test 1 for c&d

Question 1

Culture

Answer 1

Any information acquired through social learning from members of one’s species, that can influence behaviors

Question 2

What are the 3 challenges to studying culture?

Answer 2

1. No distinct/clear boundaries between cultures
2. Culture changes , cultural information gets lost or replaced
3. Variability amongst individuals within culture

Question 3

What is Cultural Psychology ?

Answer 3

A field of psychology devoted to examining the impact of culture on thoughts and behaviours

Question 4

Nonuniversal (cultural invention)

Answer 4

a psychological process that does not exist in all cultures

Question 5

Existential Universal

Answer 5

a psychological process that exist in all cultures but that is not used in the same way and is not equally accessible

Question 6

Functional universal

Answer 6

a psychological process that exists in all cultures, used the same way, but more accessible in some cultures

Question 7

Accessibility Universal

Answer 7

a psychological process that exist in all cultures, used the same way, equally accessible

Question 8

What is Diversity

Answer 8

Those things that make us different from one another

Question 9

Cognitive Diversity

Answer 9

differences in thinking, analysis,perception and point of view

Question 10

Identity Diversity

Answer 10

difference among people based on the social categories

Question 11

Demographic Diversity

Answer 11

Statistical distribution of social categories, without regard for the salience of category

Question 12

Preference Diversity

Answer 12

differences in taste and values

Question 13

Fundamental preferences

Answer 13

Outcomes we value

Question 14

Instrumental Preferences

Answer 14

the means of attaining desired outcomes

Question 15

Psychology of Diversity

Answer 15

Subfield aimed at explaining why people behave the way they do when confronted with social groups different from their own

Question 16

Convenience Sample

Answer 16

sample of participants used because they are convenient

Question 17

Ethnography

Answer 17

in depth description and analysis of cultural norms and practices within a particular group

Question 18

Scientific method

Answer 18

a method for answering questions about the nature of reality that reduces the impact of human biases

Question 19

Theory

Answer 19

explanation for how or why events occur

Question 20

Hypothesis

Answer 20

testable prediction that follows logically from the theory

Question 21

Research

Answer 21

systematic investigation used to test hypotheses and find support for theories

Question 22

Variable

Answer 22

a measurable characteristic of people, objects, or events that may vary/ change

Question 23

Operationalization

Answer 23

defining a variable or concept so that it can be measured

Question 24

what are the two types of reasearch in culture /diversity psychology?

Answer 24

qualitative and quantitative

Question 25

Qualitative Research

Answer 25

a method of collecting, analyzing and interpreting non-numerical data

Question 26

Experimental Group

Answer 26

group receiving manipulation

Question 27

Control Group

Answer 27

group not receiving manipulation

Question 28

Neuroscience methods

Answer 28

The use of Fmri and EEG to determine cultural differences in brain activity during psychological task

Question 29

Ethnocentrism

Answer 29

viewing other cultures through one’s own cultural lens