PSY 355 Exam #1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER Info that is shared and influences behavior
While culture is a group of individuals... - CORRECT ANSWER cultural groups are very diverse
and change over time (boundaries are not definitive) (i.e. MI & Canada)
society - CORRECT ANSWER system of interrelationships among people-- infrastructure (i.e.
form of gov., economic system, family system)
society vs. culture - CORRECT ANSWER society provides opportunity to meet/reach goals,
culture explains HOW to do this (i.e. pursuing education-- US= lectures, tools used, mindset, summers
off, etc.)
"iceberg" in culture - CORRECT ANSWER -behaviors/practices=tip of iceberg
-beliefs, motives, values, ways of thinking/feeling, etc. =below surface
WEIRD acronym - CORRECT ANSWER Western
Educated
Industrialized
Rich
Democratic
consequences of only studying those from "WEIRD" cultures - CORRECT ANSWER -small
portion of world's population
-WE are the abnormal-- cognition, emotions, values, etc.
-US should not be benchmark comparison
, general psychology/universalist perspective - CORRECT ANSWER the mind operates under a set
of natural and universal laws that are independent from culture or context
cultural psychology perspective - CORRECT ANSWER culture and the mind are inseparable--
mindset dictated by content & CONTEXT-- therefore if in different contexts, will comprehend differently
Why are there cultural differences - CORRECT ANSWER -learned from surroundings in
geographical regions *transmitted and evoked cultures
transmitted culture - CORRECT ANSWER info that is socially learned/modeled (i.e. pop vs soda)
evoked culture - CORRECT ANSWER info evoked by physical environment (i.e. food-- different
regions likely to sustain different foods, heavy-set more attractive in arid regions-- suggests wealth
evoked culture in "Geographical Eye Over Africa" - CORRECT ANSWER rainfall dictated
everyday lives for Itohan & Sadia-- housework, schooling, roles men/women, family systems, diet, etc.
theories on how cultural info is transmitted - CORRECT ANSWER -replicates like genes
-spreads like disease
gene analogy - CORRECT ANSWER compare to transmission of genes over time from generation
to generation-- involves memes
memes - CORRECT ANSWER unit of cultural information
success of meme dependent upon - CORRECT ANSWER longevity-- length of time meme exists
(i.e. holiday vs. fads), fecundity-- degree to which meme transmitted (people with a lot of children-- i.e.
language), fidelity-- accuracy of transmission
disease analogy - CORRECT ANSWER cultural info spreads like virus/disease (ideas mutated
instead replicated because personal interpretations of info)
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER Info that is shared and influences behavior
While culture is a group of individuals... - CORRECT ANSWER cultural groups are very diverse
and change over time (boundaries are not definitive) (i.e. MI & Canada)
society - CORRECT ANSWER system of interrelationships among people-- infrastructure (i.e.
form of gov., economic system, family system)
society vs. culture - CORRECT ANSWER society provides opportunity to meet/reach goals,
culture explains HOW to do this (i.e. pursuing education-- US= lectures, tools used, mindset, summers
off, etc.)
"iceberg" in culture - CORRECT ANSWER -behaviors/practices=tip of iceberg
-beliefs, motives, values, ways of thinking/feeling, etc. =below surface
WEIRD acronym - CORRECT ANSWER Western
Educated
Industrialized
Rich
Democratic
consequences of only studying those from "WEIRD" cultures - CORRECT ANSWER -small
portion of world's population
-WE are the abnormal-- cognition, emotions, values, etc.
-US should not be benchmark comparison
, general psychology/universalist perspective - CORRECT ANSWER the mind operates under a set
of natural and universal laws that are independent from culture or context
cultural psychology perspective - CORRECT ANSWER culture and the mind are inseparable--
mindset dictated by content & CONTEXT-- therefore if in different contexts, will comprehend differently
Why are there cultural differences - CORRECT ANSWER -learned from surroundings in
geographical regions *transmitted and evoked cultures
transmitted culture - CORRECT ANSWER info that is socially learned/modeled (i.e. pop vs soda)
evoked culture - CORRECT ANSWER info evoked by physical environment (i.e. food-- different
regions likely to sustain different foods, heavy-set more attractive in arid regions-- suggests wealth
evoked culture in "Geographical Eye Over Africa" - CORRECT ANSWER rainfall dictated
everyday lives for Itohan & Sadia-- housework, schooling, roles men/women, family systems, diet, etc.
theories on how cultural info is transmitted - CORRECT ANSWER -replicates like genes
-spreads like disease
gene analogy - CORRECT ANSWER compare to transmission of genes over time from generation
to generation-- involves memes
memes - CORRECT ANSWER unit of cultural information
success of meme dependent upon - CORRECT ANSWER longevity-- length of time meme exists
(i.e. holiday vs. fads), fecundity-- degree to which meme transmitted (people with a lot of children-- i.e.
language), fidelity-- accuracy of transmission
disease analogy - CORRECT ANSWER cultural info spreads like virus/disease (ideas mutated
instead replicated because personal interpretations of info)
