Exam 11: Cultures, Social Change, and Crowds

In Korea, a person's address might be listed as Korea, Seoul, 814 Sunrise Street, Kim. What does such listing indicate about the Korean culture in comparison to US culture?

Which of the following best describes the relationship between nationality and culture?

Which of the following is an individual level process that people may use to create positive social identity when they find themselves to be a member of a group that does not provide a positive social identity for them?

Which of the following would be predicted from the concept of deindividuation?

Social creativity refers to

Deindividuation occurs in a mob because the group members

Members of low-status group are most likely to use social creativity strategies to change their status when

What is the critical difference between the deindividuation and the norm approaches to mob behavior?

What is a social representation? Give an example of one. Consider how Latané's dynamic social influence model explains the spread of ideas through large social groups. What research has supported his model?

The acceptance of one's own low status as part of the proper and normal functioning of society is known as

The results showing that research participants dressed in Ku Klux Klan uniforms shocked significantly more than those dressed in nurse uniforms when given the opportunity to administer shock to other individuals as part of a learning experiment support the idea that

A pattern of beliefs, values, norms and practices that are shared by the members of a culture and that provide meaning for the culture is

Compare and contrast the deindividuation and the social norm theories of mob behavior. Which do you find most useful, and why?

The characteristic of a culture that has the most powerful impact on individual behavior is

In comparison to individuals from Western cultures, individuals from Eastern cultures are more likely to feel proud for

The norm of independence characteristic of Western culture refers to

Which of the following concepts has been used to explain mob behavior?

Which of the following best illustrates the principle of optimal distinctiveness?

Dynamic social impact theory predicts that

If members of a low-status group perceive that existing group differences are unstable, and thus may change over time,