PSYC 435 EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Multicultural psychology - CORRECT ANSWER -The systematic study of all aspects of human
behavior as it occurs in settings where people of different backgrounds interact.
Cross-cultural psychology - CORRECT ANSWER -Compares cultures on psychological processes.
Cultural psychology - CORRECT ANSWER -Covers both subfields of psychology.
Nonuniversal - CORRECT ANSWER -A cultural invention or psychological process that does not
exist in all cultures.
Existential universal - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -Exists in all cultures, serves the same function in all,
but is not equally accessible across all cultures.
Accessibility universal - CORRECT ANSWER -Very few of these, same across all cultures.
WEIRD societies - CORRECT ANSWER -Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic.
Müller-Lyer illusion - CORRECT ANSWER -Research comparing people from different cultures.
Color-blind approach - CORRECT ANSWER -An approach that ignores cultural differences.
Multicultural approach - CORRECT ANSWER -An approach that acknowledges and values
cultural differences.
, Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER -Judging other cultures by comparing them to our culture,
using our own culture as the standard of comparison.
Culture (first definition) - CORRECT 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) - CORRECT 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) - CORRECT ANSWER -A pattern of ideas that programs us
psychologically and physically, and humans also create culture just as culture creates us.
Race - CORRECT ANSWER -A socially based construct that we have created to categorize one
another, assuming people in the same racial group have similar behaviors and characteristics.
Ethnicity - CORRECT ANSWER -The combination of race and culture.
Intersectionality - CORRECT ANSWER -The unique combo of identities that can't be reduced to
its individual components.
Example of intersectionality - CORRECT ANSWER -Experiences of Black transgender women =
experiences of Black individuals + experiences of transgender women + experiences unique to Black
transgender women.
Prestige bias - CORRECT ANSWER -A bias in imitation where we tend to imitate those who are
'prestigious'.
Similarity bias - CORRECT ANSWER -We tend to imitate others who are similar to us, helping us
form a shared identity.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Multicultural psychology - CORRECT ANSWER -The systematic study of all aspects of human
behavior as it occurs in settings where people of different backgrounds interact.
Cross-cultural psychology - CORRECT ANSWER -Compares cultures on psychological processes.
Cultural psychology - CORRECT ANSWER -Covers both subfields of psychology.
Nonuniversal - CORRECT ANSWER -A cultural invention or psychological process that does not
exist in all cultures.
Existential universal - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -Exists in all cultures, serves the same function in all,
but is not equally accessible across all cultures.
Accessibility universal - CORRECT ANSWER -Very few of these, same across all cultures.
WEIRD societies - CORRECT ANSWER -Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic.
Müller-Lyer illusion - CORRECT ANSWER -Research comparing people from different cultures.
Color-blind approach - CORRECT ANSWER -An approach that ignores cultural differences.
Multicultural approach - CORRECT ANSWER -An approach that acknowledges and values
cultural differences.
, Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER -Judging other cultures by comparing them to our culture,
using our own culture as the standard of comparison.
Culture (first definition) - CORRECT 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) - CORRECT 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) - CORRECT ANSWER -A pattern of ideas that programs us
psychologically and physically, and humans also create culture just as culture creates us.
Race - CORRECT ANSWER -A socially based construct that we have created to categorize one
another, assuming people in the same racial group have similar behaviors and characteristics.
Ethnicity - CORRECT ANSWER -The combination of race and culture.
Intersectionality - CORRECT ANSWER -The unique combo of identities that can't be reduced to
its individual components.
Example of intersectionality - CORRECT ANSWER -Experiences of Black transgender women =
experiences of Black individuals + experiences of transgender women + experiences unique to Black
transgender women.
Prestige bias - CORRECT ANSWER -A bias in imitation where we tend to imitate those who are
'prestigious'.
Similarity bias - CORRECT ANSWER -We tend to imitate others who are similar to us, helping us
form a shared identity.
