Culture And Psych Ch 14

Front 1

Person Perception

Back 1

the process of forming impressions of others

Front 2

Can individuals accurately predict information from faces?

Back 2

yes, but cultural context is necessary to know what those judgements might mean in the real world

Front 3

What is the "same race bias"

Back 3

individuals recognize their own race better than people of other races

Front 4

Do judgements of attractiveness of the face based in similar parts for most groups?

Back 4

yes, this judgement is based on the eyes, nose, cheeks, chin, and smile

(review pg. 370-371)

Front 5

According to one popular study, what do males and females typically look for in a mate?

Back 5

females: value cues related to resource acquisition (more highly than males)

Males: value reproductive capacity (more than females)

Findings are universal

Front 6

Mate poaching

Back 6

stealing someone else's mate

Men more likely to do this, and to be a victim

Front 7

Is love universal?

Back 7

Love is universal but it is valued differently in different cultures

Front 8

differences in culture and sex

Back 8

there appears to be some universality in some norms regarding sex, but there are also important cultural differences

(pg 373-374)

Front 9

Do individualistic cultures rate love more or less essential to the establishment of marriage?

Back 9

more

Front 10

Divorce rates correlate with the belief in the disappearance of what meant dissolution of marriage?

Back 10

disappearance of love

Front 11

Difficulties in intercultural marriages

Back 11

pg 376-377

Front 12

Conformity

Back 12

yielding to real or imagined social pressure

Front 13

Compliance

Back 13

yielding to social pressure in ones public behaviour, even though ones private beliefs may have not changed

Front 14

Obedience

Back 14

compliance that occurs when people follow direct demands

Front 15

What did Aschs study measure?

Back 15

Conformity

(pg. 377)

Front 16

What did Milgrams study measure?

Back 16

Compliance and Obedience

(pg. 377)

Front 17

Does conformity tend to be higher in individualistic or collectivist cultures?

Back 17

collectivist

Front 18

Cooperation

Back 18

peoples abilities to work together towards common goals

Front 19

Do populations tend to demonstrate some willingness to administer punishment in response to unequal behaviour?

Back 19

yes

Front 20

Social Capital

Back 20

interpersonal trust, civic engagement, and time spent with friends

Front 21

Ingroups

Back 21

a type of social distinction,individuals with a shared history of experiences, and an antinciapted future that produce a sense of intimacy, familiarity and trust

Front 22

Outgroups

Back 22

Individuals lacking a shared history of experiences, and an antinciapted future that produce a sense of intimacy, familiarity and trust

Front 23

Group entitavity

Back 23

people perceive groups as real entities, and may be perceived as having real intentions and the capacity for planned actions

Front 24

Infrahumanization

Back 24

the belief that others are less human, more like animals - perceptions associated with outgroups