1. According to class materials video How bad is it …? (Buchtel, 2020), the following is true:
A. within culture differences are almost always bigger than between culture differences
B. between culture differences are almost always bigger than within culture differences
2. According to the first reading (Biswas-Diener & Thin, 2021), culture is:
A. a highly psychological phenomenon
B. is learned
C. can be seen in morality, identity, and gender roles
D. all of the answers provided are true
E. shared among a human grouping
3. Which statement(s) is/are true?
A. cross-cultural psychology compares those from various cultures, via standard measures, moreso than does ethnographic study
B. comparisons between cultures are more difficult to make, via cross-cultural psychological study, versus in ethnographic study
C. cross-cultural psychology tends to be more culturally sensitive than ethnographic study
4. One difference between cultural psychology and cross-cultural psychology, is that research in the cross-cultural psychology analyzes characteristics and behavior across different cultural groups, with an interest in variation as well as human universals while cultural psychology research is more focused on psychological processes within a particular culture.
A. True
B. False
5. According to the first reading (Biswas-Diener & Thin, 2021), the following were listed as “… features of culture … central to understanding the uniqueness and diversity of the human mind …”:
A. all of the other answers given here are true
B. accumulation- the amount of cultural knowledge increases over time, due to innovations being retained
C. sharing- culture is produced when humans share things such as information and skills, with those with whom they interact
D. patterns- members of the same culture show behavioral or thinking tendencies that can be predicted
E. versatility- culture is changeable and adaptable
6. According to the first reading (Biswas-Diener & Thin, 2021), the following were listed as ways of thinking about culture:
A. shared learning
B. ways of life
C. progressive cultivation
D. none of the other answers given here is true
E. all of the other answers given here are true
7. Triandis (2008) studied culture in terms of collectivism and individualism. Collectivists, more so than individualsts, tend to:
A. emphasize interconnectedness
B. all of the answers given here are true
C. have fewer social freedoms
D. sacrifice personal preferences if these conflict with those of the group
8. Triandis (1995) sub-divides both individualism and collectivism, into “vertical” and “horizontal” dimensions. Choose the true statement, below:
A. in “vertical” cultures, individuals tend to be more equal in status, compared with those in “horizontal” cultures
B. in “horizontal” cultures, individuals tend to be more equal in status, compared with those in “vertical” cultures
9. What is the reason given in the first reading (Biswas-Diener & Thin, 2021) for the same emotion being demonstrated differently, by the members of culture A versus the members of culture B?
A. some cultures are horizontal and others are vertical
B. all cultures are collectivistic and none are individualistic
C. culture is variable
D. culture is learned
10. If all people everywhere naturally act in a certain way, we can say that that behavior is:
A. mandated
B. learned
C. universal
D. taught