A cultural response set is a tendency for members of a cultural group to
A) respond in certain ways on response scales.
B) rate where they stand on a characteristic relative to what they see as the average of a rival cultural group.
C) prefer one type of response format (such as open-ended or closed-ended) over other types of response formats.
D) be especially sensitive to category anchoring effects.

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Cultural response set refers to the tendency of members of a cultural group to respond in a similar way on response scales, regardless of the specific questions being asked. This can be due to cultural values or linguistic differences in how individuals understand and interpret response options. Therefore, option A is the correct choice as it describes this tendency. The other three options are not directly related to cultural response set.

A Cultural Response Set Is a Tendency for Members of a Cultural