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PSY 455: Spring 2003

 

Exam 3  --> Thursday, May 15 (open note test)

Review for Exam 3

Extra Credit

 

Review for Exam 1

Review for Exam 2

 

 
 


Review for Exam 1

 

I. Important Concepts from Chapter 1

  • Two main goals of psychology

  •  What is cross-cultural research

  •  Universal or Culture-specific

  •  Two contributions of cross-cultural psychology

 

II. Important Concepts from Chapter 2

  • Why is it important to define culture?

  • Definition of Culture for this book

  • Factors that influence culture

  • Culture and race, ethnicity, and nationality

  • Popular culture

  • Individualism-collectivism

  • The influence of culture on psychology

 

III. Important Concepts from Chapter 4

  • Definition of Ethnocentrism

  • Flexible ethnocentrism and Inflexible ethnocentrism

  • Definition of Stereotypes

  • Development of Stereotypes

  • Definition of Prejudice

  • Definition of Discrimination

  • �Isms� and Institutional Discrimination

 

IV. Important Concepts from Chapter 5

  • Validity, Reliability, and Replication

  • Special Issues in Cross-Cultural Research

 

Review for Exam 2

I.  Important Concepts from Chapter 7

  •  Socialization, Enculturation, Acculturation, and Socialization agents

  • Cross-cultural studies on temperament/ goodness of fit

  • Cross-cultural studies on attachment

  •  Cross-cultural research on parenting styles

  • Piaget�s theory in cross-cultural perspective

  • Levy-Bruhl�s great divide theory and new great divide theories

II. Important Concepts from Chapter 11

  • The Universality of Facial Expressions of Emotion

  • The first set of methodologically sound studies on emotional universality

  • Cultural Differences in Facial Expressions: Display Rules

  • The Universality of Emotion Recognition

  •  Universality of Emotional Experiences

  •  Cultural similarities in Emotion Antecedents

  • Cultural similarities in Emotion Appraisal 

III.  Important Concepts from Chapter 12

  • Culture and Language Lexicons

  • Culture and Pragmatics

  • The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

  •  Fishman�s Sapir-Whorf hypothesis schema

  • Bilingualism and Its Implications for Sapir-Whorf

  • Research Examining Linguistic Relativity in Bilinguals

  • Misperceptions about Bilinguals 

IV. Important Concepts from Chapter 14

  • Defining Communication

  •  Cultural Influences on Verbal Language and Nonverbal Behavior Encoding

  •  Cultural Influences on Decoding Processes

  •  Unique Aspects of Intercultural Communication

  • Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC)

  • Intercultural Sensitivity

V. Other

  • Universal Psychological Processes

  • Guest Lecture by Dr.Anguas Plata on �Subjective Well-being in a Collectivistic Culture.�   

 

 

 

 ****Exam 3 is on Thursday, May 15****

**You will be able to use your notes on this exam**

 

Review for Exam 3 

 

A. Important concepts from Chapter 3 

  • Culture and Concepts of Self 

  • An Example of Different Cultural Conceptualizations of Self 

  • Multicultural Identities 

 

B. Important concepts from Chapter 15   

  • Defining Personality 

  • Cross-Cultural Approaches to the Study and Understanding of Personality  

  • Culture and the Five Factor Model of Personality 

  • Culture and Indigenous Personalities  

 

C. Important concepts from Chapter 10   

  • Culture and Psychotherapy 

  • Treatment of Abnormal Behavior across Diverse Cultures in the United States 

  • Treatment of Abnormal Behavior in Other Culture

 

D. Important concepts from Chapter 16   

  • Ingroups and Outgroups 

  • Cultural Differences in Ingroup/ Outgroup Relationships 

  • Interpersonal Attraction, Love, and Intimacy across Cultures 

  • Intercultural Marriages 

  • Attributional Styles across Cultures 

 

E. Other

  • Guest lecture by Dr. LeRoux on ICAPS and Dr. Juang on ethnic identity

  • Lecture by Dr. Matsumoto on intercultural adjustment and ICAPS
 

 

EXTRA CREDIT

  • If you are interested in participating in a 15 minute study on culture and choice for extra credit, 
    please contact Sydnie at sydnieyoo@sbcglobal.net

 

 

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