Question 1

Which of the following is true of social orientation hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

A)  It states that cultures differ in the holistic versus analytic social orientation patterns.
B)  Analytic social orientation emphasizes harmony,relatedness,and connection.
C)  It states that cultures differ in independent versus interdependent social orientation patterns.
D)  Interdependence orientation leads to a tendency to focus on a single dimension or aspect when categorizing objects or evaluating arguments.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Which of the following theories suggests that people in urbanized,industrialized societies are used to seeing things that are rectangular in shape and unconsciously come to expect things to have squared corners?

Accepted Answer

A)  Carpentered world theory
B)  Rectangular perception theory
C)  Right angle perception theory
D)  Front-horizontal theoryE) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

According to Sternberg (1986),componential intelligence refers to the ability to formulate new ideas and combine unrelated facts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true of categorization?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is inconsequential in decision making.
B)  It makes processing of information inefficient.
C)  It helps people keep track of what they are thinking about.
D)  It creates confusion while making decisions.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

Which theory suggests that we interpret vertical lines as horizontal lines extending into the distance?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dimensional space theory
B)  Front extension theory
C)  Vertical extension theory
D)  Front-horizontal foreshortening theoryE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

_____ refers to the recollection of specific events that took place at a particular time and place in the past.

Accepted Answer

A)  Semantic memory
B)  Episodic memory
C)  Implicit memory
D)  Procedural memoryE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 7

In the context of cognition,which of the following statements is true of creativity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cultures that have histories of greater prevalence of disease-causing pathogens are associated with greater creativity.
B)  It depends on convergent thinking rather than divergent thinking that is typically assessed in measures of intelligence.
C)  Creative individuals have been shown to have low capacity for hard work,and a low tolerance for ambiguity and disorder.
D)  Time spent living abroad,but not time spent traveling abroad,was positively related with creativity.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

In the context of the study by Masuda and Nisbett on attention involving American and Japanese students,people in Western cultures tend to engage in context-independent and _____ processes by focusing on a salient object (or person) independently from the context in which it is embedded.

Accepted Answer

A)  holistic perceptual
B)  naturalistic perceptual
C)  analytic perceptual
D)  scientific perceptualE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 9

_____ is a constellation of lay beliefs about the nature of the world.It is characterized by the doctrine of the mean,or the belief that the truth is always somewhere in the middle.

Accepted Answer

A)  Lay compromise
B)  Dialectical thinking
C)  Lay dialectivism
D)  Naïve dialectivismE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

Which of the following statements is true of culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was created by groups to solve complex problems of living and social life,enabling them to survive more functionally and effectively.
B)  It is not possible to access the mental models of culture that influence a person's way of thinking,feeling,and behaving.
C)  It does not have a strong cognitive component like evolution of language.
D)  It only refers to the individual mental representations of one's habits.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Exam 8: Culture and Cognition

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In the context of cognition,which of the following statements is true of creativity?

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_____ is a constellation of lay beliefs about the nature of the world.It is characterized by the doctrine of the mean,or the belief that the truth is always somewhere in the middle.

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According to Sternberg (1986),componential intelligence refers to the ability to formulate new ideas and combine unrelated facts.

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Which of the following theories suggests that people in urbanized,industrialized societies are used to seeing things that are rectangular in shape and unconsciously come to expect things to have squared corners?

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Which of the following statements is true of categorization?

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Which theory suggests that we interpret vertical lines as horizontal lines extending into the distance?

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_____ refers to the recollection of specific events that took place at a particular time and place in the past.

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In the context of the study by Masuda and Nisbett on attention involving American and Japanese students,people in Western cultures tend to engage in context-independent and _____ processes by focusing on a salient object (or person) independently from the context in which it is embedded.

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_____ is a constellation of lay beliefs about the nature of the world.It is characterized by the doctrine of the mean,or the belief that the truth is always somewhere in the middle.

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According to Sternberg (1986),componential intelligence refers to the ability to formulate new ideas and combine unrelated facts.

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