Question 1

Why would herding lead to the development of a culture of honor?

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In herding cultures, wealth is portable and can be easily stolen, which necessitates a culture of honor to protect one's assets and deter theft through a reputation for retaliation.

Question 2

Explain how the principle of Occam's razor applies to multi-method research.

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Question 3

Tom comes from a family of cattle herders, while Jack comes from a rice-farming family.They are both recruited to participate in a study that uses a within-subjects manipulation.In the study, the researchers want to see how angry they would get if they were insulted versus if they were not insulted.Anger was measured by measuring blood pressure.Based on Nisbett and Cohen's research on the culture of honor, draw a graph of what you would expect the data to look like.Be sure to label what the independent and dependent variables are in this graph.

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Question 4

The argument that differences in violence between the North and South of the U.S.are due to differences in the importance of honor is

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North-South differences being bigger in rural towns than in large cities supports the idea that cultural factors like the importance of honor, which may be more pronounced in rural areas, contribute to the differences in violence.

Question 5

Using cultural priming, come up with a within-groups study design involving American and Japanese participants that examines whether independent or interdependent mind-sets affect their feelings of connectedness with their friends (ignore response biases as a consideration for this question).

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Question 6

As described in the textbook, finding that U.S.Southerners respond aggressively to insults more than Northerners because of underlying differences in measures of honor would be an example of

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Unpackaging a cultural difference involves identifying the underlying reasons or mechanisms that explain observed cultural differences. In this case, the difference in aggressive responses to insults between U.S. Southerners and Northerners is explained by differences in measures of honor, which is an example of unpackaging.

Question 7

Nisbett and Cohen's archival studies in the United States found that

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Nisbett and Cohen's research primarily focused on cultural differences in aggression, particularly between the U.S. South and North, emphasizing the "culture of honor" prevalent in the South. However, the specific statements provided in the options do not accurately reflect the findings from their archival studies.

Question 8

Using an example from the textbook, explain why researchers should have some knowledge about the cultures they are examining.

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Question 9

Canada and the United States are two countries that, in many ways, are very similar to each other, particularly in terms of the personality trait called extraversion.A researcher wants to study whether there is a cultural difference between Canada and the United States in terms of how much the people like to socialize with friends, which is related to extraversion.From the information provided, determine what the independent variable(s) and dependent variable(s) are, write about whether you think this study is high or low in power, and justify why you would ascribe high or low power to this study.

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Question 10

Explain whether cross-cultural comparisons of the magnitude of means or cross-cultural comparisons of patterns of means is better for cross-cultural comparison, and why.

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Question 11

Create a six-item questionnaire about "happiness" designed such that it counters the acquiescence bias.Then, discuss how you would analyze the data to make it less susceptible to the extremity bias.

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Question 12

All else being equal, you would expect a culture of honor to most likely develop among which of the following groups?

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A culture of honor is more likely to develop among people who transport diamonds because their livelihood involves high-value goods that are susceptible to theft, necessitating a reputation for toughness and a willingness to defend their property.

Question 13

You are hoping to study how people from Denmark and people from Russia differ on levels of happiness.You are concerned about your study being susceptible to the reference group effect.What is one way of measuring happiness that lessens your study's susceptibility?

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