Culture Flashcards
What is culture?
highly variable systems of meaning that are shared by people of one generation to the next in an identifiable population.
The expression of group norms and values at the national, racial and ethnic level. What is this a definition of?
culture
Why is the study of culture important?
It provides a context for understanding human behaviour. It has also challenged the universality of previous findings.
Psychologists make claims about the generalisability of human behaviour based on WEIRD samples. What does this stand for?
W-estern E-ducated I-ndustrialized R-ich D-emocratic
Markus & Kitayama’s (1991) self-construal theory has 3 types of self-construal. Define them.
Independent self-construal: identity is a product of their stable internal traits and is separate from others.
Inter-dependent self-construal: identity is intertwined with others and defined by those relationships.
Relational self-construal: individual difference in the extent to which people define themselves in reference to close personal relationships.
What was concluded from Choi, Nisbett & Norenzayan (1999) study about dispositionalism?
Dispositionalism is a mode of thinking that is seen across cultures.
The attenuation of the correspondence bias in East Asian cultures is due to…..
stronger situationalism
Gungor et al (2014) argued that while all interdependent cultures value interpersonal connectedness, the nature of the connection differs between ____ and _____ cultures.
face and honour cultures
Describe ‘keeping face’ cultures.
respect others by observing norms dictated by one’s position in the social hierarchy.
Describe honour cultures.
pride that is based on social image, reputation and others’ evaluation.
Gungor et al (2014) measured 2 forms of interpersonal agency. What were they?
Conformity and relatedness in Japanese and Turkish students.
