Question

1. Sexual orientation and gender can best be described as examples of which of the following?

a. Group of answer choices

b. Individual characteristics that are not influenced by social factors

c. Identity categories that have personal and group meaning but can also be used for demographic research

d. Agents of socialization that allow developing individuals to understand their culture

e. Social categorizations imposed by researchers

2. An individual's social class is LEAST likely to be affected by…

a. Group of answer choices

b. Inheriting a large sum of money

c. Attaining a higher level of education

d. Starting volunteer work in a homeless shelter

e. Being elected to state legislature

3. Which of the following characteristics are associated with classical conditioning?

1. Reward and punishment
2. Reinforcement schedules
3. Conditioned and unconditioned responses

Group of answer choices:

a. 3 only

b. 1 and 2 only

c. 1, 2, and 3

d. only

4. According to Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development, an individual who does not successfully resolve his issue of identity likely experiences…a.

a. Inferiority

b. Mistrust

c. Role Confusion

d. Guilt

5. A new server notice that all the other new servers wear their aprons united, so she decides to leave her own apron untied. Which of the following phenomena does this situation best demonstrate?

a. Assimilation

b. Obedience

c. Compliance

d. Conformity

Answer 1

Answer with expalnation

1. c) identity categories that have personal and group meaning but can also be used for demographic research ( sexual orientation refers to the gender to which the person is attracted. For example: Heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexuals. Gender Refers to socially attributed characteristics of men and women.)
2. d) starting volunteer work in a homeless shelter ( This activity has least effect on determining social class of an individual compared to money, power and education).
3. a) 3 only ( Terms such as conditioned stimulus, conditioned response, Unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response are related to classical conditioning. On the other hand terms like reward, punishment, reinforcement schedule are related to operant conditioning)
4. c) role confusion ( identity vs role confusion is the fifth stage in Erickson's psychosocial stages of development that takes place between 12-19 years of age.)
5. d) conformity.