Week 7: Interdependence

A vibrant and dynamic illustration depicting interdependence in social systems, featuring interconnected human figures, ecosystems, and community interactions, with elements symbolizing chaos and emergence.

Interdependence Quiz

Test your understanding of interdependence and its significance in social systems! This quiz covers a wide range of concepts related to social theories, cooperation, and emergent systems. Perfect for students, educators, and curious minds alike!

  • 10 comprehensive questions
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  • Engaging content to deepen your knowledge
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Social baseline theory suggests the human brain expects access to human relationships that
increases risk and increases use of personal resources.
Decrease level of risk and effort by sharing both with others.
Support being autonomous and independent.
Increase cognitive and physiological effort.
Interdependence can be seen in the following examples (check all that apply):
The relationship between an emergent system and its components
The relationship between an organism and its environment.
The relationship between students and teachers.
The relationship between a social group and the individuals within the group.
Which of these is NOT an element of the philosophical standpoint of Native Science?
Objective, impersonal knowledge
Embedded knowing
Embodied knowing
Chaos and emergence
Consider an emergent system such as a human cell, an ecosystem or a human community. Which of these statements apply to such a system? Check all that apply.
the system gains capacities that the components do not have on their own.
the system requires some degree of chaos or randomness so that it can dynamically adapt to changes in its environment.
the system has no new capacities; it only has the same capacities that the system’s components have on their own.
the system emerges from the chaos of unordered interactions among the components.
Embodied knowing involves
Knowledge that is not at all contextual.
Complete control of nature.
“Creative participation,” where the knower and the known are deeply interdependent.
Avoiding the influences of your own, personal experiences.
Which of these statements about the Cooperation Thesis are true?
Cooperation that is not driven by instinctual behaviors requires shared intentionality.
Evolutionary selection favors humans that are independent and competitive.
Evolutionary selection favors humans that cooperate well.
Alloparenting is not needed for human infants to survive.
What is Theory of Mind?
The theoretical account of human minds found in scientific literature.
The ability to attribute a mental state (such as a belief or an emotion) to another person.
The theory of mental life.
It is alternative name for "Psychology."
What might cause an emergent system to break down? Check all that apply.
It is too rigid and lacks sufficient randomness to respond dynamically.
It has too many components.
It has no one to make it emerge.
It has too much chaos or randomness
What is the "butterfly effect"?
The notion that the beating of a butterflies wings can exceed the system overload of its neural capacity.
The notion that a small, chaotic change in an emergent system can have large effects.
The theory that, when enough butterflies are present, the ecological system of a garden emerges.
The theory that emergent systems, like butterflies, are constantly in flux.
What are some conditions that encourage the emergence of a social system? Check all that apply.
A strong sense of individual autonomy (as expressed by the thought, "I can do this on my own").
A sense of commonality, or "being on the same team."
Communication through language.
Shared cultural practices, such as form of dress.
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