Social Psychology: Ch.3- pg.72-73

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Which of the following is true about cultural differences in social thinking? a. Although everyone uses schemas to understand the world, the content of those schemas is influenced by the culture in which they live. b. Schemas influence what people notice in the world but have no influence on what they remember. c. Schemas influence what people remember but have no influence on what they notice in the world. d. Culture has no influence on automatic thinking.

a. Although everyone uses schemas to understand the world, the content of those schemas is influenced by the culture in which they live.

Which is the definition of analytic thinking? a. A type of thinking in which people focus on the overall context, particularly the ways in which objects relate to each other. b. A type of thinking in which people focus on the properties of objects without considering their surrounding context. c. Thinking that is conscious, intentional, voluntary, and effortful. d. Thinking that is nonconscious, unintentional, involuntary, and effortless.

b. A type of thinking in which people focus on the properties of objects without considering their surrounding context.

1. Which of the following is true of the holistic thinking style? a. It involves a focus on the properties of objects without considering their surrounding context. b. People living in the West can think holistically if they are primed with pictures taken in Japan. c. The holistic style of thinking has a genetic basis. d. It may have its roots in the Greek philosophic traditions of Aristotle and Plato.

b. People living in the West can think holistically if they are primed with pictures taken in Japan.

Researchers took photographs in randomly chosen locations in cities in Japan and the United States. They found that on average, city scenes in Japan contained more: a. businesses and advertisements. b. people and residences. c. objects that competed for people's attention. d. buildings and concrete.

c. objects that competed for people's attention.

Where do differences in holistic versus analytic thinking come from? a. Genetic differences between Asians and non-Asian Westerners b. Different educational systems in the East versus the West c. Different weather patterns in the East versus the West d. Different philosophical traditions of the East versus the West

d. Different philosophical traditions of the East versus the West


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