Chapter 4 SB assignment

Which of the following statements about education as a social institution is true?

Nationwide literacy tends to help a country grow its economy rapidly.

Which of the following statements regarding cultures that score high on the Individualism/Collectivism Index is true?

Personal ambition and free will are valued and encouraged in these cultures.

consider a region's ambient temperature to be a market segmentation variable.

Religion has an enormous effect on a society's values.

Which of the following statements about Jared Diamond's research regarding the influence of geography on international marketing is true?

He claimed that new ideas moved more quickly from east to west than from north to south.

Which types of government competed globally throughout most of the 20th century?

communism democracy colonialism fascism

Philip Parker's work indicates that managers should

consider a region's ambient temperature to be a market segmentation variable.

The ______ Index denotes an inclination toward behavior that advances a person's self-interest.

individualism/collectivism

Individuals from cultures that have low Power Distance Index scores

are likely to hold egalitarian beliefs.

Cultures that score high on the Power Distance Index

are often hierarchical.

Philip Parker said geography influences economics in what way?

He contended that a country's latitude strongly affects its per capita GDP.

Randy works for a large manufacturing company. Though he is in management, his anxiety and stress levels are low. He likes to brainstorm with his colleagues and is open to exploring new ideas and taking risks. Which of the following is true of Randy?

His Uncertainty Avoidance Index score is low.

Which of the following is the geographical argument used by Jared Diamond to theorize why Euro-Asian cultures have sometimes dominated African and American cultures?

It was easier for ideas and information to travel over the Silk Road instead of crossing the Sahara or the Isthmus of Panama.

Which of the following statements about individuals from cultures with high Power Distance Index scores is true?

They tend to distrust people who are not part of their groups.

Which of the following statements regarding the change in family as a social institution is true?

Women are delaying marriage, especially in Asia

An individual with a high score on the Uncertainty Avoidance Index is most likely to

adhere to tested patterns of behavior.

In most cultures, an infant's first experience with a social institution other than the home is most likely to be

religious

Corporations alter cultures and prompt new ideas by

skillfully distributing innovative products and services.

Interpersonal relationships are strongly affected by _____ such as family, religion, schools, the media, government, and corporations.

social institutions

People who come from cultures with high Power Distance Index scores often say that power and social status are derived from

social roles. inheritance. manipulation.