Culture

Question 1

cultural differences

Answer 1

Paying attention to unique and distinctive features that set them apart from other cultures

Question 2

Cultural intelligence

Answer 2

ability and willingness to apply cultural awareness to practical uses

Question 3

Cultural relativism

Answer 3

Principled objection to passing overly culture bound judgements on aspects of other cultures

Question 4

Culture

Answer 4

Shared meaning and behavior among a group passed from one generation to another

Question 5

Ethnographic studies

Answer 5

Emphasizes field data collection and questions that attempt to understand culture from its own context and pov

Question 6

Independent self

Answer 6

Tendency to define the self in terms of stable traits that guide behavior.

Question 7

Individualism

Answer 7

Emphasize uniqueness and personal aspirations over social duty

Question 8

Interdependent self

Answer 8

Define the self in terms of social contexts that guide behavior

Question 9

Collectivism

Answer 9

Emphasize duty obligation over personal aspirations

Question 10

cross-cultural psychology

Answer 10

Emphasizes use of standard scales across groups

Question 11

Cultural script

Answer 11

Learned guides for how to behave appropriately in a given social situation, reflects cultural norms and widely accepted values.

Question 12

Ethnocentric bias (or ethnocentrism)

Answer 12

Being unduly guided by the beliefs of the culture you’ve grown up in

Question 13

Observational learning

Answer 13

Research questions that ask participants to answer in their own words

Question 14

Ritual

Answer 14

Rites or actions performed in a systematic or prescribed way often for an intended purpose

Question 15

Self construct

Answer 15

Extent to which the self is defined as independent or relating to others

Question 16

Situational identity

Answer 16

Guided by different cultural influences indifferent situations

Question 17

Standard scale

Answer 17

Research method in which all participants use a common scale—typically a Likert scale—to respond to questions.

Question 18

Value judgement

Answer 18

An assessment—based on one’s own preferences and priorities—about the basic “goodness” or “badness” of a concept or practice.

Question 19

value-free research

Answer 19

Research that is not influenced by the researchers’ own values, morality, or opinions.