Cultural Dimensions
Enculturation
Acculturation
Methods & Theories
General Psych
100
What is one cultural dimension?
Individualism AND collectivism (you need both to get this right!)
100
What is enculturation?
The process of acquiring the cultural values and understanding cultural norms of one's home culture.
100
What is acculturation?
The process of adapting and changing as a result to life in a secondary culture.
100

What is the research method that involves an in-depth investigation of a small group, individual or organization that includes the use of multiple methods to gather and analyze data?

Case study

100

What is the name given to a variable that might affect the dependent variable, but is not what the researchers are interested in studying?

extraneous variable

200
What is a cultural dimension?
A description of cultural values.
200
What are two ways enculturation occurs? (i.e. what are two ways culture is transmitted?)
Parenting, Peers, Media, School
200
Which acculturation strategy has the best mental health outcomes for immigrants?
Integration
200

How does the Bobo Doll experiment support social cognitive theory?

It shows that learning can occur through the observation of others (the observation groups had far more aggressive actions than the control groups).

200

The group in an experiment that receives a treatment that is expected to have an effect is called the ....(what)... group?

treatment

300
Which researcher used IBM employees from around the world to describe six cultural dimensions?
Hofstede (Geert)
300
In Barry et al.'s study, which types of cultures valued independence and initiative?
Low food accumulating (subsistence economies), like those relying on hunting and fishing
300
What are two factors than can influence acculturative stress? (According to Torres et al.'s study)
Discrimination and the acculturation strategy used
300

What are three ethical considerations (or guidelines)?

-Informed consent, Right to withdraw, Debriefing, Anonymity, Considerations about deception, Justification (for any possible negative effects), Researcher integrity, Getting approval by a review board

300

What is it called when you give someone a treatment (e.g. pill or injection) that has no biological effects, but may have an effect if the person believes it will?

Placebo

400
Where does a sense of identity come from in a collectivist culture and an individualistic culture? (Two answers)
Collectivist - belonging to a group Individualistic - individuality (including personal achievements)
400
Why would a high food accumulating culture be more likely to conform?
Because (according to Barry's study) they're raised with values related to obedience and responsibility, thus they're more likely to follow cultural and social norms.
400
What are four acculturation strategies?
Assimilation, Integration, Separation, Marginalization
400

What are the three pillars of triadic reciprocal determinism in Social Cognitive Theory (SCT)?

Behaviour, Environment, Individual  

400
What are three approaches and two options in IB Psychology?
Approaches: Biological, cognitive and sociocultural Options: Abnormal, Human Relationships, Developmental, Health
500
What are three countries that had low levels of conformity in Bond and Smith's meta-analysis?
UK, France, United States (& Germany, Portugal)
500
What's one piece of evidence that suggests low food accumulating cultures conform less than high food accumulating cultures?
Berry's study that showed Inuit's had lower levels of conformity than the Temne people in Africa.
500

What evidence from Torres study suggests that integration can reduce the effects of discrimination?

There was a correlation between "higher Anglo behavioural orientation" (e.g. were fluent in English) and reduced levels of acculturative stress as a result of discrimination.

500

What is the term used to describe the group of people for whom we want to generalize our results to? (Or whom we think we can generalize our results to?)  

Target population

500

What are two reasons why we might not be able to conclude a causational relationship from a study?

1) There are too many extraneous or confounding variables. 2) We do not know the direction of the relationship in the study (i.e. which variable is affecting which).

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