Exam 1: Conceptual Tools

Correspondence bias is the tendency to ignore the setting and believe that what people do reflects who they are. Generally speaking, who is more likely to show a correspondence bias, Americans or East Asians? More importantly, why?

In a study of 33 nations, researchers discovered that a strong predictor of a nation's tightness is ___________________.

Cognitive style is a cultural dimension that describes a society's habitual way of thinking.

In a study of 33 nations, tight nations were more likely to have autocratic governments and loose nations were more likely to have higher crime rates.

According to one study, the tightest region in the United States is ___________.

When two distributions of scores overlap each other partly but not completely, we can infer that ___________________.

As described in Briefing 1, what is the difference between objective culture and subjective culture?

Collectivism emphasizes values such as loyalty, being concerned for the well-being of the group, and considering the implications for others of one's decisions.

Which of the following is NOT typical of holistic thinking?

According to Michele Gelfand and her colleagues, why are some nations tighter than others?