CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Cultural Psychology - ANS >> A subdiscipline within psych that look at the cultural
foundations of psychological process and human behavior
Aspects of behavior that psychologists study - ANS >> -Understand and describe
behaviors that are observed
-Understand why behaviors happen
-Predict behaviors
-Influence/control behaviors
Cross Culture Research - ANS >> Research methodology that tests the cultural
parameters of psychological knowledge
Scientific philosophy - ANS >> Logic underlying the methods used to conduct research
and generate knowledge
(trying to find universal concepts)
Universal - ANS >> A psychological truth applicable to all people regardless of culture
Culture Specific - ANS >> A psychological truth that is only accurate pertaining to some
cultures but excluding others
Culture - ANS >> A unique meaning and information system shared by a group and
transcended across generations, that allows the group to meet basic survival need,
pursue happiness and well being and derive meaning from life
Group life, Environment, and Resources - ANS >> Where does culture come from?
Deviation from temperate climate - ANS >> The degree to which the average
temperature of a given region will differ from what is considered to be the relatively
"easiest" temperature to live in
Population Density - ANS >> The number of people living in a given unit of space
Arable Land - ANS >> the type of land that can sustain life by food production to sustain
the people in the area
Acculturation - ANS >> The impact from past cultures on current cultures
ex. immigrants bring their old culture to the new culture they live amongst
, Affluence - ANS >> Amount of money available to a person/group
Universal Psychological Toolkit - ANS >> Set of basic psychological skills and abilities
that people can use to meet their need regardless of culture
Complex Cognitive Abilities - ANS >> Ex. Language, planning, problem solving,
memory
Emotion - ANS >> Ex. morales, basic anger and happiness, self-consciousness
Personality Traits - ANS >> Ex. Extraversion, neuroticism, openness, agreeableness
Shared Intentions - ANS >> Knowledge about motivations concerning behaviors that
are common among people in a group
Ratchet Effects - ANS >> The concept that humans continually improve on
improvements, that they do not go backwards or revert to a previous states
Ex. with ever generation there is no need to reinvent the wheel bc it is cared through
instead it is just advanced
Memory - ANS >> Can create traditions, customs and heritage
True - ANS >> Animals cannot express culture because they do not improve on
improvements instead they continually stay consistent
Cumulative Culture - ANS >> Ex. complexity, differentiation, and institutionalization
Society - ANS >> A system of interrelationships among people
Gender, Disability, Langauge, Sexual Orientation, Nationality - ANS >> Types of Culture
Personality, Race, Pop-culture - ANS >> Not types of culture
Objective Elements - ANS >> Physical and tangible aspects that make up culture
Ex. Clothes, architecture, food, art
Subjective Elements - ANS >> Intangible and ideological aspects of culture
Ex. Values, norms, beliefs, behaviors
Values - ANS >> Trans-situational goal that serves as a guiding principle in the life of a
person or group
Motivate and justify a behavior or serve as a standard for judgement
Geert Hofstede - ANS >> Creator of the 5 values that differentiate culture
Individualism vs Collectivism - ANS >> One of the five values that differentiate culture
CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Cultural Psychology - ANS >> A subdiscipline within psych that look at the cultural
foundations of psychological process and human behavior
Aspects of behavior that psychologists study - ANS >> -Understand and describe
behaviors that are observed
-Understand why behaviors happen
-Predict behaviors
-Influence/control behaviors
Cross Culture Research - ANS >> Research methodology that tests the cultural
parameters of psychological knowledge
Scientific philosophy - ANS >> Logic underlying the methods used to conduct research
and generate knowledge
(trying to find universal concepts)
Universal - ANS >> A psychological truth applicable to all people regardless of culture
Culture Specific - ANS >> A psychological truth that is only accurate pertaining to some
cultures but excluding others
Culture - ANS >> A unique meaning and information system shared by a group and
transcended across generations, that allows the group to meet basic survival need,
pursue happiness and well being and derive meaning from life
Group life, Environment, and Resources - ANS >> Where does culture come from?
Deviation from temperate climate - ANS >> The degree to which the average
temperature of a given region will differ from what is considered to be the relatively
"easiest" temperature to live in
Population Density - ANS >> The number of people living in a given unit of space
Arable Land - ANS >> the type of land that can sustain life by food production to sustain
the people in the area
Acculturation - ANS >> The impact from past cultures on current cultures
ex. immigrants bring their old culture to the new culture they live amongst
, Affluence - ANS >> Amount of money available to a person/group
Universal Psychological Toolkit - ANS >> Set of basic psychological skills and abilities
that people can use to meet their need regardless of culture
Complex Cognitive Abilities - ANS >> Ex. Language, planning, problem solving,
memory
Emotion - ANS >> Ex. morales, basic anger and happiness, self-consciousness
Personality Traits - ANS >> Ex. Extraversion, neuroticism, openness, agreeableness
Shared Intentions - ANS >> Knowledge about motivations concerning behaviors that
are common among people in a group
Ratchet Effects - ANS >> The concept that humans continually improve on
improvements, that they do not go backwards or revert to a previous states
Ex. with ever generation there is no need to reinvent the wheel bc it is cared through
instead it is just advanced
Memory - ANS >> Can create traditions, customs and heritage
True - ANS >> Animals cannot express culture because they do not improve on
improvements instead they continually stay consistent
Cumulative Culture - ANS >> Ex. complexity, differentiation, and institutionalization
Society - ANS >> A system of interrelationships among people
Gender, Disability, Langauge, Sexual Orientation, Nationality - ANS >> Types of Culture
Personality, Race, Pop-culture - ANS >> Not types of culture
Objective Elements - ANS >> Physical and tangible aspects that make up culture
Ex. Clothes, architecture, food, art
Subjective Elements - ANS >> Intangible and ideological aspects of culture
Ex. Values, norms, beliefs, behaviors
Values - ANS >> Trans-situational goal that serves as a guiding principle in the life of a
person or group
Motivate and justify a behavior or serve as a standard for judgement
Geert Hofstede - ANS >> Creator of the 5 values that differentiate culture
Individualism vs Collectivism - ANS >> One of the five values that differentiate culture
