CP LMD 4

A liberal inNorth America would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements, as they relate to moral issues?

"This is wrong because it is causing people a lot of pain"

True or False: Higher GDP countries always have the best health outcomes

False

True or false: it is a valid task to objectively determine whether some cultures are morally superior to others

False- it is difficult to determine the appropriate standards with which to compare the morality of different culture

According to the textbook, an epidemiological paradox is found with which of the following groups, as it relates to the typical link between socioeconomic status and health?

Latinos

Which of these schizophrenic patients would you expect to have the best outcome, based on cross-cultural research?

Latiri, who lives with her family in a relatively undeveloped society

Which of the following is an example of the "epidemiological paradox"?

Marisol, who immigrated to the US from Mexico, has lower socioeconomic status but better health than her friend who was born in the US

Which of the following psychological variables has NOT been shown to moderate or mediate the relationship between socio-economic status and health?

Neuroticism

Any changes in biological characteristics within a culture must have occurred through long periods due to genetic evolution because cultural changes cannot account for biological changes. Do you agree with this statement?

No-obesity rates have risen faster than can be explained by changes in the genetic makeup of a population

Stephen and Jon are both diagnosed with a form of anxiety disorder. The difference between them is that Stephen's primary symptoms are feeling anxious, mood fluctuations, and other mental issues. Jon's symptoms, on the other hand, are discomfort in the chest, headaches, and diarrhea. Which of the following best explains the differences in the symptoms that the two are suffering?

Stephen is going through psychologization , whereas Jon is experiencing somatization

True or false: progressive and orthodox religious groups are fundamentally different from each other in terms of how they reason with moral issues

True- they abide by different codes of ethics when reasoning about moral issues

True or False: despite malgri, agonias, Koro, and dhat all being described very differently, they all share one underlying sign

True-they all share the element of anxiety

The case of lactase persistence is an example of culture-gene co-evolution because

a cultural practice (dairy farming) led to the selection for a genetic mutation (lactase persistence) among dairy farming populations

Suppose one group of people has developed a special ability to contort their bodies to fit into small enclosed spaces to hide from predators and to catch a specific kind of prey that lives in caves, while another group has not acquired this ability. However, with experience, training, and practice everyone can develop this special ability. This is an example of:

acquired biological variation

Which code of ethics is most closely associated with Kohlberg's post conventional level of moral development?

autonomy

At Kohlberg's pre-conventional level, a person would be seen as moral if they:

choose to do a good deed because he is likely to be recognized by doing so

Depression is a condition that is

found in every culture that has been explored

Rachel is a patient in a hospital, and the doctors are hoping to give her hood health outcomes while she stays in the hospital. Which of the following would be most helpful, based on the literature discussed in the book?

giving her control of visitation hours

cross cultural research evaluating the validity and reliability of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning reveals that:

in all cultures people reason in pre-conventional terms before they reason in post-conventional terms

Suicide rates

increase among the elderly in many cultures

Taijin Kyofusho differs from social anxiety disorder in that

it involves some imagined physical symptoms that social anxiety disorder does not

Some areas on planet Z receive very little UV radiation. Based on what we know about the effects of UV radiation on skin color in humans, what skin color would you expect planet Z's population to have if they live in areas with little UV radiation?

light, unless their diet contains a lot of vitamin D

Prevalence rates of social anxiety disorder are

lower among East Asians than among North Americans

Using the studies on depression among Chinese in your textbook, determine how Huang Bo's diagnosis of neurasthenia can be alternatively conceived

depression with somatization

The fact that the amount of UV radiation that reaches different parts of the world has led to the evolution of differences in skin color is an example of a:

distal cause

Which of the following is an accurate comparison between bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa?

the age at which people first develop the disorder has gotten younger over the years for both bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa

Confucian scholars in seventeenth-century Korea were concerned about Catholic converts teaching Koreans to not respect their ancestors, thus ignoring their obligations as dictated by the laws of nature. This way of thinking indicates concerns borne out of

the ethic of divinity

All but which of the following ethics are typically higher or similar when compared between conservatives and liberals?

Ethic of avoiding harm