Cultural Dimensions
Enculturation
Acculturation
Competition and Conflict
Social Identity Theory
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 one central claim of realistic conflict theory?
Conflict arises when there is competition for scarce resources.
100

Who were the psychologists who developed Social Identity Theory? 

Tajfel and Turner 

200
What is a cultural dimension?
A description of cultural values.
200

What type of environment is enculturation most likely to occur? 

Home & School 

200
Which acculturation strategy has the best mental health outcomes for immigrants?
Integration
200
What was the name of the experiment that tested the RCT?
The Robbers Cave Experiment
200

What is often used to make social comparisons between in-groups & out-groups 

stereotypes

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 were four characteristics of the participants in the Robbers Cave experiment?

white, middle class, protestant, male, 11-12 years old, American.

300

What is the individual motivation behind in group bias and the desire to see your group as superior? 

Self-esteem hypothesis, we associate our identity with the group. 

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, necessary due to the cooperative nature of agricultural economies

400

What are two of the four acculturation strategies?

Assimilation, Integration, Separation, Marginalization

400
What is the name of the psychologists who developed the Realistic Conflict Theory 

Muzafer & Carolyn Sherif 

400

What did Cialdini find would happen after a successful football game at college campuses?

Non-athletic students would be more likely to wear university colors/logos and use the pronoun "we." 

500
What are three countries that had low levels of conformity in Bond and Smith's meta-analysis?
UK, France, United States
500
What's one piece of evidence (study) 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 et al.'s study (2012) 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 are 2 of the 4 necessary components of Allport's hypothesis in order to end racial conflict? 

1. Equal Status

2. Common Goal 

3. Supported by Social Norms/Authority

4. No competition 

500

How did Park & Rothbart demonstrate stereotypes and out-group homogeneity?

Study of university sororities, each sorority was more likely to rank other sororities similarly and with negative characteristics.  

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