CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
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Acculturation - ANS The process by which people adopt a new cultural system as they move
from their country of birth (their heritage culture) to another country (the host culture)
analytic thought - ANS A system of thought in which people tend to separate focal objects
from their context, categorize using generic taxonomic rules, and avoid contradictions;
associated with independent and individualistic cultures
artifact - ANS Any object made by a human being
assimilation - ANS An acculturation strategy in which people embrace their host culture but
reject their heritage culture
bamboo ceiling - ANS An unofficial barrier that keeps Asian Americans from rising to the
highest levels of an organization
bicultural individual - ANS A person who has moved from one culture to another and has
internalized two cultural systems
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, blending - ANS The idea that the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of bicultural (or
multicultural) individuals are a unique combination of their cultural backgrounds
cognition - ANS Thinking; encompasses the processes associated with perception,
knowledge, problem-solving, judgment, language, and memory
collectivistic cultures - ANS Cultures in which life is experienced as part of the community
and people are expected to place important people in their lives ahead of themselves;
individuals tend to think in terms of "we" instead of "I"
cultural dimension - ANS An aspect of culture that represents how people in a society
respond to a basic challenge in life, such as dealing with uncertainty or fitting into a hierarchy
cultural psychologists - ANS Psychologists who specialize in exploring how culture shapes
both our external lives and our internal lives
culture - ANS The ideas, institutions, and interactions that guide and reflect individuals'
thoughts, feelings, and actions
culture cycle - ANS The process by which individuals and culture make one another; includes
four elements: the individual, interactions, institutions, and ideas
display rules - ANS Informal cultural rules that govern which emotional expressions are
considered appropriate in different situations
enculturation - ANS The process by which people learn the culture in which they were born
frame-switching - ANS Individuals who have internalized multiple cultures and hold on to
those two (or more) cultures at once, using them as needed depending on the situation
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QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
Acculturation - ANS The process by which people adopt a new cultural system as they move
from their country of birth (their heritage culture) to another country (the host culture)
analytic thought - ANS A system of thought in which people tend to separate focal objects
from their context, categorize using generic taxonomic rules, and avoid contradictions;
associated with independent and individualistic cultures
artifact - ANS Any object made by a human being
assimilation - ANS An acculturation strategy in which people embrace their host culture but
reject their heritage culture
bamboo ceiling - ANS An unofficial barrier that keeps Asian Americans from rising to the
highest levels of an organization
bicultural individual - ANS A person who has moved from one culture to another and has
internalized two cultural systems
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, blending - ANS The idea that the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of bicultural (or
multicultural) individuals are a unique combination of their cultural backgrounds
cognition - ANS Thinking; encompasses the processes associated with perception,
knowledge, problem-solving, judgment, language, and memory
collectivistic cultures - ANS Cultures in which life is experienced as part of the community
and people are expected to place important people in their lives ahead of themselves;
individuals tend to think in terms of "we" instead of "I"
cultural dimension - ANS An aspect of culture that represents how people in a society
respond to a basic challenge in life, such as dealing with uncertainty or fitting into a hierarchy
cultural psychologists - ANS Psychologists who specialize in exploring how culture shapes
both our external lives and our internal lives
culture - ANS The ideas, institutions, and interactions that guide and reflect individuals'
thoughts, feelings, and actions
culture cycle - ANS The process by which individuals and culture make one another; includes
four elements: the individual, interactions, institutions, and ideas
display rules - ANS Informal cultural rules that govern which emotional expressions are
considered appropriate in different situations
enculturation - ANS The process by which people learn the culture in which they were born
frame-switching - ANS Individuals who have internalized multiple cultures and hold on to
those two (or more) cultures at once, using them as needed depending on the situation
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