PSYC 435 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
ATHABASCA ALL IN ONE PRACTICE
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⫸ Cross-cultural psychology Answer: Compares cultures on
psychological processes.
⫸ Cultural psychology Answer: Covers both subfields of psychology.
⫸ Nonuniversal Answer: A cultural invention or psychological process
that does not exist in all cultures.
⫸ Existential universal Answer: Exists in all cultures, but does not serve
the same function in all cultures and is not equally accessible across all
cultures.
⫸ Functional universal Answer: Exists in all cultures, serves the same
function in all, but is not equally accessible across all cultures.
⫸ Accessibility universal Answer: Very few of these, same across all
cultures.
⫸ WEIRD societies Answer: Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich,
Democratic.
, ⫸ Müller-Lyer illusion Answer: Research comparing people from
different cultures.
⫸ Color-blind approach Answer: An approach that ignores cultural
differences.
⫸ Multicultural approach Answer: An approach that acknowledges and
values cultural differences.
⫸ Ethnocentrism Answer: Judging other cultures by comparing them to
our culture, using our own culture as the standard of comparison.
⫸ Culture (first definition) Answer: A unique meaning and information
system shared by a group and transmitted across generations that allows
the group to survive and derive meaning from life.
⫸ Culture (second definition) Answer: A dynamic group of people who
share similar context, are exposed to similar cultural messages, and
contain a broad range of different individuals who are affected by those
cultural messages in various ways.
⫸ Culture (third definition) Answer: A pattern of ideas that programs us
psychologically and physically, and humans also create culture just as
culture creates us.
ATHABASCA ALL IN ONE PRACTICE
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⫸ Cross-cultural psychology Answer: Compares cultures on
psychological processes.
⫸ Cultural psychology Answer: Covers both subfields of psychology.
⫸ Nonuniversal Answer: A cultural invention or psychological process
that does not exist in all cultures.
⫸ Existential universal Answer: Exists in all cultures, but does not serve
the same function in all cultures and is not equally accessible across all
cultures.
⫸ Functional universal Answer: Exists in all cultures, serves the same
function in all, but is not equally accessible across all cultures.
⫸ Accessibility universal Answer: Very few of these, same across all
cultures.
⫸ WEIRD societies Answer: Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich,
Democratic.
, ⫸ Müller-Lyer illusion Answer: Research comparing people from
different cultures.
⫸ Color-blind approach Answer: An approach that ignores cultural
differences.
⫸ Multicultural approach Answer: An approach that acknowledges and
values cultural differences.
⫸ Ethnocentrism Answer: Judging other cultures by comparing them to
our culture, using our own culture as the standard of comparison.
⫸ Culture (first definition) Answer: A unique meaning and information
system shared by a group and transmitted across generations that allows
the group to survive and derive meaning from life.
⫸ Culture (second definition) Answer: A dynamic group of people who
share similar context, are exposed to similar cultural messages, and
contain a broad range of different individuals who are affected by those
cultural messages in various ways.
⫸ Culture (third definition) Answer: A pattern of ideas that programs us
psychologically and physically, and humans also create culture just as
culture creates us.
