Issues & Debates - 35 questions to test your knowledge

When normal behaviour is judged from a male perspective only is known as:

• Androcentrism

• Estrocentrism

• Ethnocentrism

• Egocentrism

Which of the following refers to ignoring the differences between the sexes?

• Alpha bias

• Beta bias

• Delta bias

• Theta bias

The idea that social norms and values can only be understood within that society is known as:

• Cultural optimism

• Cultural relativism

• Cultural reflexivity

• Cultural universalism

Match the following terms with their correct definition:

• Looks at behaviours outside the culture

• Ethnocentrism

• Looks at behaviours inside their culture only

• Etic approach

• The belief in the superiority of your cultural group

• Emic approach

Which of the following refers to exaggerating the differences between the sexes?

• Alpha bias

• Beta bias

• Delta bias

• Theta bias

An 'essentialist' view suggest that differences in gender are:

• Inevitable

• Harmful

• Not controllable

• Having no effect

Tick all of the following researchers that ONLY used males in their research:

• Freud

• Milgram

• Asch

• Kohlberg

Which of the following is NOT a form of determinism?

• Biological

• Humanistic

• Environmental

• Psychic

Which form of determinism most closely underpins the cognitive approach?

• Hard determinism

• Soft determinism

• External determinism

• Internal determinism

If police believe that those committing a crime are not always acting under their own free will, it is known as:

• Diminished responsibility

• Disabled responsibility

• Deterioration of responsibility

• Decreased responsibility