Lesson 01A.2.3

01A.2.3 The nature/nurture debate Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes biological explanations of human behaviour based on genetics and evolution?

    • Nurture
    • Culture
    • Agency
    • Nature

  2. What sociological concept emphasises the role of environmental factors and socialisation in shaping behaviour?

    • Biology
    • Instinct
    • Genetics
    • Nurture

  3. Which perspective argues that human behaviour is entirely determined by biological programming?

    • Social constructionism
    • Interactionism
    • Cultural relativism
    • Biological determinism

  4. What do sociologists call the lifelong process of learning culture and norms?

    • Secularisation
    • Socialisation
    • Stratification
    • Differentiation

  5. Which agency is responsible for primary socialisation during early childhood?

    • The peer group
    • The workplace
    • The family
    • The mass media

  6. Which term describes fixed patterns of behaviour that are genetically inherited rather than learned?

    • Folkways
    • Habits
    • Mores
    • Instincts

  7. Who famously studied feral children to highlight the importance of human socialisation?

    • Genie
    • Max Weber
    • Emile Durkheim
    • Karl Marx

  8. What do feral children studies primarily suggest about human language and social skills?

    • They are genetic
    • They are innate
    • They are learned
    • They are biological

  9. If a child inherits high athletic potential but requires training to succeed, what does this demonstrate?

    • Isolation
    • Determinism
    • Interaction
    • Reductionism

  10. A sociologist claims gender roles stem purely from hormones. Which viewpoint are they adopting?

    • Intersectional
    • Holistic
    • Reductionist
    • Constructionist

  11. Cross-cultural variations in gender roles are most often used to support which side of the debate?

    • Genetics
    • Evolution
    • Nature
    • Nurture

  12. Universal human characteristics like smiling or crying across all societies provide evidence for what?

    • Globalisation
    • Subculture
    • Nurture
    • Nature

  13. Which sociological approach argues that biology provides a foundation that culture then builds upon?

    • Functionalist
    • Marxist
    • Interactionist
    • Positivist

  14. What term describes the extreme social isolation experienced by children raised away from human contact?

    • Feral
    • Secular
    • Stratified
    • Alienated

  15. Sociobiologists argue that social behaviours such as mate selection are primarily driven by what factor?

    • Capitalism
    • Secularisation
    • Patriarchy
    • Evolution

  16. Why do sociologists generally reject extreme biological explanations of complex human inequalities?

    • They are recent
    • They lack data
    • They use statistics
    • They ignore culture

  17. Identical twin studies separated at birth are typically used by researchers to investigate the impact of what?

    • Genetics
    • Social class
    • Media use
    • Education policy

  18. If twins raised in different households develop distinct political beliefs, what factor is highlighted?

    • Environment
    • Biology
    • Genotype
    • Instinct

  19. What is the primary flaw of sociobiology from a mainstream sociological perspective?

    • Lacks history
    • Unscientific method
    • Too subjective
    • Over-determinist

  20. Which concept suggests that human identity is shaped through ongoing dialogue between biology and society?

    • Epigenetics
    • Anomie
    • Fatalism
    • Positivism

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