Intro to Culture and Multicult Psychology
Multicultural psychology is primarily concerned with behavior, cognition, and affect as they occur -
1. in settings where everyone is the same.
2. at the biological level.
3. in settings where people of many different backgrounds coexist.
4. in inferior races of people
3. in settings where people of many different backgrounds coexist
When participant responses are either numerical or transformed into numerical values for the purpose of comparison, we are using a __ form of research.
a. Quantitative
b. Qualitative
c. Nominal
d. Normal
A. Quantitative
People who are mismatched with respect to their society’s perspective
1. Allocentrism
2. Idiocentrism
3. Countercultural
4. Matching Hypothesis
3. Counterculturalism
The distance you stand from someone while speaking to them is a form of non verbal communication called
1. Proxemics
2. Kinesics3. Haptics
4. Paralanguage
1. Proxemics - personal space and boundaries
Kinesics - bodily movements (facial expressions, gestures, body movements, posture)
Haptics - touching when communicating (shaking hands, patting on back, hugging)
paralanguage - nonverbal cues in communication (loudness of voice, silence, speech speed)
The term __ has come to mean a fair, open, and objective attitude toward people and ideas that differ from yours.
1. Justice
2. Tolerance
3. Equity
4. Inclusion
Tolerance
Collecting data on people of different ages at the same time is called a ________ research design
1. Cross-sectional
2. Longitudinal
3. Sequential
4. Gradual
1. Cross-sectional
The __ approach examines only one culture from within that culture.
1. etic
2. emic
3. individualistic
4. collectivistic
2. Emic - culturally specific perspective
Sara talks to her grandmother in a very disrespectful way. She is violating Grice's Cooperative Principle maxim of:
1. Quantity
2. Quality
3. Manner
4. Relevance
3. Manner - people should be clear in their communication and pay attention to societal norms when conducting themselves
Relevance - staying on topic
Quantity - contributing the appropriate amount
Quality - honesty in conversations
Which of the following is the third force of psychology?
1. Psychoanalysis
2. Humanism
3. Behaviorism
4. Multiculturalism
2. HUmanism - focus on strengths ability to become the best version of yourself
According to Gardner’s theory of intelligence, if Jackson were able to distinguish mushrooms that were edible from those that were poisonous better than most people, he would excel in ________ intelligence.
1. spatial
2. interpersonal
3. bodily-kinesthetic
4. naturalist
4. naturalist
A manager publicly criticizes an employee for making a major error in a presentation causing the employee to feel embarassed, this is an example of -
1. Saving Face
2. Losing Face
3. Face-Giving
4. Shame
2. Losing Face
Asian cultures tend to use more _________________ in comparison to North American cultures
1. Direct Communication
2. Indirect communication
3. Contact communication
4. None of the above
2. Indirect communication
direct - literal and assertive communication
indirect - relies on context and inference
Compare and Contrast: Multicultural competence and cultural humility
Cultural Humility - lifelong process of acknowledging and understanding one's own barriers to intercultural understanding
Cultural Competence - commitment to respectfully understanding and responding to the cultural differences and cultural beliefs of others; assumed end state
Sue (1999) criticized a reviewer for rejecting a study comparing successful African American students with less successful African American students because the reviewer said the study didn't have a European American Control Group. Sue felt the reviewer ignored the important of which of the following?
1. Experimental Groups
2. Control Groups
3. Internal Validity
4. External Validity
External Validity
A student wants to reduce food waste in the dining hall. She believes that if she petitions the administration, they will change the serving policy. When the policy changes, she feels proud because her efforts made the difference.
1. IC-IR
2. IC-ER
3. ER-EC
4. EC-IR
1. IC-IR
When corresponding, Penelope avoids saying 'no' and replies, "We will consider it carefully." Her conversation partner reads this as a positive. What type of communication style does Penelope most likely have?
1. Indirect communication
2. Direct communication
3. High-context communication
4. None of the above
1. Indirect communication
What are the six uses of culture in everyday language?
Descriptive - specific behaviors and activities associated with a culture
Historical - a group’s heritage and traditions
Normative - rules that govern the behavior of a group
Psychological - emphasizes behavioral processes, such as learning and problem-solving
Structural - reflects the organizational elements of a culture
Genetic - refers to the origins of that culture
If a therapist diagnoses ethnic minorities displaying the same symptoms as their
European American counterparts as having schizophrenia whereas the therapist diagnoses the European American clients as having bipolar disorder, this therapist is demonstrating a
1. problem of treatment.
2. problem of identification.
3. bias of the user of the test.
4. bias in the usage of the test
3. Bias of the user of the test
An international student from Japan felt that he was not invited to join his fellow American graduate students in a bar on Fridays, whereas the graduate students had the norm of anyone just being able to show up to the bar. Brislin (2000) called this a
1. purposeful snub by the American students
2. Emic perspective
3. Etic perspective
4. Well-meaning clash
4. Well-meaning clash
Lia is talking to a classmate and says, “Hi, how are you?” Her conversation partner proceeds to tell her about how she has been feeling, their conversation ends with Lia sitting silently for most of the conversation. Which of Grace’s Cooperative Principle is she violating?
1. Quality
2. Quantity
3. Relevance
4. Manner
2.Quantity - equal participation