Cultural Dimensions
This cultural dimension focuses on analyzing the extent to which a culture values "me" or "we".
Individualism vs Collectivism
The process of acquiring the cultural values and understanding cultural norms of one's home culture.
What is enculturation?
The process of adapting and changing as a result of living in a secondary culture.
What is acculturation?
The central claim of this theory is that conflict arises when there is competition for scarce resources.
What is realistic group conflict theory (RCT)?
The scientific study of individual behavior and mental processes.
What is psychology?
A description of cultural values.
What is a cultural dimension?
Parenting, Peers, Media, School.
What are the ways enculturation occurs? (i.e. what are two ways culture is transmitted?)
According to Torres, this acculturation strategy has the best mental health outcomes for immigrants.
What is integration?
This experiment, by Sherif et al., aimed to test the central claims of Realistic Group Conflict Theory.
What is the Robber's Cave Experiment?
This hormone is commonly associated with competition.
What is testosterone?
This researcher used IBM employees from around the world to describe six cultural dimensions.
Who is Geert Hofstede?
In Berry et al.'s study on enculturation and conformity, these types of economy were typically hunter & gatherers.
What are low food accumulating (subsistence) economies?
According to Torres et al., these two factors can influence acculturative stress.
What are discrimination and acculturation strategies?
The participants in the Robber's Cave Experiment had these characteristics in common.
(Must identify at least four)
White, middle-class, protestant, male, 11-12 years old, parents still married, American.
This part of the brain is commonly associated with the top-down processing of emotional stimuli.
What is the ventromedial prefrontal cortex?
If a culture values the group more than individuality, then this culture would be described thusly.
What is collectivism?
High food accumulating cultures are more likely to conform because they value these collectivist traits.
This acculturation strategy involves completely embracing one's new culture while rejecting their old one.
What is assimilation?
In the Robber's Cave Experiment, conflict was demonstrated through these various events.
(Must identify at least two)
What is the raiding of cabins, burning of flags, booing each other during sports, and verbal and physical fighting?
These are the three approaches and two options we cover in IB Psychology.
What are the biological, cognitive, and sociocultural approaches, abnormal psychology, and the psychology of human relationships?
What is individualism?
According to Berry, This group had lower levels of conformity when compared to the Temne people in Africa.
Who are the Inuits of North America?
Torres et al. found a correlation between this trait and reduced levels of acculturative stress as a result of discrimination.
What is "higher Anglo behavioral orientation" (e.g. were fluent in English)?
Pocket knives, medals, and trophies represented this key factor in Realistic Group Conflict Theory.
What are resources?
What is Mr. Emery's favorite video game?
Destiny 2