Question 1

The idea that it is wrong to eat beef is an example of

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A) evoked culture. 
B) transmitted culture. 
C) Balkanization. 
D) reactive culture. 
A) evoked culture. 
B) transmitted culture. 
C) Balkanization. 
D) reactive culture.

Question 2

A study of Asian Americans living in New York who did not identify themselves as Asian found that they used more

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A) self-descriptive adjectives than Euro-Americans. 
B) social role adjectives than Euro-Americans. 
C) self-descriptive adjectives than Euro-Americans if they identified themselves as Asian. 
D) abstract and autonomous self-statements. 
A) self-descriptive adjectives than Euro-Americans. 
B) social role adjectives than Euro-Americans. 
C) self-descriptive adjectives than Euro-Americans if they identified themselves as Asian. 
D) abstract and autonomous self-statements.

Question 3

Williams and Best found that most trait adjectives were rated as

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A) positive. 
B) negative. 
C) neutral. 
D) masculine or feminine. 
A) positive. 
B) negative. 
C) neutral. 
D) masculine or feminine.

Question 4

Pinker argues that people in different cultures

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A) experience different emotions. 
B) express emotions similarly. 
C) use different words to talk about their emotions. 
D) cannot recognize emotions cross-culturally. 
A) experience different emotions. 
B) express emotions similarly. 
C) use different words to talk about their emotions. 
D) cannot recognize emotions cross-culturally.

Question 5

The German word "schadenfreude" describes

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A) pleasure in another's misfortune. 
B) grief. 
C) the fifth factor of personality in Germany. 
D) sadness. 
A) pleasure in another's misfortune. 
B) grief. 
C) the fifth factor of personality in Germany. 
D) sadness.

Question 6

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

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A) the principles underlying cultural diversity. 
B) how individual humans differ. 
C) how human psychology shapes culture. 
D) how cultural shapes personality. 
A) the principles underlying cultural diversity. 
B) how individual humans differ. 
C) how human psychology shapes culture. 
D) how cultural shapes personality.

Question 7

Studies that begin with indigenous trait terms in many cultures

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A) provide a more stringent test of cultural universality than translation studies. 
B) provide a less stringent test of cultural universality than translation studies. 
C) find the five-factor model of personality in all cultures. 
D) replicate Cattell's 16 factor personality model. 
A) provide a more stringent test of cultural universality than translation studies. 
B) provide a less stringent test of cultural universality than translation studies. 
C) find the five-factor model of personality in all cultures. 
D) replicate Cattell's 16 factor personality model.

Question 8

Tooby and Cosmides define cultural variations as within-group

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A) similarities and between-group similarities. 
B) similarities and between-group differences. 
C) differences and between-group similarities. 
D) differences and between-group differences. 
A) similarities and between-group similarities. 
B) similarities and between-group differences. 
C) differences and between-group similarities. 
D) differences and between-group differences.

Question 9

The Bleeminese, a little known culture located northeast of Pixley, have a set of coming-of-age rituals that include watching 50 hours of Green Acres reruns, dressing like Arnold the Pig, reciting the secret Bleem chants, and other strenuous tasks.The Bleeminese have passed down their coming-of-age ceremony to each 12-year-old Bleem who, in turn, will make sure to pass on the tradition to their children.This Bleeminese ritual is an example of

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A) transmitted culture. 
B) cultural universals. 
C) evoked culture. 
D) elicited culture. 
A) transmitted culture. 
B) cultural universals. 
C) evoked culture. 
D) elicited culture.

Question 10

The proclivity of evoked mating strategies to vary cross-culturally may be based upon differences in the

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A) relative value of women across different cultures. 
B) value placed on chastity and parental investment across cultures. 
C) in the geographical factors that vary across cultures. 
D) the level of the equality between men and women across cultures. 
A) relative value of women across different cultures. 
B) value placed on chastity and parental investment across cultures. 
C) in the geographical factors that vary across cultures. 
D) the level of the equality between men and women across cultures.

Question 11

Research has found the LEAST degree of cross-cultural universality on the factor of

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A) emotional stability. 
B) openness. 
C) extraversion. 
D) agreeableness. 
A) emotional stability. 
B) openness. 
C) extraversion. 
D) agreeableness.

Question 12

Margaret Mead argued

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A) for cultural universals. 
B) against cultural universals. 
C) for within-culture variation. 
D) that historical eras were important to culture. 
A) for cultural universals. 
B) against cultural universals. 
C) for within-culture variation. 
D) that historical eras were important to culture.

Question 13

A study of Chinese students' self descriptions found that they

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A) described themselves independent of the situation. 
B) described themselves within the context of the situation. 
C) typically described themselves by referring specifically to other people. 
D) described themselves as being pretty ordinary. 
A) described themselves independent of the situation. 
B) described themselves within the context of the situation. 
C) typically described themselves by referring specifically to other people. 
D) described themselves as being pretty ordinary.

Question 14

Research suggests that cooperative cultures develop

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A) in cooler climates. 
B) in warmer climates. 
C) where resources are more variable. 
D) where resources are less variable. 
A) in cooler climates. 
B) in warmer climates. 
C) where resources are more variable. 
D) where resources are less variable.

The idea that it is wrong to eat beef is an example of

A study of Asian Americans living in New York who did not identify themselves as Asian found that they used more

Williams and Best found that most trait adjectives were rated as

Pinker argues that people in different cultures

The German word "schadenfreude" describes

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

Studies that begin with indigenous trait terms in many cultures

Tooby and Cosmides define cultural variations as within-group

The proclivity of evoked mating strategies to vary cross-culturally may be based upon differences in the

Research has found the LEAST degree of cross-cultural universality on the factor of

Margaret Mead argued

A study of Chinese students' self descriptions found that they

Research suggests that cooperative cultures develop

Introduction to Personality Psychology

Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design

Traits and Trait Taxonomies

Theoretical and Measurement Issues in Trait Psychology

Personality Dispositions Over Time: Stability, Coherence, and Change

Genetics and Personality

Physiological Approaches to Personality

Evolutionary Perspectives on Personality

Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality

Psychoanalytic Approaches: Contemporary Issues

Motives and Personality

Cognitive Topics in Personality

Emotion and Personality

Approaches to the Self

Personality and Social Interaction

Sex, Gender, and Personality

Stress, Coping, Adjustment, and Health

Disorders of Personality

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Exam 17: Culture and Personality

The idea that it is wrong to eat beef is an example of

A study of Asian Americans living in New York who did not identify themselves as Asian found that they used more

Williams and Best found that most trait adjectives were rated as

Pinker argues that people in different cultures

The German word "schadenfreude" describes

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

Studies that begin with indigenous trait terms in many cultures

Tooby and Cosmides define cultural variations as within-group

The proclivity of evoked mating strategies to vary cross-culturally may be based upon differences in the

Research has found the LEAST degree of cross-cultural universality on the factor of

Margaret Mead argued

A study of Chinese students' self descriptions found that they

Research suggests that cooperative cultures develop

Introduction to Personality Psychology

Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design

Traits and Trait Taxonomies

Theoretical and Measurement Issues in Trait Psychology

Personality Dispositions Over Time: Stability, Coherence, and Change

Genetics and Personality

Physiological Approaches to Personality

Evolutionary Perspectives on Personality

Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality

Psychoanalytic Approaches: Contemporary Issues

Motives and Personality

Cognitive Topics in Personality

Emotion and Personality

Approaches to the Self

Personality and Social Interaction

Sex, Gender, and Personality

Stress, Coping, Adjustment, and Health

Disorders of Personality

Summary and Future Directions

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