Question 1

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 2

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

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Question 3

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 4

Your new research project is to examine the extent to which a culture values freedom.You decided that the simplest way to measure this is to use culture-level measures.As such,which of the following would you do?

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Culture-level measures are measures that are taken at the level of a culture, rather than at the level of individuals. The frequency with which the word "freedom" appears in magazines is a culture-level measure, as it is a measure of the extent to which the concept of freedom is present in the culture.

Question 5

An advantage of the situation-sampling method is that it

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The situation-sampling method allows researchers to see how people in different cultures would respond if they were in the other groups' cultural worlds. This helps to control for cultural differences in response biases, and can be used with more than one culture at a time. It does not necessarily require the experimenter to translate any materials, but it may be necessary to equate the reference group across cultures.

Question 6

Dr.H wants to unpackage the cultural difference between Japanese and American horror movies.What is Dr.H trying to find out?

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Dr.H is trying to find out the underlying reasons for the cultural difference between Japanese and American horror movies.

Question 7

As seen 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 refers to identifying the underlying cultural factors that contribute to observed differences in behavior. In this example, the underlying cultural factor is the measure of honor, which is more important in southern culture than in northern culture.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT an example of a culture-level measure?

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A journal entry is an individual-level measure, as it represents the personal thoughts and experiences of the writer. The other choices (song lyrics, television programs, school books, and magazine advertisements) are all cultural products that reflect broader trends and norms within a society.

Question 9

You want to do a study to examine whether Greek participants view their parenting experiences as being different from those of Chinese participants,and vice versa.What is the most appropriate methodology for testing this?

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Question 10

A strength of Nisbett and Cohen's research program into the impact of a culture of honor on regional differences in violence between the U.S.South and North is that

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Nisbett and Cohen used multiple methods across their studies, including studying crime rates, experiments in the laboratory, and surveys. This strengthens their research program as it allows for triangulation of results and increases the reliability and validity of their findings.

Question 11

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

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Question 12

According to a culture of honor account,the U.S.South has historically been more violent than the North because

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The culture of honor theory suggests that the South's historical violence is linked to its herding economy, where defending one's reputation and property was crucial.

Question 13

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 using 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.

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Question 14

A group of researchers wants to learn about the characteristics of home-cooking recipes in Culture X.What is this type of method an example of?

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This is an example of culture-level measuring, as the researchers are studying characteristics of a specific culture's home-cooking recipes. They are not manipulating anything or sampling a situation.

Question 15

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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Quiz 4: Methods for Studying Culture and Psychology