ILTS 9

A social science researcher would most likely use the concepts of algorithms and heuristics in studying which of the following psychology topics?

• human development and learning

• personality and identity

• cognition and decision making

• motivation and behavior

The formation of identity and the ability to solve abstract problems are changes associated with

• toddlerhood

• late childhood

• early adolescence

• emerging adulthood

In anthropology the concept of cultural relativism holds that when conducting research in the field anthropologists should

• refrain from making judgments based on the standards and norms of the anthropologist’s own culture

• attempt to collect data that reflects the totality of the subject’s culture

• maintain relationships with subjects that conveys the anthropologists positive regard for their culture

• recognize their position as outsiders in relation to the subject's culture

A social science teacher could best use the example of an individual from a working class social economic level in the United states during the second-half of the 20th century entering the workforce immediately after high school rather than pursuing postsecondary education to illustrate the influence of

• social relationships on customs

• cultural norms on behavior

• social class on life decisions

• cultural values on social controls

Which of the following social institutions typically plays a significant role in transmitting elements of culture from one society to another and across generations within societies?

• family groups

• government structures

• economic markets

• religious organizations

A rule or guideline for appropriate behavior shared by most members of society is generally identified as a

• folkway

• social norm

• social network

• positive sanction

During a unit on human development a high school social science teacher plans to introduce Jean Piaget’s model of child development and learning the teacher could best use which of the following activities to support the understanding of this content?

• Students write personal reflections identifying and describing significant learning experiences in their lives and share their reflections in small groups.

• Students view videos of children performing tasks in preschool and elementary classrooms and identify the stages of development depicted.

• Students read and structural materials from different early elementary grade levels and list developmental differences they recognize.

• Students watch a presentation about education in various nations and contrast what they learned with their own experiences.