When the Whitings Compared Cultural Contexts Among Six Different Cultures

question 44

Multiple Choice

When the Whitings compared cultural contexts among six different cultures, they found that within the New England Orchard Town culture, children were:

• A) often asked to do chores.
• B) encouraged to think of themselves as group members.
• C) less likely to engage in prosocial behaviors than were Gusii children.
• D) very likely to be found engaged in nurturant-responsible behaviors.

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Definitions:

Temporal Lobe

A region of the cerebral cortex located beneath the temples, associated with processing auditory information and encoding memory.

Parietal Lobe

An area of the brain located between the frontal and occipital lobes, responsible for processing sensory information related to touch, taste, and temperature.

Wernicke's Area

A region in the brain's temporal lobe associated with the understanding of spoken language.

Temporal Lobe

A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for processing auditory information and encoding memory, located beneath the lateral fissure on both cerebral hemispheres.