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What is the anthropological definition of culture?

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the man-made part of the human environment; physical artefacts and social systems

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What is the psychological definition of culture?

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collective programming of the mind to distinguish social groups

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What is a social system?

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the behaviour of multiple individuals within a culturally-organized population, including their patterns of interaction and networks of social relationships (Rohner, 1984)

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What are the 4 dimensions found in Hofstede’s study?

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power distance
uncertainty avoidance
individualism vs. collectivism
masculinity vs. femininity

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What is power distance?

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the extend to which people believe power is distributed unequally
perception of superordinates style (e.g. paternalistic vs. democratic)
preference for superordinates style (e.g. autocratic vs. consultative)

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What is uncertainty avoidance?

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the degree to which people feel uncomfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity
should company rules be broken if it is in the best interest of the company?
intention to remain in current job for the next 5 years

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What is individualism?

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preference for a loosely knit social framework in which people take care of themselves and immediate family
spending time alone, freedom, challenge

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What is collectivism?

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preference for a tightly knit social framework where individuals can rely on anyone in the group
training, good physical conditions, use of skills

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What is masculinity?

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a preference for achievement, heroism, assertiveness and marital success
earning, recognition, advancement, challenge

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What is femininity?

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a preference for relationships, modesty, caring for the weak and quality of life
cooperation, desirable living area

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What is an ecological fallacy?

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falsely extrapolating group-level findings to an individual level of explanation

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What is a reverse ecological fallacy?

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wrongly attributing properties of individuals to cultures

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What is an acquiescence bias?

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the tendency to agree with all items on a scale, this bias can vary among different nations

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What is a cultural syndrome?

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shared attitudes, beliefs, categorisations, norms, roles and values organised around a central theme

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What is the theory of self-construals?

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Markus & Kitayama (1991)
Asian and Western cultures differ in the prevalence of independent and interdependent self-construals
a self-construal is a self-identity based on the relationships we share with others

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What are the implications of self-construals for cognition?

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Asian cultures tend to show more;
interpersonal knowledge
context-specific knowledge
attention to interpersonal context

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What are the implications of self-construals for emotion?

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Westerners show more ego-focused emotions; anger, frustration, pride
Asians show more other-focused emotions; sympathy, interpersonal communication and shame

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What are the implications of self-construals for motivation?

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self-expression vs. self-restraint
bases of achievement
self-enhancement vs. modesty

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What evidence is there for the theory of self-construals?

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Matsumoto (1999)

national culture influence self-construals which influences cognition, emotion and motivation

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How does self-construal influence embarrassability?

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Asian-Americans reported more susceptibility to embarrassment and interdependent self-construals than Euro-Asians
self-construal is a significant predictor of embarrass ability through mediation

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What is the implicit model of self-hood?

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Kitayama (2009)
7 factor model with a dichotomous view of cultural differences
1. defining the self
2. experiencing the self
3. making decisions
4. looking after oneself
5. moving between contexts
6. communicating with others
7. dealing with conflicting interests
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What are other-construals?

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people in Western cultures attribute ambiguous behaviours to dispositions rather than situations
bias is reduced or absent in Asian cultures (Miller, 1984)

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How does the type of thinking influence other-construals?

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Nisbett (2001)
east asians; holistic thinking, attending to entire field of information
westerners; analytic thinking attending to the primary object and the categories which it belongs to

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What have frame switching studies shown about culture and inferences?

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western primes cause dispositional inferences
asian primes cause situational inferences
culture has some flexibility
behaviour depends on accessibility of cultural knowledge rather than availability

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How do communication styles differ across cultures?
individualistic - low context communication clarity, self-expression, being direct collectivistic - high context elaboration interpersonal harmony, being indirect, reading between the lines
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How can display rules differ across cultures?
Friesen (1972) individualism-collectivism accounts for 30% of variance in display rules Japanese people will show disgust when alone but when in a group they will not to avoid disrupting the harmony
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How does judgements of others emotions differ culturally?
Matsumoto et al. (2002) US participants judge high intensity expressions as indicating a less intense experience than the expression suggests Japanese participants judge low intensity expressions as indicating a more intense experience than the expression suggests
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What are the benefits of arranged marriages?
preserving social harmony political and economic links between families rational rather than emotion chocie
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How does marriage differ across cultures?
individualistic cultures are more likely to say they wouldn't marry without love collectivistic cultures more likely to consider arranged marriages
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What are some correlates with marriage for love?
higher affluence | lower fertility
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What are the factors of desirability?
``` Shackelford et al. (2005) love vs. status stability vs. fitness intelligence vs. home life sociability vs. religion ```
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How do definitions of love differ across cultures?
Rothbaum & Tsang (1998) comparison of western and asian pop songs US; positive qualities of loved ones and happiness Asia; suffering and creation of love
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What are the colours of love?
``` Lee (1973) mania; possessive/dependent eros; romantic/passionate agape; selfless storge; friendship pragma; practical ludus; game playing ```
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What are the types of family dynamic?
nuclear; parents and children (western) | extended; parents, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins (asian)
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How does parental control differ across cultures?
collectivistic; higher power distance, obedience, economic value of children greater control = more warmth individualistic; lower power distance, autonomy, psychological value of children greater control = less warmth
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How can children acquire their cultural orientation?
socialisation; caregiver actively raises child in accordance with cultural values enculturation; passive acquisition of cultural values due to exposure
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How can the ecological context influence subjective wellbeing?
higher GDP; subjective wellbeing is greatest at hot or cold temperatures lower GDP; subjective wellbeing is greatest at cool or warm temperatures
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How does the socio-political context influence subjective wellbeing?
Georgas (2004) | affluence is associated with greater individualism, life satisfaction and lower power distance
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How does national wealth moderate life satisfaction across cultures?
richer countries; home life is more important | poorer countries; financial satisfaction is more important
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How does pace of life influence life satisfaction?
Levin & Norenzayan (1999) higher pace of life correlates with better economy, individualism and colder climates also predicts subjective wellbeing, rate of smoking and prevalence of CHD
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What is acculturation?
groups of individuals with different cultures coming into first hand contact with each other creating changes in the original culture patterns - generally one group changes more than the other
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What are the dimensions of cultural adaptation?
affective; psychological wellbeing/distress behavioural; learning effective communication and social skills cognitive; beliefs, values and cultural identity
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What are the acculturation strategies of the minority group?
integration assimilation separation marginalisation
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What is integration?
relationships are formed with the dominant group and both cultures are maintained
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What is assimilation?
relationships are formed but the minority does not maintain its cultural identity
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What is separation?
no relationships are formed but the minority does maintain its cultural identity
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What is marginalisation?
no relationships are formed and the minority does not maintain its cultural identity
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What is the most adaptive minority acculturation strategy?
integration Berry (1990's) minorities prefer integration Benet-Martinez et al. (2002) predicts wellbeing minorities show the best adaptation and least stress
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What is the least adaptive minority acculturation strategy?
marginalisation
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What are the acculturation strategies of the majority group?
multiculturalism melting-pot segregation exclusion
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What is multiculturalism?
integration strategy monitored by policy and values
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What is melting-pot?
majority expect assimilation of minority however if this does not happen this can lead to rejection and separation
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What is segregation?
separation and rejection of minority group
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What is exclusion?
no support for minority and marginalisation of cultural values
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What is the most adaptive majority acculturation strategy?
Multiculturalism | Georgas et al. (1996) Greek values are maintained more in multicultural societies e.g. Canada
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What is a settler society?
a society which was developed through colonialism e.g. USA, Australia, Canada integration predicts better outcomes
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What is a non-settler society?
a society which has been in existence as far as history can go back e.g. UK, France, Germany separation predicts better psychological outcomes
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What is Marx's concept of ideology as a superstructure?
superstructure is a society's culture, power structures, roles
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What is modernisation?
Ingelhart & Baker (2000) changes in ego-cultural framework cultural beliefs become more secular and rational culture is expected to adapt to context
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What is post-modernisation?
Ingelhart & Baker (2000) shift from manufacturing to service economy beliefs and values become post-materialistic less focus on survival more focus on self-expression
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What did the world values survey test?
traditional vs. secular-rational views - religion, authority, obedience, pro-life survival vs. self-expression - economic/physical security, homophobia, distrust
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What did the results of the world values survey show?
there is a general trend towards more secular-rational and self-expressive views Ingelhart & Baker (2000) cultures develop along parallel lines but don't converge
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What is the concept of globalisation?
culture could end up global evidence; Japanisation in business practises results; loss of identity and anti-globalisation
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What evidence is there for the universality of emotions?
Ekman (1972); same basic 6 emotions observed universally - happiness, surprise, fear, sadness, anger, disgust Matsumoto & Willingham (2009); these emotions are also observed in people without language or sight
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How does emotional experience differ across cultures?
Kitayama et al. (2000) Americans report more positive than negative emotions Japanese report equal frequencies of positive and negative emotions Park et al. (2013) higher class people are more likely to express anger in Japan but less likely in America
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How does emotional experience differ within cultures?
``` Gallo & Mathews (2003) lower-class people experience more negative emotions than upper-class people ```
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Why do emotions differ culturally?
different emotion concepts accessibility of emotions ideal affect
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How do emotion concepts differ across cultures?
different languages have different words to express certain emotions that may not exist in other cultures - e.g. gezellig; feeling cosy in the presence of others
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How does the accessibility of emotions differ across cultures?
can be a function of the ability to describe ones emotion using language - e.g. Chinese have 113 different words for shame (Li et al., 2014)
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How does ideal affect differ across cultures?
Tsai (2007) East Asians prefer low arousal positive emotions - calm, peaceful Americans prefer high arousal positive emotions - excited, enthusiastic
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What evidence is there for a difference in ideal affect across cultures?
Moon et al. (2011) Facebook profile pictures - Eastern cultures show more closed mouth smiles - Western cultures show more open mouth smiles
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How are emotions expressed differently in different cultures?
Jack et al. (2012) | East Asian cultures are more likely to use the eyes to express emotional intensity
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What evidence is there for the difference in eastern and western emotional expression?
Jack et al. (2013; Park et al. (2013) emoticon use e.g. for expressing happiness Asians - (^_^) Americans - :-)
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How does emotion interpretation differ across cultures?
Yuki et al. (2007) westerners tend to rate emotional experience based on the mouth easterners tend to rate emotional expression on the eyes Americans rated individuals with a happy mouth and sad eyes as more happy and Japanese rated it as more sad
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How is aggression experienced across cultures?
Adam et al. (2010) | Europeans are more likely to give into someone expressing anger, Asians are less likely to give in
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How are insults experience differently within cultures?
Cohen & Nisbett comparison of northern and southern Americans reaction t physical and verbal aggression northerners more likely to move out of an aggressors way whether insulted or not southerns more likely to move out of an aggressors way if not insults but show more aggression themselves and will not move out of the way if insulted

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