Which of the following statements is true regarding culture and openness to experience?
a. High SES and more education tend to be associated with higher openness to experience.
b. The United States measures highest among all other countries in openness to experience.
c. Openness to experience tends to be on the rise across cultures.
d. High-school students are now more likely to agree that finding meaning and purpose in life is important.
Question 2What is it called when countries tend to have more formal systems of rules that attempt to minimize cultural and situational ambiguity?
a. overreach
b. uncertainty avoidance
c. power motive
d. reference group effect
Question 3Among these, which country's residents score highest in neuroticism?
a. Japan
b. Sweden
c. United States
d. Russia
Question 4Countries high in power distance also tend to measure higher in this Big Five trait: __________.
a. extraversion
b. agreeableness
c. neuroticism
d. conscientiousness
Question 5What is one phenomenon that makes cross-cultural comparison difficult?
a. national pride
b. reference group effect
c. ignorance
d. prejudice
Question 6Which of the following statements is true regarding self-esteem and culture?
a. People from collectivistic cultures tend to have slightly lower self-esteem than those from individualistic cultures.
b. People from individualistic cultures tend to have slightly lower self-esteem than those from collectivistic cultures.
c. Women in collectivistic cultures have higher self-esteem on average than do women in individualistic cultures.
d. Studies have found no reliable difference in self-esteem between individualistic and collectivistic cultures.
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