On the individual level, Triandis referred to collectivism as idiocentrism.
a) True
b) False
Question 2Which of the following is a finding of the study conducted by Matsumoto, Kasri, & Kooken (1999) that compared American and Japanese ratings of how strongly expressions were displayed and how strongly the expresser was actually feeling the emotion?
a) Significant differences were found for the Japanese, who consistently rated external display more intensely than subjective experience.
b) The Japanese rated external display more intensely than did the Americans.
c) Within-culture analyses indicated no significant differences between the two ratings for the Japanese.
d) Americans rated internal experience more intensely than did the Japanese.
Question 3In unpackaging studies, culture as an unspecified variable is replaced by more specific variables in order to explain observed differences.
a) True
b) False
Question 4Which of the following is true of research conducted on cultural calibration of how emotional expressions are perceived by individuals?
a) There are insignificant cultural differences in absolute recognition of facial expressions.
b) Individualistic cultures are better at recognizing negative emotions than are collectivistic cultures.
c) Collectivism is associated with higher recognition rates for some facial expressions.
d) Collectivism is associated with greater intensity ratings for some facial expressions.
Question 5_____ are often used as context variables to ensure that samples in different cultures actually harbor the cultural characteristics thought to differentiate them.
a) Structure-oriented factors
b) Ecological- or cultural-level measures of culture
c) Individual-level measures of culture
d) Contextual factors
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