomly selected from society.
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5. The author of Black Like Me, John Griffen was himself
black.
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6. Socialization is the result of genetics not life
experience.
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7. Cookie cutter syndrome combines genetics and life
experience to explain human behaviour.
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8. Signmund Freud developed a theory on operant conditioning.
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9. Victor the Wild Child was found tied to a Apotty chair@ at
age twelve.
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10. One agent of socialization is the school system.
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11. Left brain thinkers have strong writing and speaking
skills.
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12. Perception is the outcome of how the brain organizes
incoming information.
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13. The level of the brain chemical MAO has an impact on our
willingness to take risks.
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14. Two types of humour are arousal humour and superiority
humour.
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15. The body language gesture of Apalms downs@ is an attempt
to show a lack of interest in the subject.
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Part C
Matching
10 minutes
10 marks
Beside the phase in column 1, write the number of the most
correct name in column 2.
COLUMN # 1
COLUMN # 2
_____
Canadian Mass Killer
1.
Bosket
_____
making faces experiment
2.
Ekman
_____
poster boy for the death
penalty
3.. Erickson
_____
discovered chimps engage
In warfare
4. Fossey
_____
developed theory on classical
conditioning
5. Freud
_____
cultural anthropologist who
worked in the South Pacific
6. Goodall
_____
studied gorillas in Africa
7. Lepine
_____
studied unconscious mind, id,
ego, and superego
8. Mead
_____
studied operant conditioning
9. Pavlov
_____
studied human development as it
related to the eight stages of
development.
10. Skinner
PART D
- IDENTIFICATION AND SIGNIFICANCE
5 x 3 15 MARKS
(25 MINUTES)
Identify and state the significance of five of the following
terms. Answer in complete sentences on the foolscap provided.
(1 mark for identification; 1 mark for significance;
1 mark for spelling)
(a) hypothesis
(b) anthropologist
(c) body language
(d) verification
(e) participant observer
(f) evolution
(g) case study
(h) ego centric
(I) achieved role
(j) norms
PART E Paragraph Writing
(5 x 5 25 MARKS)
(35 - 40 minutes)
Answer five of the following questions in proper paragraph
form. Answer on the foolscap provided.
(3 marks for factual recall; 2 marks for communication skills)
1. In the documentary on Willy Bosket what three sociological
or psychological factors seem to be most visible?
2. Provide three examples describing how can body language be
used to accurately interpret a persons real intentions?
3. Provide three examples Jane Goodall=s work explaining how
the study of chimpanzee behaviour helps us to understand
human behaviour?
4. According to Dr. Dolmen of the Better Baby Institute we all
have the ability to be geniuses. In what ways does he work
towards support this viewpoint?
5. Identify three barriers to effective communication and
suggest strategies to overcome these problems.
6. AThe problem between men and women is their brains. Each
gender thinks and learns differently due to the differences in
in the male/ female brain.@
Explain whether you agree or disagree with this statement and
provide examples to support your belief.
7. Should the social sciences be used to shape the behaviour
of Asocial misfits@ in society?