Exam 14: Cross-Cultural Psychology

Judith Kearins discovered that children in desert communities in Western Australia had better ________ skills than white children, probably because they used such skills to cope in an environment which had no verbal or numerical cues.

The theoretical orientation which assumes that basic psychological processes are common to all human beings is called ________.

Anne Pedersen and her colleagues have studied how prejudice among Australians is often based on ________ beliefs.

The worldview of Indigenous Australians, which provides a framework for understanding and interpreting the world is often called by a European term, The Dreaming. Which of the following is not central to it?

Culture helps us to ________ ourselves and interact with others.

Shakibaee talks of "hyphen identity" when describing cultural adjustment. Three of the following expressions capture the essence of what he means. One does not. Which one?

A person who comes to value their new culture but no longer values their former culture is said to have experienced ________.

Chinese Australians have been found to express depression more through bodily symptoms than in terms of mood. This is in contrast to the way mainland Chinese do today. Why might this be so?

________ assumes that all human behaviour is culturally patterned.

Which of the following is not a barrier to the provision of culturally-appropriate psychological services in Australia?

"Research by Indigenous Australians, whose informants are Indigenous Australians and whose goals are to serve and inform the Indigenous struggle for ________" (Rigney, defining Indigenist Psychology).

Progress towards provision of culturally appropriate mental health interventions requires specific ________ and development of mental health professionals

Why are some European governments funding research into understanding and measuring the intelligence of the children of Romany and other itinerant people?

Nolan and McConnochie have suggested effective strategies for dealing with contradictions between Western and Indigenous ways of working in applied psychology. These are aimed at letting go of "Western ways that do not work". Which of the following would not work?

Wierzbicka shows how the concept of "anger" varies between English and Ifaluk culture. This leads her to advocate that we should look at how people of different cultures talk about their feelings. This would be instead of trying to impose our own emotional language on others. Such an act could be labelled as ________.

In Hofstede's value dimensions, the degree of integration of individuals within groups is known as ________.

Robert completed his PhD thesis on the different attitudes of Indian migrants and Sri Lankan refugees towards immigration officials. This was carried out using a standard interview conducted in the preferred language of each participant. His examiners were critical of his work, because they were not sure that his samples of the two groups were equivalent. Which of these is most likely to have been the reason for that criticism?

When psychologists assess human characteristics using standard instruments, and make interpretations without taking cultural differences into account, they are adopting the theoretical orientation of ________.

Hassan has fled from warfare in his home country of Somalia. He warmly embraces the values he finds in Australia, especially freedom of expression, and gender and sexual equality. However, he still adheres to many of the precepts of the Islamic faith he practised in Somalia and in Ethiopia where he lived with his mother's people. Which form of acculturation is he currently experiencing?