Question 1

Think back to the stereotypes people in Western cultures have about men and women's emotional and social roles. What construct from cultural psychology best describes traditionally feminine emotional and social attributes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Heterogeneous
B)  Homogeneous
C)  Collectivist
D)  Individualist

Question 2

What was the primary focus of early cross-cultural emotion psychology research?

Accepted Answer

A)  A search for universal emotions
B)  A search for evidence that emotion is a linguistic construct
C)  A search for evidence that Westerners are emotionally superior to people from other cultures
D)  A search for solutions to cross-cultural emotion misunderstandings

Question 3

If you come from an optimizing culture, which of the following best describes you?

Accepted Answer

A)  You strive to maximize positive emotions and minimize negative ones
B)  You strive for an optimal balance between positive and negative emotions
C)  You accept negative experiences as a part of life and are aware of the fleeting nature of positive experiences
D)  You believe negative experiences are a way to exhibit one's virtue and moral superiority

Question 4

What do Rychlowska and colleagues (2015)  mean when they say a culture is homogeneous?

Accepted Answer

A)  The culture does not have much economic disparity
B)  Most of the culture's population has a shared heritage, rather than being composed of different immigrant populations
C)  The culture encourages emotional transparency and has a limited number of display rules
D)  The culture is relatively ""new"" and is therefore lacking a shared history of tradition and norms

Question 5

Each of the following choices includes two sets of values or norms, which may best describe cultures of individualism or collectivism. Which of the following pairs of descriptions is not listed in this order: Individualism; Collectivism?

Accepted Answer

A)  The goal to express and discover one's uniqueness; the goal to maintain connections, fit in, and perform a role
B)  Behavior reflects one's inner personality and attitudes; behavior reflects social norms and roles
C)  Personal achievement and fulfillment, as well as rights and liberties, are what matter; group goals and solidarity, as well as social responsibilities and relationships, are what matter
D)  Promote communal relationships; promote exchange relationships
E)  All of the above are ordered correctly

Question 6

Sievers and colleagues had participants alter features of an animated red ball to test for universal emotion expression features in what two modalities?

Accepted Answer

A)  Posture and expression
B)  Movement and music
C)  Language and music
D)  Movement and dance

Question 7

Magda is a researcher who wants to test whether the expression of anger is influenced by the desire to express one's uniqueness versus the desire to fit in and perform one's role. Which culture construct best fits her interest?

Accepted Answer

A)  Individualism-collectivism
B)  Homogeneity-heterogeneity
C)  Culture of honor
D)  Dialectic-optimizing

Question 8

How do historically heterogeneous and homogeneous cultures differ in their expression of emotion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Heterogeneous cultures tend to discourage the expression of negative emotions and self-focused emotions more than homogeneous cultures
B)  Heterogeneous cultures tend to endorse greater emotional expressivity and produce more recognizable emotion expressions than people from homogeneous cultures
C)  People from heterogeneous cultures are worse at recognizing the emotion expressions of people from other cultures
D)  Both A and B
E)  All of the above

Question 9

Which of the following statements about collectivist cultures' display rules is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The expression of emotion should be generally suppressed, especially around ingroup members, so as to maintain group harmony
B)  The expression of negative affect should be greater around ingroup members than outgroup members, as a sign of respect
C)  Emotion suppression is cognitively costlier for people in collectivist cultures than individualist cultures
D)  Both A and B
E)  All of the above

Exam 12: Universals and Cultural Differences in Emotions

What was the primary focus of early cross-cultural emotion psychology research?

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If you come from an optimizing culture, which of the following best describes you?

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How do historically heterogeneous and homogeneous cultures differ in their expression of emotion?

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Sievers and colleagues had participants alter features of an animated red ball to test for universal emotion expression features in what two modalities?

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Think back to the stereotypes people in Western cultures have about men and women's emotional and social roles. What construct from cultural psychology best describes traditionally feminine emotional and social attributes?

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Which of the following statements about collectivist cultures' display rules is true?

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Magda is a researcher who wants to test whether the expression of anger is influenced by the desire to express one's uniqueness versus the desire to fit in and perform one's role. Which culture construct best fits her interest?

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Each of the following choices includes two sets of values or norms, which may best describe cultures of individualism or collectivism. Which of the following pairs of descriptions is not listed in this order: Individualism; Collectivism?

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What do Rychlowska and colleagues (2015) mean when they say a culture is homogeneous?

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Exam 12: Universals and Cultural Differences in Emotions

What was the primary focus of early cross-cultural emotion psychology research?

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If you come from an optimizing culture, which of the following best describes you?

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How do historically heterogeneous and homogeneous cultures differ in their expression of emotion?

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Sievers and colleagues had participants alter features of an animated red ball to test for universal emotion expression features in what two modalities?

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Think back to the stereotypes people in Western cultures have about men and women's emotional and social roles. What construct from cultural psychology best describes traditionally feminine emotional and social attributes?

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Which of the following statements about collectivist cultures' display rules is true?

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Magda is a researcher who wants to test whether the expression of anger is influenced by the desire to express one's uniqueness versus the desire to fit in and perform one's role. Which culture construct best fits her interest?

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Each of the following choices includes two sets of values or norms, which may best describe cultures of individualism or collectivism. Which of the following pairs of descriptions is not listed in this order: Individualism; Collectivism?

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What do Rychlowska and colleagues (2015) mean when they say a culture is homogeneous?

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