Exam 5: Self and Personality: How Does Culture Affect How We Understand Ourselves

The Parkers are an American family planning their household sleeping arrangements.The Singhs, an Indian family, are also planning their household sleeping arrangements.According to research by Shweder, which of following values would be much more important to the Parkers than the Singhs?

Which of the following statements is true about parent-child interactions across cultures?

Kosuke is a 3-year-old Japanese boy who scores a 3 out of 7 on a measure of interdependence.Jeremy is a 3-year-old American boy who also scores a 3 out of 7 on a measure of interdependence.In general, the Japanese are more interdependent than Americans.Draw a graph to predict how each child's score on the measure of interdependence is expected to change (or not change) as he or she gets older (up to age 18).

Research on the perception of phonemes by infants reveals that

What can be said about sensitive windows for language acquisition?

According to research by Shweder and others, the most important consideration in deciding on sleeping arrangements in both Indian and American families is

Explain how IQ tests have been linked to prejudice and racism.

Manchi and Eason were both born in Hong Kong.Manchi moved to Canada at age 18, and Eason moved to Canada at age 40.Based on research on cultural adjustment, which of the following best characterizes their adjustment to Canada?

The terrible twos are believed by Western psychologists to be important because acting out in this stage

Alex and Tess are parents who place great emphasis on the value of the sacred couple.They have a postpubescent son, a prepubescent daughter, and a toddler son.What sleeping arrangement are they most likely going to have?

Ilya, Vassily, and Anna are siblings who immigrated with their parents to Canada from Russia.At the time of immigration, Ilya was 4, Vassily was 18, and Anna was 20.Based on the research by Cheung, Chudek, and Heine regarding sensitive periods, draw a graph predicting how each sibling's identification with Canadian culture will change as he or she spends more years in Canada.

Which of the following is an accessibility universal?

Adolescent rebellion

Adolescent rebellion is found more often in cultures

Xiao, a university student in China, and Jess, a university student in the United States, are each listening to an audiotape in their individual rooms.The audiotape is of a mother talking to her 4-year-old child.At one point, the audio on both tapes is covered by static.Xiao and Jess are asked to guess what was said by the mother.Based on research about cultural differences in language, which of the following is the likeliest to happen?

Which of the following statements about the relationships between authoritative and authoritarian parenting styles is true?

Heine and colleagues (2011) studied immigrants in Vancouver, Canada, who came from Hong Kong.They found that identification with Canadian culture depended on how long immigrants had lived in Canada,

The Blurgs, an alien family from Neptune, want to build a new house.This family consists of a father, a mother, a 20-year-old son, a 10-year-old son, and a baby daughter.When deciding on sleeping arrangements, the people of Neptune greatly value respect for hierarchy, as defined by Shweder and colleagues in their study examining cultural differences in sleeping arrangements between Americans and Indians.Which of the following most accurately reflects this value?

Child A is raised in a language in which Pa and Ba sound the same.Which of the following is true?

Tomo is a baby in Japan.Ron is a baby in Canada.Ron is more likely to learn which of the following words faster than Tomo? (The words listed here are in English, but assume that Tomo will learn the equivalent Japanese word.)