cc psych final
Arranged marriages have been found to Select one: a. be higher in levels of romantic love than love-based marriages after 15 years b. be more common in cultures with nuclear families as opposed to extended families. c. be associated with unhappy marriages for both men and women. d. be more satisfying to women than to men after 15 years
a
Based on Swami et al's (2010) International Body Project, which one of the following statements is TRUE? Select one: a. Body dissatisfaction is related to amount of exposure to Western media. b. Virtually all women are dissatisfied with their bodies. c. Most cultures prefer a slender female figure as the ideal. d. People with lower incomes prefer a slenderer body ideal for women than do people with higher incomes.
a
Based on the study of "Tiger Moms" by Fu and Markus (2014), which of the following statements is TRUE? Select one: a. Asian American adolescents perceive their mother's involvement in their academic work as supportive only if they feel interdependent on her. b. European Americans adolescents are motivated by failure to do better next time when their mothers encourage them. c. European American adolescents see their mother's involvement in their school work as a source of support. d. Asian American adolescents are similar to their European American counterparts in feeling independent from their mothers
a
Countries with the highest levels of subjective well-being typically have all the following characteristics EXCEPT Select one: a. the highest gross domestic product (GDP) regardless of income inequality b. citizens whose basic physiological and psychological needs are met c. a relatively small gap between the rich and poor d. satisfaction of their citizens' needs for respect and autonomy
a
Cross-cultural research on intelligence has found that Select one: a. IQ scores have increased on both verbal and nonverbal measures of intelligence b. IQ scores have increased on nonverbal measures of intelligence only c. IQ scores have increased only in developed countries d. IQ scores have increased on verbal measures of intelligence only
a
During a professional ice hockey game, fans from around the world saw Tony Bertram, a professional hockey player, punch an unsuspecting player in the face and throw him onto the ice. Based on what you know about analytic and holistic thinking styles, which of the following do you think is most likely to happen? Select one: a. East Asians will blame Tony's family problems, and Westerners will blame Tony's nasty personality. b. East Asians and Westerners will equally blame Tony's nasty personality. c. East Asians and Westerners will equally blame Tony's family problems. d. East Asians will blame Tony's nasty personality, and Westerners will blame Tony's family problems.
a
If a Japanese and an American were each contacted by a stranger for help, we would expect that Select one: a. the Japanese would trust the stranger less than the American. b. the Japanese would trust the stranger more than the American only if the stranger were of the same sex as themselves. c. the American would trust the stranger less than the Japanese. d. the American would trust the stranger more than the Japanese only if the American had heard about the stranger previously.
a
In Petersen & Hyde's (2010) study, what sexual behavior showed the largest gender differences? Select one: a. frequency of masturbation b. intercourse frequency c. age of first intercourse d. attitudes toward premarital sex
a
Jeremy and Jason took a test to see how high their individualism and collectivism scores are. Jeremy's individualism score is 5 out of 18, and his collectivism score is 12 out of 18. Jason's individualism score is 12 out of 18, and his collectivism score is 5 out of 18. Which of the following statements is TRUE? Select one: a. Jason is likelier than Jeremy to create novel inventions. b. Jason is likelier than Jeremy to make slight improvements on a product than to come up with a new product. c. Jason is likelier than Jeremy to engage in holistic processing. d. Jeremy is likelier than Jason to engage in analytic reasoning.
a
Jordan received a botox injection for the area around her eyes, meaning that the muscles around her eyes would be paralyzed and look emotionless for a period of time, while the rest of her face can still move. Before the paralyzing effect of the botox has worn off, she has dinner with an American friend and a Japanese friend. Jordan smiled throughout the night, indicating that she had a good time. Will Jordan's friends believe her smile? Select one: a. The American friend likely will believe Jordan's smile, but the Japanese friend likely will not. b. Both will be unsure of whether to believe Jordan's smile. c. The American friend likely will not believe Jordan's smile, but the Japanese friend likely will. d. Both friends will likely believe Jordan's smile.
a
Lumusi is a Ghanaian teenager who reports having more enemies than does her American counterpart, Lisa. According to research discussed in the text on Ghana, which of the following explains why Lumusi reports having more enemies than Lisa? Select one: a. Ghanaians are less likely to choose their relationship partners. b. Ghanaians have more relationships than Westerners, so it follows that they will also have more enemies. c. There is more conflict in their lives, so Ghanaians need to be more wary about enemies. d. Lumusi may report having more enemies, but she actually doesn't.
a
Psychologists who came from Western countries to help victims of the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka did all of the following EXCEPT _____________, according to Christopher et al. (2014). Select one: a. consulted with members of the community who were knowledgeable about cultural norms b. increased anxieties in the participants of community "awareness sessions" c. implemented standardized stress debriefing procedures d. expected there to be an increase in suicidal and other post-traumatic behaviors
a
Romantic love is Select one: a. something that appears to exist in all cultures. b. a recent phenomenon in some human cultures. c. something that grows with age until the birth of children. d. a product of individualism, and a concern with meeting an individual's unique needs.
a
Sandy, a U.S. college student, just learned that she did not get into her top-choice graduate program. Which of the following reasons is she least likely to give? Select one: a. My qualifications just weren't strong enough. b. It just wasn't meant to be. c. The interviewer was biased against me. d. The program probably wanted more students from under-represented groups.
a
The Parkers are an American family planning for how its family members will be sleeping. The moral value that most likely won't be reflected in their sleeping arrangements is Select one: a. protection of the vulnerable b. incest avoidance c. the sacred couple d. the autonomy ideal
a
What aspect of subjective well being is most important in the U.S.? Select one: a. having strong positive emotions b. having balanced emotions c. having few strong negative emotions d. being satisfied with your life right now
a
What type of research design did Imada and Yussen use in their examination of how story narratives change when transmitted (Study 2)? Select one: a. a quasi-experiment b. a true experiment c. a correlational design d. situation sampllng
a
Which of the following does NOT explain why children at East Asian schools tend to do better at math than children at American schools? Select one: a. East Asian mothers are more likely than American mothers to believe that math is an ability that a child either has or not. b. East Asian mothers tend to demand higher standards of achievement than American mothers. c. East Asian students are at school for more hours per year than American children. d. East Asian teachers tend to use more concrete examples when teaching math than American teachers.
a
Which of the following therapists is most accurately being described as demonstrating cultural competence? Select one: a. Therapist D is familiar with her own cultural background's effect on her perspectives and strives to understand the cultural perspective of her clients. b. Therapist A is knowledgeable about different cultures. c. Therapist C is a practitioner of both Morita therapy and Naikan therapy. d. Therapist B works as part of a cultural consultation service.
a
Which one of the following conditions is LEAST likely to be considered a culture-bound syndrome? Select one: a. anxiety b. amok c. bulimia nervosa d. anorexia nervosa
a
Which one of the following statements is FALSE regarding Malagasy high school students? Select one: a. Most go to local universities. b. Textbooks and lectures focus on France. c. Most are bilingual. d. High schools are only in urban areas.
a
Which one of the following would indicate an individualistic response on the Twenty-Statement Test? Select one: a. I am very sociable. b. I am a student. c. I am a member of Pi Beta Phi. d. I am an older brother.
a
With respect to spatial perception, which one of the following statements is TRUE? Select one: a. Most pre-modern cultures represent space using absolute terms, like "river-side" and "mountain-side". b. Giving spatial directions by using oneself as a reference point appears to be of long historical standing. c. Cultures the world over primarily use absolute terms to convey spatial directions. d. Spatial perception is one of those human experiences that is relatively unaffected by cultural influences.
a
You've saved up a lot of money over the last few years and have decided to travel the world. In interacting with people from different cultures all over the world, which of the following are you most likely to find? Select one: a. The Big Five factor least reliably found across cultures is Openness to experience. b. Only the Big Five factor of Neuroticism emerges reliably across all cultures. c. The Big Five factors of personality are universal. d. The Big Five only emerges reliably in the U.S.
a
Your roommate is from a high context culture. As a result, which of the following is most likely to be an exchange between the two of you? Select one: a. You ask your roommate if you can use her hairdryer, and she responds with an uneasy expression and says, "I guess so." b. Your roommate asks you if she can use your yoga mat, and you reply, "I'll think about it." c. Your roommate is practicing dancing in the living room even though you want to watch TV. d. You ask your roommate why she seems upset with you, and she responds by telling you exactly what she's thinking, providing the whole context for you to understand.
a
A group of East Asians and Americans have won a contest, and each person is allowed to pick a car from a selection of cars. All cars are of the same make, model, and year. The only thing that differs between them is that they can be one of two colors. Furthermore, there is an extremely unequal proportion between the two colors, making the minority-color very unique. Given this scenario, which of the following statements is TRUE? Select one: a. Americans will choose cars with the brightest colors. b. Americans will choose minority-colored cars. c. East Asians will choose minority-colored cars. d. East Asians will choose their cars randomly. Feedback
b
A group of participants is given a hammer. They are asked to collectively strike the hammer onto a pad as hard as possible. Under which of the following circumstances would people try less hard on this group task than if they performed it individually? Select one: a. Their individual contributions are monitored. b. They do not have relationships with the other group members. c. They are all women. d. They are from a collectivistic culture.
b
A human, a giraffe, and a car. Which one doesn't belong? Select one: a. analytic thinker: giraffe; holistic thinker: human b. analytic thinker: car; holistic thinker: giraffe c. analytic thinker: car; holistic thinker: human d. analytic thinker: human; holistic thinker: car
b
Based on Hofstede's 5 main dimensions of culture, which one of the following statements is TRUE? Select one: a. The U.S. scores extremely high in power distance. b. The U.S. scores extremely high in individualism. c. The U.S. scores high in pragmatism/long-term orientation d. The U.S. scores extremely high in femininity.
b
Based on Imada & Yussen's (2012) research, what is the most likely outcome of the following scenario? Our class reads a story about a chorus competition in which there are an equal number of collectivistic and individualistic ideas. Each of us tells the story to another American student at Lafayette who in turn conveys the story to yet another American Lafayette student. This happens two more times so that there will be a total of 4 re-tellings. When comparing the story heard by the last group to the initial story, what would you expect? Select one: a. The stories will be identical, although some minor points might have been omitted. b. The final stories will have lost most of the collectivistic ideas. c. The final stories will be fairly different from the initial stories, but will still contain an equal number of individualistic and collectivistic ideas. d. The final stories will have lost most of the individualistic ideas. Feedback
b
Based on Prof. Park's talk, what is TRUE re the Japanese Tea Ceremony? Select one: a. it is widely practiced today among all segments of society b. it helped establish a national identity at the time modern Japan emerged c. it originated in among the peasants in feudal Japan d. it is just a hobby, unrelated to politics or culture
b
Based on attribution research, people in the U.S. would likely make which one of the following attributions re immigrants from Mexico Select one: a. recognize the close similarity between the two cultures b. explain the poverty of so many Mexicans as a result of their poor work ethic c. blame the government for the poverty of so many Mexicans d. blame the lack of job opportunities in Mexico as the reason so many Mexicans are poor
b
Genes and memes differ in that Select one: a. memes typically last longer than genes. b. genes vary randomly, but memes often vary from planned innovations. c. genes replicate themselves, whereas memes do not. d. genes evolve more quickly than memes.
b
Homer sharpens a rock and uses it to shave. Schick adds a handle to the rock for better grip. Gillette then changes the rock to a titanium blade for durability. The progression of improvements made to the shaving utensil is an example of Select one: a. emulative learning. b. ratchet effect. c. cultural adaptation. d. eureka effect.
b
Imagine that you have just taught yourself a new skill, such as juggling. You would perform your best at it if you Select one: a. were part of a group that was rewarded for their team efforts. b. performed by yourself in a room. c. surrounded yourself with friends and performed for them. d. competed with a friend.
b
In Prof. Park's discussion of nihonjinron, she made all the following points EXCEPT Select one: a. national identity is often the result of ritualized cultural practices b. national identity is based on the typical behavior of the majority of the population c. perceptions of national identity shift according to context d. racial homogeneity in Japan is a myth
b
In comparison to collectivist cultures, which one of the following is MORE common in individualistic cultures? Select one: a. A greater tendency to work harder on a task when you are with strangers than when you are by yourself. b. Insisting on paying someone to go out of their way to drive you to the airport. c. A greater tendency to try to reduce interpersonal conflict during negotiations. d. Keeping track of who invited whom to the last social event and making sure to keep these invites relatively balanced/equal.
b
Just for fun, Mary decided to tape the corners of her mouth so that she will appear to be smiling for the duration of that day. According to the facial feedback hypothesis, which of the following emotions is Mary most likely to experience as a result? Select one: a. sadness b. happiness c. no particular emotion; the taping will not affect her emotions d. anger
b
Lee Hom and Eason are 25-year-old Hong Kong natives who have recently moved to Canada after having lived in Hong Kong all their lives. According to Cheung, Chudek, and Heine, which of the following best characterizes their adjustment to Canada? Select one: a. The longer they stay in Canada, the less they identify with being Canadian. b. There is no relationship between how long they stay in Canada and how much they identify with being Canadian. c. The shorter their stay in Canada, the more they identify with being Canadian. d. The longer they stay in Canada, the more they identify with being Canadian. Feedback
b
Pluralistic ignorance involves all of the following EXCEPT Select one: a. An explanation for why certain cultural practices persist b. An accurate understanding of social norms c. A desire to conform to perceived social norms d. An explanation for why people think they're atypical Feedback
b
Shawna, a mother from the United Kingdom, is trying to determine which parenting style she should use with her child to maximize the child's school achievement, autonomy, and self-reliance. According to Baumrind's typology as found among Western samples, which parenting style should she use? Select one: a. jiào xun parenting b. authoritative parenting c. permissive parenting d. authoritarian parenting
b
Stereotype threat is Select one: a. largely in people's minds, and does not affect actual behavior. b. measured using dependent variables such as task performance and physiological signs. c. the result of people being unaware of the stereotypes that exist for their groups. d. limited to the experiences of racial groups that are discriminated against.
b
The Singhs, an Indian family, are trying to decide on room arrangements for a new house that they are building. Which of the following moral principles is likely to be the LEAST important for this family? Select one: a. protection of the vulnerable b. the sacred couple c. respect for hierarchy d. incest avoidance
b
The documentary "Half the Sky" provides evidence of all the following EXCEPT Select one: a. girls and women are valued less than boys and men b. collectivist communities put pressure on the police to punish perpetrators of violence against women c. female victims tend to be blamed for the sexual abuse they experience d. attitudes toward gender affect how sexual abuse cases are handled
b
Wan-Ying wants to use the jiào xun type of parenting on her child. What is she NOT likely to do? Select one: a. watch her child closely while she or he does homework b. allow her child to play games while watching the child like a hawk c. show her son that he must bow when speaking to his grandparents d. devote lots of time to nurture her child's musical talents Feedback
b
What can be said about sensitive windows for language acquisition? Select one: a. People who are raised bilingually have two distinct language centers in their brain that do not overlap. b. Learning a second language is most easily done by children (compared to adults). c. Children do not start to acquire any language input before the age of 1 year. d. People can learn to speak languages equally well, regardless of age of acquisition. Feedback
b
Which explanation for cultural change best reflects Modernization Theory? Select one: a. A cultural history of voluntary migration drives cultures to become more individualistic. b. Economic development drives cultures to become more individualistic. c. Intellectual traditions of a culture influence whether a culture is individualistic or collectivitic. d. Economic development encourages cultures to become more collectivistic. Feedback
b
Which of the following is a low context culture most associated with? Select one: a. more implicit communication b. ability to ignore implicit information c. people are highly connected with each other d. East Asian cultures Feedback
b
Which of the following is an example of a proximal cause? Select one: a. Living along a continental axis allowed people in the Fertile Crescent to engage in agriculture. b. An Egyptian pharaoh brought in horse-drawn chariots, which allowed his army to out-maneuver and defeat his enemy in battle. c. Two psychologically different groups of immigrants settled in two different areas of the same country. Eight centuries later, those two areas still exhibit the same psychological differences. d. The modern hammer that has evolved over millennia is based on the original rocks that prehistoric humans used as hammers.
b
Which of the following statements is NOT true about animals and culture? Select one: a. There are behaviors common in chimpanzees in one location that are absent from chimpanzees in another location. b. Culture is found in several species of primates, but not in other animals. c. Humans appear to be the only species that uses symbolic coding. d. Aside from humans, no other species shows evidence for much cumulative culture.
b
Which of the following was NOT a belief to emerge from the Protestant Reformation? Select one: a. People have a specific purpose to fulfill during their lives. b. People are inherently good. c. People must work hard at their calling. d. People have an individualized relationship with God.
b
Which one of the following is NOT an effect of formal education? Select one: a. the ability to acquire knowledge about things you haven't experienced directly b. the emphasis on practical relationships among objects c. the ability to take written tests d. the ability to group things together based on some abstract category
b
Which one of the following is TRUE about psychology? Select one: a. Psychological research uses a representative sample of people from around the world. b. Less than 5% of psychological research is done with participants from non-Western non-industrialized countries c. Psychological research uses a representative sample of people from within a culture. d. Psychological research uses a representative sample of people in Western industrialized cultures.
b
Which one of the following statements about mental disorders is FALSE? Select one: a. Suicide patterns vary tremendously across cultures b. There are universally agreed-upon symptoms of each mental disorder c. People need to share a culture's belief system in order to be affected by practices like voodoo d. Social deviance is often part of the criteria used in defining a mental illness
b
Which one of the following statements is FALSE regarding acculturation? Select one: a. People who adopt a separation strategy to acculturation in the U.S. may demonstrate higher achievement motivation than those who adopt a more integrative acculturation strategy. b. People who integrate themselves into U.S. culture typically improve their physical health compared to those who retain the ways of their heritage culture. c. People typically experience a period of strong positive feelings toward their host culture in the beginning but then get disillusioned with it. d. People who integrate themselves into a new culture typically develop new ways of thinking.
b
Which one of the following statements is FALSE? Select one: a. Adults who immigrate to a new culture rarely fully identify with that culture. b. Cross-culturally, mothers are in physical contact with their babies from 75-100% of the time. c. Learning a second language is easiest when it occurs in the first few years of life. d. Newborns are capable of distinguishing differences among all phonemes.
b
Which one of the following statements is TRUE, based on what we know about the role culture plays in individual psychology? Select one: a. Understanding the ways culture shapes individuals makes it more difficult for people to work together. b. Understanding the ways culture shapes individuals can improve workplace performance if differences are equally valued. c. Culture plays a small role in our lives, therefore it's best to just focus on the individual in order to understand him or her. d. Everyone is pretty much the same all over the world.
b
Which one of the following statements most accurately reflects Hamamura's (2012) conclusion from his research? Select one: a. Japan has increased in individualism on demographic indices but not in terms of attitudes. b. Japan has become increasingly individualistic but still retains some collectivist ideas. c. Japan has become so individualistic that it is indistinguishable from the U.S. d. Japan has not become increasingly individualistic but has retained its collectivist orientation. Feedback
b
With respect to happiness and life satisfaction, which one of the following is TRUE? Select one: a. People in virtually all cultures experience happiness in terms of strong positive emotions. b. People in virtually all cultures experience greater subjective well being to the extent that their physiological, psychological, and social needs are filled. c. People in virtually all cultures strive to be happy. d. People in virtually all cultures associate happiness with feeling a sense of calm and peace.
b
With respect to the concept of "aversion to happiness," which one of the following statements is FALSE? Select one: a. Some cultures believe that being happy can make someone a worse person. b. Aversion to happiness typically is not found among people in the U.S. c. Some cultures believe that expressing happiness invites envy and thus social disharmony. d. Aversion to happiness appears stronger in Eastern cultures than Western ones.
b
Your friend Pedram is planning to immigrate somewhere and wants to go to a place where he'll have the best chance of adjusting to the new culture. Which of the following should you recommend as being the best place for him? Select one: a. a society that is homogenous, where everyone has a well-defined role b. a society that espouses values that match Pedram's personality c. a society that encourages people to code-switch d. a society in which he will be a visible minority
b
A Chinese art critic, Weiwei, and his American counterpart, William, are both looking at a painting of a group of people standing behind a vase in the middle foreground. If you were to compare the eye gaze of Weiwei and William, what would you find? Select one: a. William shifts his attention around more than Weiwei. b. Weiwei and William describe the painting differently, but they are actually looking at objects quite similarly. c. William spends more time gazing at the vase than does Weiwei. d. Their gazes initially start out in different places on the painting, but become more similar over time attending to an object.
c
A key difference between "cultural" psychologists and "general" psychologists is that Select one: a. general psychologists believe that people everywhere are born with similar brains, whereas cultural psychologists believe that people are born with different kinds of brains in different cultures. b. cultural psychologists study people from different cultures, whereas general psychologists study people from one culture. c. cultural psychologists believe that the mind is interdependent with context and content, whereas general psychologists believe that the mind is independent from context and content. d. general psychologists believe that experiences shape the mind, whereas cultural psychologists believe that experiences do not shape the mind.
c
A strength of Nisbett and Cohen's research program into the regional differences in violence between the U.S. South and North is that Select one: a. they were able to cause northerners to respond like southerners. b. they were able to manipulate all of their independent variables. c. they used multiple methods across their studies. d. they relied on archival data
c
According to research (Yakunina et al., 2012), which one of the following personality variables does NOT directly predict level of adjustment to a new culture? Select one: a. social initiative b. openness to diversity c. flexibility d. cultural empathy
c
According to research on facial expressions across cultures, if Dixon, who's an American, makes facial expressions for one of the 6 basic emotions Select one: a. only his expressions for happiness and sadness would be recognized by other cultures, but not his expressions for anger and disgust. b. other cultures generally would not be able to recognize his expressions. c. his expressions would be recognized above chance in virtually all cultures. d. only cultures that have much contact with Americans would be able to recognize his expressions.
c
According to the theory that suggests that gender inequality is a product of a culture's division of labor in a particular economic system, which of the following cultures should have the greatest gender inequality? Select one: a. post-industrialized cultures b. hunting and gathering societies c. cultures that employ ploughs in agricultural work d. horticultural cultures, where families work small plots of land
c
Adolescent rebellion Select one: a. is especially pronounced in collectivistic societies. b. is observed in the vast majority of the world's cultures. c. is more pronounced in societies with more individual opportunities. d. is universal, although adolescent violence is not.
c
After examining surveys you handed out in a given culture, you find that many people in the culture tend to agree with both the positively worded item "I strongly support the prime minister's policies," and the negatively worded item "I disagree with the prime minister's policies." What is this an example of? Select one: a. deprivation effects b. moderacy biases c. acquiescence biases d. reference-group effects
c
All of the following contribute to the uniqueness of human cultural learning EXCEPT Select one: a. how quickly the species learns b. the use of individuals with high status from whom to learn c. the ability to learn from other members of one's species d. how much the species learns
c
Ambrose has an independent self, and Hayden has an interdependent self. Which of the following is TRUE about Hayden? Select one: a. He acts the same way regardless of the context or situation. b. He is more likely to get depressed and anxious than Ambrose. c. He activates the same brain regions when thinking about himself and his mother, whereas Ambrose doesn't. d. He feels that his identity is based largely on his sense that he's an outgoing and extraverted person.
c
Based on Cheung et al.'s (2011) research, which one of the following statements is MOST ACCURATE? Select one: a. Using the Big 5 to assess personality levels in other cultures is an unbiased way to explore cross-cultural differences. b. The factor of Interpersonal Relatedness is found only in China c. The factor of Interpersonal Relatedness is a new factor not tapped by the Big 5 tests (NEO, IPIP) d. It's not possible to find universal personality factors.
c
Based on research on levels of the Big 5 Factors in the U.S., which one of the following patterns is most typical? Select one: a. A person from the south with high E scores b. A person from the west with high N scores c. A person from the northeast with high O scores d. A person from the northeast with high A scores
c
Compared to Westerners, people from East Asia are more likely to Select one: a. choose a fun rather than a useful activity in their free time b. base their life satisfaction on how many positive feelings they have at a particular point in time c. enjoy low rather than high arousal positive states d. believe it is important to be happy
c
Imagine that Georgi moved to the U.S. from Bulgaria about 6 months ago. We might expect that he is Select one: a. adjusting to American life, and is fully integrated into the community. b. having a more difficult time acculturating than his neighbor, who moved from a small tribe from the Amazon. c. struggling a bit, as there are times he feels homesick and he has not yet made many American friends. d. having the time of his life, and is reveling in his new and exotic home.
c
In the Grabe et al. (2015) study of women's land ownership, which of the following statements is FALSE? Select one: a. when women own land, they have more power in their marital relationship than when they don't own land b. when women own land, they experience less relational violence in their marriage than when they don't own land c. when women own land, they are more likely to engage in physical and emotional violence against their husbands than when they do not own land d. when women have more relationship power they tend to experience less relationship violence
c
Japanese and American emotional experiences have been shown to differ in that Select one: a. Americans experience both interpersonally engaged and interpersonally disengaged emotions more than Japanese. b. Japanese report feeling more intense positive feelings than Americans. c. Japanese feel better than Americans when they are experiencing interpersonally engaged emotions. d. Japanese experience a broader range of emotions than Americans.
c
Jeeyoung is an East Asian student who is going through a tough time. Given her emotional situation, which of the following is she most likely to do to make herself feel better? Select one: a. introspect and solve the problems herself b. seek the help of her close others c. remind herself of her connections with others d. seek professional help
c
Our class decides to study the "Mexican personality." We collect all the ways that natives describe a person and we comb the Spanish dictionary for adjectives related to individual differences. Then we condense the combined list based on synonyms, create questions asking people to rate themselves and others in their social/family networks on all these traits, and then statistically look for patterns among the ratings. What research approach describes our method? Select one: a. a combined etic-emic approach b. an etic approach c. an emic approach d. a situation sampling approach
c
Petersen & Hyde's (2010) finding that gender differences in sexual behavior were smaller in cultures in which women had relatively more power supports which one of the following theories? Select one: a. cognitive social learning theory b. evolutionary theory c. social structural theory d. psychodynamic theory
c
Studies of rates of schizophrenia across nations find that Select one: a. subtypes of schizophrenia do not vary much from country to country. b. patients with schizophrenia in more developed countries tend to fare better over time than those from less developed countries. c. incidence rates of schizophrenia do not vary much from country to country. d. patients with schizophrenia are treated similarly from country to country
c
The Department of Chemistry is trying to understand how people solve problems in organic chemistry classes. Students are given a series of complex organic chemistry problems to solve. Which of the following will characterize the students' performance? Select one: a. Western students will perform worse on the problems if they are asked to verbally articulate their thinking process. b. Verbally articulating their thought process enhances the performance of both Western and East Asian students on the problems. c. East Asian students will perform worse on the problems if they are asked to verbally articulate their thinking process. d. Any student who verbally expresses anything unrelated to the problems will do poorly on them.
c
The findings from acculturation research are less coherent than many other topics largely because Select one: a. there is no consensual definition on what acculturation means. b. immigrants do not like to have their experiences studied by researchers. c. people's circumstances vary so much it makes it difficult to identify common patterns. d. there are no validated acculturation measures.
c
When comparing collectivist and individualist cultures, which one of the following statements is FALSE? Select one: a. People emphasize the value of personal rights in individualist cultures b. More autobiographies are written in individualist cultures c. Collectivist cultures are composed only of people with an interdependent view of self. d. People pay more attention to differences in status in collectivist cultures
c
When it comes to emotions, which of the following statement is TRUE? Select one: a. There is a universal definition of emotion, even though cultures vary in the number of words they use to describe emotions. b. All emotions correspond to a unique physiological state. c. Some cultures have a word for an emotion not present in the English language. d. All languages have a similar number of words to describe emotions.
c
Which of the following is TRUE regarding changes in the intelligence of people in a culture? Select one: a. Higher education demands concrete ways of thinking, rather than abstract speculations. b. Intelligence is not increasing, only IQ test performance. c. Increased complexity of TV and movie plots is associated with increased intelligence. d. More involvement in sports leads to increased brain efficiency. Feedback
c
Which of the following people is the best example of blending? Select one: a. Jürgen has decided to accept the cultural values of his American host culture to fit in better, disregarding values from his German heritage culture. b. Bjorn is from a Swedish town where many people immigrate, leading to a very multicultural atmosphere. c. Sarah gained a much more interdependent self-construal after spending the last ten years in China, albeit less than that shown by Chinese. d. Loni is able to jump back and forth between her Hawaiian heritage cultural views and her Texan host cultural views.
c
Which of the following persons should experience the least amount of acculturation stress? Select one: a. Carol, in Costa Rica for 5 years, who lives among other Western expatriates, eats at American restaurants, buys American products, and who has yet to acquire a mastery of Spanish b. Fatimah, in the U.S. 5 years, who has rejected her native culture (and their oppression of women) and who has completely adopted American ways of dressing, eating, and behaving c. Juanita, in the U.S. 5 years, who celebrates her Costa Rican heritage and also actively engages in life in the U.S. d. Carlita, in Costa Rica 5 years, who has rejected her Nicaraguan identity and culture but who is critical of most of the ways locals behave.
c
Which of the following products or services does NOT capitalize on universal bases of attraction? Select one: a. laser procedures that remove scars b. makeup that covers skin blemishes c. photo editing software that can mix different body shapes together d. photo-editing software that can mix different faces together
c
Which of the following statements about how mothers interact with their young children is TRUE? Select one: a. In most societies, children sleep in their own room. b. Maternal socialization practices are fairly similar around the world. c. American mothers have among the lowest rates of physical contact with their infant. d. Across cultures, amount of face-to-face contact time is similar.
c
Which of the following statements about the relationship between language and thinking is FALSE? Select one: a. The English language has an extremely large number of words for emotions. b. Language can interfere with recognition of patterns. c. All cultures have words for numbers up to 5, the number of fingers on a hand. d. The words for colors in a particular language influence people's abilities to distinguish among colors.
c
Which of the following statements is TRUE with respect to Individualism-Collectivism in the U.S.? Select one: a. People belong to more social and community groups now than people did in the 1960s. b. The degree of individualism in the U.S., albeit high, has not changed much in the last 50 years. c. Increased suburbanization has increased individualism. d. Electronic entertainment makes people feel more socially connected. Feedback
c
Which one of the following is NOT an example of a linguistic metaphor? Select one: a. "You're wasting time." b. "You broke my heart." c. "I'm really angry at you!" d. "I can't stand your obsession with twitter!"
c
Which one of the following is an example of polyculturism, according to Morris et al. (2015)? Select one: a. believing that everyone should be treated the same, regardless of culture/race/ethnicity b. viewing the effects of culture as historically stable and predictable c. recognizing the multiplicity of people's cultural influences d. celebrating an individual's primary cultural heritage
c
Which one of the following statements is TRUE regarding high school education in Madagascar? Select one: a. students learn how to write analytically b. teachers encourage class discussion of texts c. teachers encourage memorization d. students are encouraged to ask questions of the teacher
c
Which one of the following statements regarding body dissatisfaction is TRUE? Select one: a. body dissatisfaction does not affect men in the U.S. b. most young men in the U.S. want to be thinner c. body dissatisfaction affects both men and women in the U.S. d. body dissatisfaction may be associated with self esteem issues but is not otherwise related to mental health
c
Xiao, a 7-year-old Chinese child, and Jess, a 7-year-old American child, are each listening to an audio tape in their individual rooms. At one point, the audio on both tapes gets covered by static. Xiao and Jess are asked to guess what was said. Which of the following is the likeliest to happen? Select one: a. They both guess that the inaudible part refers to a noun. b. They both guess that the inaudible part refers to a verb. c. Xiao guesses that the inaudible part refers to a verb; Jess guesses that the inaudible part refers to a noun. d. Xiao guesses that the inaudible part refers to a noun; Jess guesses that the inaudible part refers to a verb.
c
A key difference between evoked culture and transmitted culture is that Select one: a. the majority of cultural differences are evoked rather than transmitted. b. evoked culture is more likely found in nonliterate societies, whereas transmitted culture is more common in literate societies. c. evoked culture spreads much quicker than does transmitted culture. d. evoked culture is limited to a specific geographical setting, whereas transmitted culture can move across different ecologies.
d
Army recruits are assigned randomly into specific sleeping quarters, where they do a lot of socializing during break time and at night. The political and religious attitudes of the recruits were surveyed before they were assigned sleeping quarters, and then again after several weeks of training. According to dynamic social impact theory, what should the results of the follow-up survey be? Select one: a. The recruits' political and religious ideas did not change from one survey to the next. b. The recruits tended to make friends with those who held similar political and religious ideas regardless of sleeping quarters. c. The recruits' political ideas tended to form clusters based on sleeping quarters but their religious ideas did not change. d. The recruits' political and religious ideas tended to form clusters based on sleeping quarters.
d
Ayumi is a Japanese student, and Alice is a European-American student. They are both participating in a study in which they are asked to provide some self-descriptions. Which of the following is the likeliest outcome of this study? Select one: a. Ayumi is likelier than Alice to focus on her individual characteristics, such as intelligence. b. Ayumi is likelier than Alice to say that she is an introverted person across different situations. c. Ayumi is likelier than Alice to be optimistic over the long term. d. Ayumi is likelier than Alice to say that she is both considerate and selfish.
d
Based on Ma and Schoeneman's study with Americans and Kenyans, which of the following would be expected on the Twenty Statements Test? Select one: a. All tribal Samburu: "I am a charitable person." b. All Kenyan populations: "I am a member of group X." c. American undergrad: "I am a thoughtful person." Kenyan undergrad: "I am a member of an association." d. Kenyan undergrad: "I am a resourceful person." Kenyan tribesman (e.g., the Samburu): "I am a member of an association."
d
Culture can affect the brain in all the following ways EXCEPT Select one: a. culture can encourage us to behave in some ways more than others, and different behaviors can affect neural processing b. culture can encourage us to focus our attention on some aspects of the environment more than others, and differential attention can affect neural processing c. Westerners spend less neural resources than do East Asians when looking at incongruent pictures d. cultural differences in brain processing are evident from an early age
d
Diagnoses of social anxiety disorders are: Select one: a. higher in interdependent cultural contexts b. largely constant across industrialized societies in the world c. increasing in the West over the past few decades d. lower among East Asians than among North Americans
d
Evidence in the text and from Prof. Luo's lecture supports which one of the following statements? Select one: a. Language and its structures determine human knowledge or thought b. Thought produces language but language does not affect thought c. Language and thought are separate but parallel human processes d. Language and its structures shape but don't determine human knowledge or thought
d
One advantage of experimental methods over survey methods in cultural psychological research is that Select one: a. experimental methods are more easily understood than survey methods. b. experimental methods are cheaper and easier to conduct than survey methods. c. experimental methods allow you to investigate more cultures at one time than survey methods. d. certain response biases are controlled better with experimental methods than with survey methods.
d
Research on gender supports all of the following EXCEPT: Select one: a. both men and women can be strong in both communal and instrumental traits b. women typically have stronger communal traits than do men c. college women in the U.S. today tend to have stronger instrumental traits than they did 40 years ago d. men and women have innately different personality traits
d
The kinds of ideas that are best remembered over time are those that Select one: a. are intuitive. b. initially appear counterintuitive but later seem intuitive. c. are counterintuitive. d. are mostly intuitive, with the occasional counterintuitive idea included.
d
Wendy, an American patient with depression, reports feeling suicidal, with depressed mood and trouble sleeping. Weiwei, a Chinese patient with depression, is Select one: a. more likely to become suicidal. b. more likely to take anti-depressants. c. less likely to report sleep complaints. d. less likely to report depressed mood.
d
When Prof. Luo states that "language is conceptualization," she means which one of the following? Select one: a. If we don't have words for a concept, we cannot experience a concept b. Languages have the same number of words for concrete objects, like snow, but not for more abstract ones, like love c. A conceptual metaphor likens one abstract concept to another. d. People who speak different languages see the world somewhat differently
d
Which one of the following groups/cultures should have more positive attitudes toward gender equality? Select one: a. more men than women b. more collectivist than individualistic cultures c. more Muslim than Christian cultures d. more urbanized than rural cultures
d
Which of the following is one problem especially associated with studies using WEIRD samples? Select one: a. They are very difficult to unpackage. b. Researchers cannot use effective independent variables. c. It is difficult to find meaningful dependent variables. d. They have limited generalizability cross-culturally.
d
Which of the following statements about the relationships between authoritative and authoritarian parenting styles is TRUE? Select one: a. Authoritative parenting makes the child less happy than authoritarian parenting. b. Both involve similar levels of parental warmth. c. Both lead the child to be psychologically maladjusted. d. Authoritative parenting uses more democratic reasoning than does authoritarian parenting.
d
Which of the following would be an example of secondary control? Select one: a. You try to convince your friends that they should move their planned hiking trip to the following weekend because that would fit better with your schedule. b. You return the sweater that you just bought because you decide it doesn't look very good on you. c. You work hard at your studies in the beginning of the term so that you don't have such a busy time at the end of the term. d. You convince yourself that taking the bus to work isn't so bad after all.
d
Which one of the following is MOST likely to occur in a culture with low relational mobility? Select one: a. Being physically attractive is socially valued. b. People have many close friends. c. Marriages are based on romantic love. d. Relationships tend to be very stable over time.
d
Which one of the following situations would predict greater subjective well-being for Alex, who is from a collectivistic culture? Select one: a. Alex feels a great deal of excitement. b. Alex has a vast network of friends. c. Alex receives a prize from his school's prize drawing. d. Alex is respected by members of his community.
d
Which one of the following statements is an example of universality? Select one: a. People in some countries smile more than do people in other countries. b. Women in the U.S. tend to smile more than men do. c. A smile can mean happiness but it can also mean anxiety. d. People tend to smile when they are happy.
d
Which one of the following statements regarding attitudes toward homosexuality is FALSE? Select one: a. Peterson & Hyde (2010) found that men held more negative attitudes toward gay men than did women. b. Attitudes regarding homosexuality are related to the status of women within a culture c. The cultures with the most negative attitudes toward homosexuality tend to be the most industrialized. d. Attitudes toward homosexuality can change dramatically within a culture in the span of 20 years
d
While chatting over coffee with your friend, you overhear someone say, "I don't understand how those Hindus let cattle wander around their cities and not eat them. Where I come from, cattle are raised, branded, and then turned into steak and burgers. What the Hindus do just isn't normal." Which of the following does this situation best demonstrate? Select one: a. culture b. Muller-Lyer illusion c. jerungdu d. ethnocentrism
d
Your friend immigrated more than a decade ago. While walking on the streets with your friend, he suddenly encounters a store that reminds him of his heritage culture. Which of the following is likeliest to result from that? Select one: a. Your friend will, at that moment, choose to develop more of a separation acculturation strategy. b. Your friend will be prevented from entering the adjustment phase of acculturation, if he hadn't entered it already. c. Your friend will experience heightened acculturative stress. d. Your friend is more likely to think in ways consistent with his heritage culture, at least temporarily.
d
ou visit a country where you observe a great divide between the rich and the poor, with power in the hands of a small minority. Which one of Hofstede's dimensions of culture would accurately describe this culture? Select one: a. high uncertainty avoidance b. high long-term orientation c. high masculinity d. high power distance
d