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University of Toronto PSYCHOLOGY SOP4731 CHAPTER 7 1)The findings from acculturation research are less coherent than many other topics largely because a)            one cannot put people through an acculturation experiment—it is all correlational research

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PSYCHOLOGY SOP4731

CHAPTER 7

1)The findings from acculturation research are less coherent than many other topics largely because

a)            one cannot put people through an acculturation experiment—it is all correlational research.

b)            there are no validated acculturation measures.

c)            people’s circumstances vary so much that it makes it difficult to identify common patterns.

d)            there is no consensual definition on what acculturation means.

e)            immigrants do not like to have their experiences studied by researchers.

 

2.            When will you NOT see an adjustment phase after experiencing culture shock?

a)            when the person endorses an integration acculturation strategy

b)            when the person endorses an assimilation acculturation strategy

c)            when the person is introverted

d)            when the person moves to a homogenous society

e)            when the person has an interdependent self-construal

 

3.            Imagine that Georgi moved to Canada from Bulgaria about a year ago. We might expect that he

a)            is having a more difficult time acculturating than his neighbor, who moved from a small tribe from the Amazon.

b)            is adjusting to Canadian life and is fully integrated into the community.

c)            is having the time of his life and is reveling in his new and exotic home.

d)            is struggling, as he feels a bit homesick and has not yet made many Canadian friends.

e)            has already picked up curling as his favorite sport.

 

4.                            Which of the following people is most likely to experience an L-shaped acculturation curve? a) Crystal-Joy, who has moved to a culturally homogeneous society

b)            Lydia, who has an interdependent self-concept, while people in the host culture have an independent self-concept

c)            Magda, who is feeling a lot of cultural distance between her heritage culture and the host culture

d)            Timothy, who identifies with his heritage culture but not his host culture

e)            Noriko, who habitually engages in frame-switching

 

5.            Idra, a European university student, has moved to another country indefinitely to start a new career. He is currently experiencing anxiety, helplessness, and homesickness. Based on research on acculturation curves, what do you expect to happen with Idra next?

a)            He will maintain these feelings if the host culture is homogenous.

b)            He will maintain these feelings if the host culture is extraverted.

c)            He will bounce back and adjust to the new culture if the host culture is homogenous.

d)            He will bounce back and adjust to the new culture if the host culture is extraverted.

e)            The answer cannot be determined from the information given.

 

6.            How does cultural distance differ from cultural fit?

a)            Cultural fit refers to culture-culture matching of variables, whereas cultural distance refers to person- culture matching of variables.

b)            Cultural distance refers to culture-culture matching of variables, whereas cultural fit refers to person- culture matching of variables.

c)            Cultural fit refers to cultures that endorse an assimilative acculturation strategy.

d)            Cultural distance refers to cultures that endorse a separation acculturation strategy.

e)            The two are different ways of communicating the same concept.

 

7.            The First Nations tribe that has been most successful (of the ones studied) at adjusting to mainstream Canadian settler traditions has been the

a)            Eastern Cree. b) Tsimshian.

c)            Carrier.

d)            Haida.

e)            Mohawk.

 

8.            The Kingdom of Zorblax is about to colonize a bunch of aboriginal tribes living on a foreign continent. The culture of Zorblax is characterized by a system in which people live on collective farms and take what they need from those farms. Which of the following foreign aboriginal tribes will experience the LEAST amount of acculturative stress under the Kingdom of Zorblax?

a)            the Ngouma, a coastal tribe that is accustomed to fishing for food

b)            the Divan, a tribe that lives in the forest and subsists on hunting large animals

c)            the Moche, an individualistic tribe that engages in social facilitation

d)            the Remala, a tribe that is very extraverted

e)            the Poranga, a tribe that heavily engages in communal sharing

 

9.            Which of the following is reliably associated with reduced acculturative stress?

a)            extraversion

b)            an interdependent view of self

c)            an independent view of self

d)            conscientiousness e) cultural fitness

10.          Your friend Pedram is planning to immigrate somewhere and wants to go to a place where he will have the best chance of adjusting to the new culture. Which of the following should you recommend as being the best place for him?

a)            a society that is homogenous, where everyone has a well-defined role b) a society that espouses values that match Pedram’s personality

c)            a society in which he will be a visible minority

d)            a society that encourages people to code-switch

e)            a society in which he will be a nonvisible minority

11.          Varun is a Fijian immigrant to Canada. After observing him over time, his friends felt like he was not really participating in Canadian culture, nor did he seem to have much to do with his Fijian roots. Which of the following best describes Varun?

a)            L-shaped curve

b)            adjustment

c)            separation strategy

d)            marginalization strategy

e)            culture shock

 

12.          Bjorn is a nonvisible minority member, while Trang is a member of a visible minority. Trang is more likely than Bjorn to

a)            experience an L-shaped acculturation curve.

b)            have his acculturative stress be influenced by his initial experiences in the host culture.

c)            have a personality with poor cultural fit.

 

d)            have separation acculturation strategies.

e)            use blending.

 

13.          Given current research on acculturation and health, which of the following would you expect?

a)            Jessica acculturated more quickly than Jasmine to the host culture, which means Jessica will likely live longer.

b)            How much acculturative stress Maggie experiences is unrelated to her overall health.

c)            Candice has acculturated to the host culture with poor diets, which means she may develop unhealthy habits that lead to adverse health outcomes.

d)            John has decided to completely take on the host culture while ignoring his heritage culture, which means he will have the most positive health outcomes.

e)            The more friends Harold has, the more acculturated he will be, and the better his health will be.

 

14.          According to the textbook, which of the following has NOT been noted as a result of becoming more acculturated to North American culture?

a)            increased rate of obesity

b)            increased delinquency behavior

c)            decreased risk of coronary heart disease

d)            decreased discrimination

e)            decreased school performance

 

15.          Stereotype threat occurs because

a)            it is damaging to a person’s self-esteem if others share negative stereotypes of his or her group. b) people are at risk for sometimes acting in ways consistent with stereotypes and thereby proving

the stereotype and creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.

c)            all believe in the content of stereotypes, even if they will not consciously admit it.

d)            people apply stereotypes to groups that they do not like.

e)            stereotypes are vulnerable to being disproved by counter-stereotypical information.

 

16.          Stereotype threat is

a)            largely in people’s minds and does not affect actual behavior.

b)            limited to the experiences of racial groups that are discriminated against.

c)            the result of people being unaware of the stereotypes that exist for their groups.

d)            experienced most acutely by people low in bicultural identity integration.

e)            measured using dependent variables such as task performance and physiological signs.

 

17.          Yamazonia is a society dominated by homosexual women. Based on this information alone, which of the following people living in Yamazonia is most likely to identify with his or her group membership?

a)            Jayden, a member of the ruling class b) Jared, a male worker

c)            Justice, a homosexual female

d)            Jordan, a social worker

e)            Jamie, a nonvisible minority

 

 

18.          Which of the following people is the best example of blending?

a)            Loni is able to jump back and forth between her Hawaiian heritage cultural views and her Texan host cultural views.

b)            Dongraegu has embraced both the cultural values of his Korean heritage culture as well as those of his Canadian host culture.

c)            Bjorn is from a Swedish town where many people immigrate, leading to a very multicultural atmosphere. d) Sarah gained a much more interdependent self-construal after spending the last ten years in China,

albeit less than that shown by the Chinese.

e)  Jürgen has decided to accept the cultural values of his American host culture to fit in better, disregarding values from his German heritage culture.

19.          Quang Giáp is from a society where people tend to attribute the behaviors of others as being the result of external pressures. After living in the United States for many years, however, Quang Giáp often finds himself increasingly attributing the behaviors of others as being the result of internal factors. What is this an example of?

a)            cultural fit b) blending

c)            marginalization

d)            frame-switching

e)            cultural distance

 

20.          Which of the following scenarios would most likely lead to Basdeo using frame-switching more than Mel?

a)            if Basdeo adopts a separation strategy while Mel adopts an assimilative strategy b) if Basdeo were a bicultural and Mel were a monocultural

c)            if Basdeo were low in bicultural identity integration and Mel were high in bicultural identity

 

integration

d)            if Basdeo were more extraverted than Mel

e)            if Basdeo were more conscientious than Mel

 

21.          Your friend immigrated more than a decade ago. While walking on the streets with your friend, he suddenly encounters a store that reminds him of his heritage culture. Which of the following is likeliest to result from that?

a)            Your friend will, at that moment, choose to develop more of a separation acculturation strategy.

b)            Your friend is more likely to think in ways consistent with his heritage culture, at least temporarily.

c)            Your friend will be prevented from entering the adjustment phase of acculturation, if he had not entered it already.

d)            Your friend will experience heightened acculturative stress.

e)            Your friend will temporarily feel like he was less acculturated than he had ever been.

 

22.          Jee-Yeong is a bicultural Korean-Canadian who is high in bicultural identity integration. Compared with other bicultural Korean-Canadians who are low on bicultural identity integration, Jee-Yeong

a)            will show less acculturative stress.

b)            is more likely to score high on measures of cultural distance.

c)            is less likely to acquire undesirable cultural habits. d) will engage in more frame-switching.

e) will more likely adopt an assimilative strategy.

 

 

23.          Kartika is a professor in Germany who is trying to decide which applicant to accept as a graduate student. She wants a graduate student who will come up with creative ideas. Which of the following applicants should have the most creative ideas?

a)            Meanne, who is highly agreeable

b)            Kharah, who has visited and observed many cultures around the world

c)            Laura, who comes from a culture that has no cultural distance from Indonesia

d)            Kate, who is very extraverted

e)            The attributes listed cannot predict which of these applicants will have the most creative ideas.

 

24.          Your friend Basdeo would like to become more creative. Which of the following would you recommend to him?

a)            go observe another culture

b)            be more extraverted

c)            adopt an L-shape acculturation curve

 

d)            go to a culture that is culturally distant from his current culture e) You would not recommend any of these choices.