Cultural Psychology
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Course Introduction
Cultural Psychology explores the intricate ways in which culture shapes human thought, emotion, and behavior. This course examines the dynamic interplay between individual psychological processes and the cultural contexts in which people live, drawing on cross-cultural research to highlight both universal and culture-specific aspects of cognition, development, identity, motivation, and interpersonal relationships. Students will learn to analyze how cultural norms, values, and practices influence mental health, communication styles, moral reasoning, and group identity, fostering a deeper understanding of diversity and the global implications of psychological science.
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Child Development A Cultural Approach 2nd Edition by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
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Chapter 1: A Cultural Approach to Child Development
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Q1) Compare and contrast Freud's theory of psychosexual development with Erikson's theory of psychosocial development.Make sure to describe at least three similarities and two differences.Finally state which theory you personally believe is more relevant to explaining development and why,
Answer: Answers will vary:
Similarities:
1)they're both stage theories
2)they both believe a conflict is experienced at each stage
3)they both believe the experience of earlier stages can affect adulthood
4)they're both within the psychodynamic perspective.
Differences:
1)Freud's theory believes the driving force is unconscious sexual conflict whereas Erikson's theory believes social conflict is the driving force
2)Erikson's theory covers the entire lifespan,whereas Freud's theory ends at adolescence.
Q2) What are the components of SES?
Answer: Education level,income and occupational status
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Chapter 2: Genetics and Prenatal Development
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Q1) Your friend's mother is extremely intelligent.As a result,even though he usually does OK in school (2.8 GPA),he is convinced that he is a genius.What do you think?
A) Heritability estimates for intelligence are .50, so he is probably overestimating his intelligence.
B) He is definitely correct; he is likely a genius.
C) Actually, children of intellectually gifted adults are usually much lower in intelligence.
D) With a 2.8 GPA, he must be correct.
Answer: A
Q2) Low iodine intake during pregnancy increases the risks of miscarriage,stillbirth,and abnormalities in fetal brain development.As a result,what has been done since the 1920s in developed countries?
A) women receive iodine injections
B) salt has been iodized
C) babies are given iodine baths after birth
D) fetuses are examined with ultrasound
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Child
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Q1) The purpose of the episiotomy is to ____.
A) make the mother's vagina less likely to tear as the fetus's head comes out
B) cut open the mother's abdomen and retrieve the baby directly from the uterus
C) help the family manage their anxiety
D) assist the delivery process by placing a suction on the fetus's head and applying slight force
Answer: A
Q2) Your sister and brother-in-law just had a baby.There were a bit confused because they were told that their baby had a score of 7 and then a 10.At first they were joking that that meant that their baby girl was very beautiful.What would you tell them?
A) Those were scores that all doctors and nurses use to indicate attractiveness of the newborn.
B) Those scores were estimates of later intelligence and range from 1 to 10.
C) Those were scores for the Apgar scale that ranges from 1 to 10.
D) Those particular scores indicate how pink a neonate is.
Answer: C
Q3) Give one reason that a woman would deliver by c-section (not including convenience of scheduling).
Answer: Failure to progress or a breech birth are two reasons for a c-section.
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Chapter 4: Infancy
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Q1) ____ occurs in the laboratory setting when parents are instructed to interact with their infant without showing any signs of emotions.
A) Artificial affect
B) Negative social modeling
C) Zero emotional reactivity
D) Still-face paradigm
Q2) In Harry Harlow's (1958)classic study on attachment,which of the following "mothers" did the baby monkeys prefer?
A) terry cloth
B) wire mesh
C) cotton balls
D) wood
Q3) In the first year of life,infants accumulate fat.This helps the infant ____.
A) maintain a constant body temperature"
B) maintain high energy levels
C) build muscle
D) create brain cells
Q4) What is the still-face paradigm and what conclusions were drawn from it?
Q5) Give an example of how social referencing is adaptive for babies.
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Chapter 5: Toddlerhood
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Q1) For most developed countries (with the exception of the United States,South Korea and Australia),wage replacement for maternity leave is about ____.
A) 20-30%
B) 50-60%
C) 70-80%
D) 90-100%
Q2) Secondary emotions are also known as sociomoral emotions because they ____.
A) are present for the lifespan, from birth to death, for many cultural groups
B) have been found to have universal meaning across cultures
C) are based upon cultural standards of right or wrong
D) are present at birth for all infants regardless of culture
Q3) With regard to television,in 2001 the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that children under 2 years old ____.
A) should not watch television at all
B) watch television for only 1 to 2 hours per day
C) watch television for only 5 to 10 hours per day
D) watch television for as long as they want as long as their parents are watching it with them
Q4) What does Arnett mean by "controlled elimination"?
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Chapter 6: Early Childhood
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Q1) What percentage of North American children have at least one dental cavity by age five years?
A) 5%
B) 10%
C) 20%
D) 40%
Q2) ____ are programs directed at young children who are at risk for later school problems.
A) Early intervention programs
B) Good beginnings programs
C) Primary prevention programs
D) Sooner intervention programs
Q3) Children from what group in the United States especially benefited cognitively from preschool?
A) families who had parents who were professionals
B) affluent families
C) Midwestern families
D) low-income families
Q4) Describe one way that young children (between ages 3-6)learn their culture's principles of moral conduct.
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Chapter 8: Adolescence
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Q1) ____ is the difference between skills or tasks that adolescents can accomplish alone and those they are capable of doing if guided by an adult or a more competent peer.
A) Psychosocial moratorium
B) Cooperative learning
C) Scaffolding
D) The zone of proximal development
Q2) What research methodology has been used to track adolescents' emotions? Discuss the findings comparing the emotional experiences of adolescents to younger children.
Q3) ____ are formal customs that signify an individual's departure from childhood and his or her entrance into adolescence.
A) Puberty rituals
B) Psycho-cognitive stages
C) History-graded norms
D) Aging confirmations
Q4) How is the ability to think about an ideal self and a feared self tied to formal operational thinking abilities?
Q5) What are two causes of the secular trend?
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Chapter 7: Middle Childhood
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Q1) ____ is the ability to move quickly and precisely,whereas ____ is the response to changing information.
A) Agility; reaction time
B) Reaction time; agility
C) Coordination; strength
D) Strength; coordination
Q2) According to Ogden et al.(2014),________ have the lowest rates of childhood obesity.
A) White males
B) African American females
C) Latino males
D) Asian American females
Q3) Boys,compared to girls,are ___________ to be diagnosed with ADHD.
A) less likely
B) equally likely
C) twice as likely
D) four times as likely
Q4) Provide a scenario for two first graders and two fifth graders that explains why they are no longer friends.
Q5) What is the Flynn effect and what is its cause?
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Chapter 9: Emerging Adulthood
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Q1) ____ is the capacity to evaluate the accuracy and logical coherence of evidence and arguments.
A) Dualistic thinking
B) Reflective judgment
C) Relative-hypothesis testing
D) Concrete judgment
Q2) What is the program in which young people obtain driving privileges gradually,contingent on a safe driving record?
A) safety sure licensing
B) graduated driver licensing
C) driver's education licensing
D) automobile knowledge and skills licensing
Q3) According to Piaget,abstract thinking and logic are the hallmarks of the most advanced stage of cognitive development: formal operational thinking.What is postformal thinking and why is it considered more advanced than formal operational thinking?
Q4) Are people who cohabit before marriage more or less likely to get divorced? Explain.
Q5) Is emerging adulthood a universal period of human development? Why or why not?
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