Exam 17: Culture and Personality

Which of the following is NOT one of the key goals of cultural personality psychology?

High-variance conditions are most associated with:

Williams and Best found that most trait adjectives were rated as:

In a study conducted by Robert McCrae and his colleagues (2005)-in which the Revised NEO Personality Inventory was translated into an appropriate language for 51 different cultures and then the aggregate Big Five personality scores for each culture were examined-it was found that the largest difference across cultures centered on _____.

Environmental conditions are mostly responsible for:

Egalitarianism is associated with:

Using the Twenty Statements Test,researchers have found that Americans tend to:

In the context of the three major approaches to culture,which of the following is a key characteristic of transmitted culture?

According to a study conducted by Nisbett,_____ were more likely to respond to insults with aggression.

The cultural task of _____ involves how you are affiliated with,attached to,or engaged in the larger group of which you are a member.

People in _____ cultures are more likely to give priority to personal goals.

Which of the following terms best refers to the tendency to describe and present oneself using positive or socially valued attributes,such as kind,understanding,intelligent,and industrious?

Many people in individualist cultures tend to use more _____ to describe themselves.

People _____ are able to recognize facial expressions of basic emotions experienced by Americans.

People in the country of Octavia believe that lighting ten candles every night wards off evil spirits.However,people in the country of Bodonia do not believe in evil spirits and light candles to mark celebrations.This scenario best exemplifies _____.

A study of Asian Americans living in New York who do not self-identify as Asian found that they used more:

Unlike Americans,Japanese tend to explain events _____,with attention to relationships,context,and the links between a focal object and a field as a whole.

The earliest evidence of cultural universals in emotions came from _____.

According to Nisbett,honor is most important in:

In the context of early experience and evoked mating strategies,Jay Belsky and his colleagues argue that harsh,rejecting,and inconsistent child-rearing practices,erratically provided resources,and marital discord _____.