Exam 13: Cultural Variation in Experience, Behavior, and Personality

If members of two cultures experience the same emotions, seek the same goals, and organize their thoughts in comparable ways, then the two cultures

A culture that stresses "tall poppies are cut first" or that "the nail that stands out gets pounded down" might be high in which cultural dimension?

According to Park and Peterson (2010), which attribute is a strength of the heart?

What does self-determination mean?

Cross-cultural researchers interested in discovering universal values are developing an ________ measure.

Match the description with its associated cultural characteristic. -Dignity

According to the text, which characteristic of cultures might be the MOST difficult to judge?

Which of the following is NOT evidence for genetic differences as a source of cultural differences?

Which finding has been used to support the argument that personality itself has no meaning in collectivist societies?

What condition or conditions seem to facilitate the development of honor cultures?

Cross-cultural psychology has examined differences in the way that members of various cultures think. Some research suggests that people from collectivist cultures think more ________ than those from individualistic cultures.

Although individuals from a(n) ________ culture may become discouraged after negative feedback, individuals from a(n) ________ culture tend to be more encouraged to do better next time.

One potential argument for the claim that personality seems to matter less in collectivistic cultures is that

According to the text, what two factors are hypothesized to influence whether a culture is high in tightness?

Shalom Schwartz and Lilach Sagiv (1995) identified ________ and ________ as the two basic dimensions that they believe organize universal values.

Rakim argues that a particular culture's distinctive view of reality simply exists and believes that there is no way to meaningfully address the origin of cultural differences. Rakim seems to subscribe to which philosophical tradition?

The individualist versus collectivist distinction is analogous to the distinction between ________ with respect to personal values.

Studies of cross-cultural gender differences in the Big Five tend to find that

According to the text, ________ refers to the psychological attributes of groups.