Exam 9: Cognition and Perception

Bagiai is a member of the Piraha culture, which has a smaller numerical system than large-scale Western cultures.Bagiai is hunting and comes across a group of 10 tapirs (large pig-like mammals).He kills 2 to take back to his camp.If Bagiai were asked, "How many tapir remain alive?" how would he answer this question and why?

You work at your university's tutoring center, where you are tutoring two students taking the same Nursing course: Kimberly, a European American student, and Meilin, an Asian American student.Both students are studying for a first aid exam where they will be required to assess and treat different types of injuries by applying a multi-step process.Given what you know about cultural differences in thinking aloud, what study advice would you give to each student?

A Chinese art critic, Weiwei, and his American counterpart, William, are both looking at a painting of a group of adults standing behind a child in the middle foreground.If you were to compare the eye gazes of Weiwei and William, what would you find?

With which of the following is a low-context culture most closely associated?

Which of the following statements accurately reflects the historical underpinnings of analytic and holistic thinking?

Imagine viewing an image of a fish tank containing two red fish, a zebra-striped fish, and pink rocks and sand on the floor of the tank.You view and study this image for 2 minutes before it is removed.Which of the following statements is most true of you if you are field dependent?

An American student, Ronald, and his friend from China, Rui, are looking up at the clear blue sky, where just a few clouds are visible.Coincidentally, the clouds are all grouped into one cluster just above Ronald and Rui.The two start naming shapes that they see in the clouds.According to cultural differences in attentional style, which of the following is most likely to happen in this scenario?

How might different cultures have come to think so differently about their worlds? Demonstrate your understanding of the origins of analytic and holistic thinking by explaining their historical underpinnings and relationships to other cultural concepts that reinforce them.

Holistic thinking involves

You are volunteering at a hospital that provides art therapy to children.You are working with Miles, a child from South Korea, who draws a picture depicting his family members playing outside in front of their home.Given what you know about cultural differences in attention and artistic preferences, you expect that Mile's picture will

A person who takes a dialectical view on life is LEAST likely to say,

A researcher asks a participant to organize a series of pictures in temporal sequence.The person organizes the pictures so that the temporal sequence goes from right to left.Which of the following most likely describes the participant?

Maria perceives the world around her as an integrated whole.This suggests that Maria is a(n) ________, who would also attend to ________.

Which of the following examples most accurately portrays research on cultural differences in communication style?

Which cultural groups are the most likely to perceive colors differently?

Which of the following statements is true about the relationship between talking and thinking? Eastern cultural traditions emphasize that talking and thinking

Sheila is an elementary school art teacher.Sheila is looking through her students' paintings to determine which paintings to display on the wall for the upcoming holiday party.If Sheila has a field-independent attentional style, as opposed to a field-dependent attentional style, she will

Your roommate is from a high-context culture.As a result, which of the following is most likely to be an exchange between the two of you?

Which of the following statements is consistent with findings from research studies examining cultural influences on talking and thinking?

Color terms from different cultures around the world