CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY FINAL
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Raquel habitually engages in self-enhancement. She recently did poorly on a sociology exam.
Which of the following would you NOT expect her to do?
A. compare herself with how the best student in her class did
B. disregard the importance of sociology
C. focus on how other classmates from her track and field team did really well
D. blame her poor performance on her professor for not writing a fair exam
E. think about how the student with the lowest score in class did - ANSWER-A. compare herself
with how the best student in her class did
Kosuke is a Japanese student who just won a drawing competition. Kent is a Canadian student
who also just won a drawing competition. Immediately after their victories, they were asked to
create another drawing. Compared to Kosuke, what is Kent more likely to do?
A. move on to a different task
B. spend more time drawing than Kosuke
C. stop drawing earlier than Kosuke
D. draw for about the same amount of time as Kosuke - ANSWER-B. spend more time drawing
than Kosuke
Claudia and Hideki are math students. Claudia has a self-enhancement orientation, whereas
Hideki has a self-improvement orientation. The best way to make them both continue to put in
effort to learn math is to give
A. both students a very easy math test, but do not tell them their scores.
B. both students a very easy math test that is rigged to make them do well.
,C. both students a very difficult math test that is rigged to make them do poorly.
D. Claudia a very easy math test so she is rigged to do well, but give Hideki a very difficult math
test so he is rigged to do poorly.
E. Claudia a very difficult math test so she is rigged to do poorly, but give Hideki a very easy
math test so he is rigged to do well. - ANSWER-D. Claudia a very easy math test so she is rigged
to do well, but give Hideki a very difficult math test so he is rigged to do poorly.
A person is building a road to connect two towns, but the road is stopped by a mountain. The
person can either build the road so that it follows the side of the mountain and continues on
from the other side, or the person can just tunnel through the mountain. This person decides
that people should not get pushed around by nature, so decides to tunnel through the
mountain. Which of the following terms best describes this way of thinking?
A. incremental theory of the world
B. secondary control
C. self-enhancement
D. self-serving bias
E. maintaining face - ANSWER-A. incremental theory of the world
At an academic debate, you overhear one researcher say, ÒBased on Iyengar and colleagues'
work on choice across cultures, Asian Americans have a stronger preference for everyone else
to make choices for them rather than making choices for themselves.Do you agree?
A. Disagree. Asian Americans prefer to make choices for others rather than for themselves.
B. Disagree. Asian Americans prefer choices that are chosen for them by an in-group member,
but not by an out-group member.
C. Agree. Asian Americans prefer someone else to make choices for them, regardless of who
that someone else is—because they are high in collectivism.
D. Disagree. Asian Americans prefer to make choices for themselves rather than have someone
else choose for them.
E. Agree. Asian Americans prefer someone else to make choices for them, regardless of who
that someone else is—because they are high in agreeableness. - ANSWER-B. Disagree. Asian
, Americans prefer choices that are chosen for them by an in-group member, but not by an out-
group member.
A group of East Asians and European Americans have won a contest, and each person is allowed
to pick a car from a selection of cars. All cars are of the same make, model, and year. The only
thing that differs between them is that they can be one of two colors. Furthermore, there is an
extremely unequal proportion between the two colors, making the minority color very unique.
Given this scenario, which of the following statements is true?
A. East Asians tend to choose unique-colored cars.
B. European Americans tend to choose majority-colored cars .
C. European Americans tend to choose minority-colored cars.
D. East Asians tend to choose white cars. - ANSWER-C. European Americans tend to choose
minority-colored cars.
You are an executive for a Korean advertising agency and you have been asked to create a TV
commercial for a new condominium, targeting people from Korea. Based on Kim and Markus's
research on advertisements in Korea and the United States, which of the following would you
most likely use in your commercial?
A. "The architecture of this condo blends in well with the buildings surrounding it."
B. "Need a place to live? Try our condo!"
C. "Condo X—there's nothing else quite like it."
D. "This condo was designed by an architect who has a unique style." - ANSWER-A. "The
architecture of this condo blends in well with the buildings surrounding it."
Ichiro, a Japanese student, wants to sell his used book that he's had for a decade. Kent, an
American student, wants to sell the exact same book, which he has also owned for a decade.
They price their respective books depending on how much they think the books are worth. The
books themselves are valued at $50. Based on cross-cultural research on endowment effect,
which of the following best predicts what the two price tags will most likely be?
A. Ichiro: $20; Kent: $15
B. Ichiro: $30; Kent: $60
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Raquel habitually engages in self-enhancement. She recently did poorly on a sociology exam.
Which of the following would you NOT expect her to do?
A. compare herself with how the best student in her class did
B. disregard the importance of sociology
C. focus on how other classmates from her track and field team did really well
D. blame her poor performance on her professor for not writing a fair exam
E. think about how the student with the lowest score in class did - ANSWER-A. compare herself
with how the best student in her class did
Kosuke is a Japanese student who just won a drawing competition. Kent is a Canadian student
who also just won a drawing competition. Immediately after their victories, they were asked to
create another drawing. Compared to Kosuke, what is Kent more likely to do?
A. move on to a different task
B. spend more time drawing than Kosuke
C. stop drawing earlier than Kosuke
D. draw for about the same amount of time as Kosuke - ANSWER-B. spend more time drawing
than Kosuke
Claudia and Hideki are math students. Claudia has a self-enhancement orientation, whereas
Hideki has a self-improvement orientation. The best way to make them both continue to put in
effort to learn math is to give
A. both students a very easy math test, but do not tell them their scores.
B. both students a very easy math test that is rigged to make them do well.
,C. both students a very difficult math test that is rigged to make them do poorly.
D. Claudia a very easy math test so she is rigged to do well, but give Hideki a very difficult math
test so he is rigged to do poorly.
E. Claudia a very difficult math test so she is rigged to do poorly, but give Hideki a very easy
math test so he is rigged to do well. - ANSWER-D. Claudia a very easy math test so she is rigged
to do well, but give Hideki a very difficult math test so he is rigged to do poorly.
A person is building a road to connect two towns, but the road is stopped by a mountain. The
person can either build the road so that it follows the side of the mountain and continues on
from the other side, or the person can just tunnel through the mountain. This person decides
that people should not get pushed around by nature, so decides to tunnel through the
mountain. Which of the following terms best describes this way of thinking?
A. incremental theory of the world
B. secondary control
C. self-enhancement
D. self-serving bias
E. maintaining face - ANSWER-A. incremental theory of the world
At an academic debate, you overhear one researcher say, ÒBased on Iyengar and colleagues'
work on choice across cultures, Asian Americans have a stronger preference for everyone else
to make choices for them rather than making choices for themselves.Do you agree?
A. Disagree. Asian Americans prefer to make choices for others rather than for themselves.
B. Disagree. Asian Americans prefer choices that are chosen for them by an in-group member,
but not by an out-group member.
C. Agree. Asian Americans prefer someone else to make choices for them, regardless of who
that someone else is—because they are high in collectivism.
D. Disagree. Asian Americans prefer to make choices for themselves rather than have someone
else choose for them.
E. Agree. Asian Americans prefer someone else to make choices for them, regardless of who
that someone else is—because they are high in agreeableness. - ANSWER-B. Disagree. Asian
, Americans prefer choices that are chosen for them by an in-group member, but not by an out-
group member.
A group of East Asians and European Americans have won a contest, and each person is allowed
to pick a car from a selection of cars. All cars are of the same make, model, and year. The only
thing that differs between them is that they can be one of two colors. Furthermore, there is an
extremely unequal proportion between the two colors, making the minority color very unique.
Given this scenario, which of the following statements is true?
A. East Asians tend to choose unique-colored cars.
B. European Americans tend to choose majority-colored cars .
C. European Americans tend to choose minority-colored cars.
D. East Asians tend to choose white cars. - ANSWER-C. European Americans tend to choose
minority-colored cars.
You are an executive for a Korean advertising agency and you have been asked to create a TV
commercial for a new condominium, targeting people from Korea. Based on Kim and Markus's
research on advertisements in Korea and the United States, which of the following would you
most likely use in your commercial?
A. "The architecture of this condo blends in well with the buildings surrounding it."
B. "Need a place to live? Try our condo!"
C. "Condo X—there's nothing else quite like it."
D. "This condo was designed by an architect who has a unique style." - ANSWER-A. "The
architecture of this condo blends in well with the buildings surrounding it."
Ichiro, a Japanese student, wants to sell his used book that he's had for a decade. Kent, an
American student, wants to sell the exact same book, which he has also owned for a decade.
They price their respective books depending on how much they think the books are worth. The
books themselves are valued at $50. Based on cross-cultural research on endowment effect,
which of the following best predicts what the two price tags will most likely be?
A. Ichiro: $20; Kent: $15
B. Ichiro: $30; Kent: $60
