Social Identity Theory
Acculturation
Statistics
Cultural Dimensions
100
The groups we belong to and identify with are called our:
In-groups
100
The psychological impact of adaptation to a new culture.
Acculturative Stress
100
Find the median:
13, 7, 4, 27, 9, 10, 12
10
100
Fill in the blank:
In __________ societies, from birth onwards, people are integrated into strong, cohesive in-groups, often extended families (with uncles, aunts, and grandparents), which provide them with support and protection.
collectivist
200
When an identity is activated it is:
Salient
200
involves abandoning one's original culture in order to fully adopt the dominant culture.
Assimilation
200
This statistic measures how likely is it that our results are due to random chance?
Statistical Significance
200
Fill in the blank:
In _____________ societies, the ties between individuals are loose: everyone is expected to look after himself or herself and his or her immediate family.
Individualist
300
Once we categorize people into “us” and “them”, self-esteem is maintained by:
Social Comparison
300
According to Berry's acculturation strategies, what is the "best outcome?"
Integration
300
True or false: Our results from the anchoring bias experiment were not statistically significant
False
300
Fill in the blank:
Cultural ___________: expectations of behavior based on shared beliefs within a specific culture.
Norms
400
The process of classifying people based on similar characteristics, whether nationality, age, occupation or some other trait.
Social Categorization:
400
Are the following are risk or protective factors for acculturative stress:
- Wealthy
- Bilingual
- Sharing similar values and beliefs as a family
Protective Factors
400
What type of correlation is this? (Strength and Direction)
Weak Negative
400
In Berry (1967), were individualist or collectivist societies more likely to conform to their group's supposed answer?
Collectivist
500
In Hilliard and Liben (2010), preschoolers had their gender identities made salient. How did this affect their play time with other genders?
Play time with other genders decreased
500
Is speaking only the language of the new/host culture a risk or protective factor for acculturative stress
Risk factor, creates inability to communicate with home/old culture
500
Fill in the blank: You can reject the Null Hypothesis if your P-value is _______
Less than .05 / <.05
500
Is the United States considered more individualist or collectivist?
Individualist