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What does twin studies suggest about the influence of genetic variation on personality traits?

  • Genetic variation has a moderate influence on personality traits
  • Genetic variation has no influence on personality traits
  • Genetic variation influences only a specific set of personality traits
  • Genetic variation strongly influences variability in personality traits (correct)

    • Why does the shared environment between twins or other siblings raised together seem to have rather small effects on personality traits?

  • Parents in the same culture tend to have similar personalities
  • There is relatively little variability within a culture in the way parents raise their children (correct)
  • The shared environment has a strong influence on personality traits
  • The genetic makeup of twins nullifies the effects of the shared environment

    • How do cross-cultural studies contribute to understanding environmental influences on human behavior?

  • They reveal no significant differences in environmental influences between cultures
  • They reveal environmental influences that are shared by people of the same culture, but are different between people from different cultures (correct)
  • They reveal only genetic influences on human behavior
  • They reveal genetic influences that are shared by people of the same culture, but are different between people from different cultures

    • Why might there be a weak effect of the shared environment on personality traits?

    <p>There is relatively little variability within a culture in the way parents raise their children</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can large environmental differences between nations help with?

    <p>Detecting environmental influences on human behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why might parenting not produce variation in personality traits even if it influences personality?

    <p>If all parents followed the recommendations of few books, it would not matter who the actual parents are.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do some cultures with negative attitudes towards strangers do to influence shyness?

    <p>Warn children about speaking to strangers and keep them away from strangers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do cross-cultural studies reveal about environmental influences?

    <p>Environmental influences that are shared by people of the same culture, but are different between people from different cultures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one explanation for why there is a weak effect of the shared environment between twins or other siblings raised together?

    <p>There is relatively little variability within a culture in the way parents raise their children.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do large environmental differences between nations contribute to understanding human behavior?

    <p>By making it easy to detect environmental influences on human behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Bond and Smith (1996) find in their study?

    <p>A correlation between individualism and the percentage of participants who conformed to group pressure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the replication study in Japan by Takano & Sogon (2008) find?

    <p>No difference between Japanese and US samples in conformity to group pressure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did the text mention that conformity rates in the Asch paradigm are fairly low?

    <p>Because the correct answer is evident</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one problem identified with the Asch paradigm according to the text?

    <p>Conformity rates were fairly low due to the evident correct answer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were participants from individualistic cultures expected to do in the Asch experiment?

    <p>Conform less to the opinion of a group</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were participants from collectivistic cultures expected to do in the Asch experiment?

    <p>Conform to the group and provide wrong answers to maintain harmony</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did Bond and Smith (1996) find a correlation between individualism and conformity?

    <p>Because individualistic cultures value independence and autonomy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a limitation of Bond and Smith's (1996) study?

    <p>Small sample size of non-Western participants (k = 16)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one reason mentioned for the mixed evidence regarding cultural influence on conformity?

    <p>Limited number of studies with non-Western samples</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why might more ambiguous situations produce different results in conformity studies?

    <p>Ambiguity may lead to increased reliance on group opinions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Hofstede's nomothetic studies of cultures published in the 1980s distinguish?

    <p>Individualistic and collectivistic cultures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do most cross-cultural psychology studies rely on to distinguish populations?

    <p>Nationality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How are cultural differences studied using a variable-centered approach?

    <p>By comparing different cultures to understand behaviors, thoughts, and feelings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the first nomothetic studies of cultures published in the 1980s by Hofstede focus on?

    <p>Distinguishing individualistic and collectivistic cultures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do individualistic cultures tend to be according to the text?

    <p>'Western' cultures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is culture defined in terms of?

    <p>Shared beliefs, values, and social practices of a population</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do cross-cultural psychology studies benefit from?

    <p>Comparing many cultures rather than just two</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How are cultural differences studied using a culture-centered approach?

    <p>By focusing on shared beliefs, values, and social practices within a population</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do most cross-cultural psychology studies rely on to distinguish populations?

    <p>Nationality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Hofstede's nomothetic studies of cultures focus on?

    <p>Distinguishing individualistic and collectivistic cultures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the problems encountered in examining cultural differences in personality traits using Big Five questionnaires?

    <p>Difficulty finding items equally valid across different cultures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why can the use of adjectives like 'sociable' be problematic in examining cultural differences in personality traits?

    <p>Some languages may not have equivalent trait adjectives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one reason provided for the lack of absolute comparison standard for personality traits across cultures?

    <p>Cultures may have their own subjective norms or reference points for traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did 84% of US Americans and 78% of Hong Kong Chinese choose in a scenario related to bill payment?

    <p>'Separate checks' and 'split the bill equally' respectively</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why might the item 'I enjoy loud parties' be problematic in assessing personality traits across cultures?

    <p>'Loud parties' may not be common in all cultures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do cultures having their own subjective norms or reference points for traits pose a challenge in cross-cultural comparisons?

    <p>It makes it difficult to establish universal personality traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an advantage of studies that measure actual behaviors in controlled laboratory situations or hypothetical scenarios?

    <p>They provide a more standardized assessment across cultures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it challenging to use the item 'I enjoy loud parties' as a universal indicator of personality traits?

    <p>'Loud parties' may not be universally enjoyable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the comparison between a cold day in Canada and a cold day in Rio de Janeiro illustrate about cultural differences?

    <p>Cultural differences impact perceptions of typical behaviors and environmental factors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do cultural differences impact the validity of items like 'I enjoy loud parties' when assessing personality traits?

    <p>They limit the universality of such items as indicators of personality traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do individuals in individualistic cultures have stronger relationships with, possibly due to more leisure time?

    <p>Fantasy and feelings facets of openness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are individuals in individualistic cultures associated with, as indicated by wealth and household size?

    <p>Lower scores on five of the six Neuroticism facets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do 70% of US Americans prefer for the last question?

    <p>Uniqueness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did 94% of HK Chinese participants select in the second question?

    <p>Loyalty</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did recent protests in Hong Kong indicate about the importance of values to the people in the region?

    <p>The importance of individualistic values</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did comprehensive projects comparing 56 and 55 nations report national differences along?

    <p>'The Big Five personality dimensions'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did convergent validity across the 36 overlapping nations for the Big Five traits indicate?

    <p>Modest correlation, with zero correlation for openness to experience</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do individuals in individualistic cultures have stronger relationships with, possibly due to more leisure time?

    <p>'Fantasy and feelings facets of openness'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are individuals in individualistic cultures associated with, as indicated by wealth and household size?

    <p>'Lower scores on five of the six Neuroticism facets'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did 83% of HK Chinese participants choose for the last question?

    <p>'Activities with friends'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What stereotype does the weak positive relationship with self-efficacy align with?

    <p>Western children have high confidence in their abilities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between conscientiousness facets and individualism?

    <p>Two facets show a strong negative correlation with individualism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is individualism considered a better predictor of specific facets rather than the Big Five traits?

    <p>Facets are closer to the actual traits that influence behaviors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of the variance in personality traits varies between nations according to studies?

    <p>Up to 10%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Cultural background has low cue validity' implies that:

    <p>'Cultural background is not a good predictor of individuals’ personality traits'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why might the influence of culture on personality be underestimated?

    <p>Some variation within cultures is measurement error</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What practical implications do the results of cross-cultural studies of personality have?

    <p>Cultural stereotypes may get the mean difference in actual personality traits right, but cultural background has low cue validity to predict individuals’ personality traits.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do cross-cultural studies report how much of the variance in personality scores varies between nations versus within nations?

    <p>To understand the influence of culture on personality traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the statement 'People from the same culture do not have the same personality traits' imply?

    <p>'Cultural influences vary among individuals within the same culture'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the hypothesis that culture influences personality because individuals learn to act in culturally desirable ways?

    <p>Acculturation hypothesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the selection hypothesis based on?

    <p>Creating environments that favor specific genes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text suggest as a potential influence for extraversion in modern Western cultures?

    <p>Finding spouses and having children</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text propose as a third possibility for the relationship between culture and personality traits?

    <p>Genetic differences shaping cultures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the large increase in global migration provide an opportunity to test?

    <p>'Acculturation hypothesis'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the selection hypothesis assume about immigrants according to the text?

    <p>They are genetically different and differences remain even in the second generation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is suggested as a potential reason for why culture influences personality according to the text?

    <p>Individuals learn to act in culturally desirable ways.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one possible way culture might influence extraversion according to the text?

    <p>By creating environments that favor specific genes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is proposed as a potential influence for individualism according to the text?

    <p>Culture influencing personality traits.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the selection hypothesis suggest about cultural environments?

    <p>They favor specific genes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one reason provided for why national differences in personality could occur according to the text?

    <p>Culture influences personality because individuals learn to act in culturally desirable ways.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text propose as a potential influence for individualism according to the acculturation hypothesis?

    <p>Extraversion being more desirable in individualistic cultures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do longitudinal studies on the influence of migration on personality and behavior face?

    <p>Difficulty in tracking changes over time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do most acculturation studies rely on to measure exposure to a new culture?

    <p>Acculturation status</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did a study on acculturation from Chinese to Canadian culture find differences in?

    <p>Individualism-collectivism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did a comparative study on four groups of Canadians find decreases in with increasing acculturation?

    <p>Neuroticism and certain facets of Conscientiousness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do genetic differences between populations not mean for personality traits?

    <p>They cannot be attributed to cultural groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do studies suggest about North Americans' self-ratings compared to reality?

    <p>They tend to rate themselves more positively than they actually are</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does systematic differences in rating biases between cultures make difficult?

    <p>Finding real personality differences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did a study at the University of British Columbia find about classroom participation among East Asian students?

    <p>Significantly lower participation compared to other groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is mentioned as an alternative explanation for lower participation among East Asian students?

    <p>Language barriers and potential biases in classroom dynamics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do acculturation studies indicate about cultural differences with increasing acculturation?

    <p>Cultural differences decrease, suggesting that culture shapes personality traits.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is mentioned as a challenge in studying the influence of migration on personality and behavior?

    <p>Difficulty in tracking changes over time due to ethical challenges and rare opportunities for longitudinal studies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a disadvantage of using Internet surveys for studying cultural differences in empathy and perspective taking?

    <p>Not being representative in countries with English as a second language and limited Internet access</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What correlation did the original article report between empathy and individualism?

    <p>-.25</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the replicating study find as a notable correlation for the trust facet?

    <p>.2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the replicating study find as a correlation with household size?

    <p>.34</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the replicating study not replicate regarding wealth as a measure of individualism?

    <p>-.25 correlation with empathy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the advantage of using Internet surveys for studying cultural differences in empathy and perspective taking?

    <p>Producing large samples</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the only notable correlation observed in the replicating study for the Big Five measure?

    <p>.2 correlation with trust facet</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the original article report as moderate correlations with agreeableness?

    <p>-.25 correlation with individualism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was observed for the trust facet in the replicating study?

    <p>.2 correlation with trust facet</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is proposed as a better predictor of homicide rates than individualism-collectivism?

    <p>Income inequality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the study find as a stronger predictor of cultural variation in homicide rates than income inequality?

    <p>History of slavery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was observed as the only notable correlation with the trust facet of the Big Five measure?

    <p>Agreeableness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the original article report as a negative correlation with empathy?

    <p>Agreeableness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is suggested as a possible explanation for higher empathy in countries with larger households?

    <p>Empathy is needed to get along in larger groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was found to be a poor predictor of national differences in homicide rates?

    <p>Low agreeableness and conscientiousness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is mentioned as a potential influence for higher homicide rates in former slave-states in the United States?

    <p>Discrimination against indigenous and former slave populations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is suggested as a way to disentangle various factors influencing cultural variation in aggression and homicides?

    <p>Examine cultural changes over time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the study find as a better predictor of cultural variation in homicide rates than climate?

    <p>History of slavery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What advantage do historic studies have over cross-cultural studies in studying personality change?

    <p>They hold the genetic composition of a population constant over time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do historic studies rule out genetic explanations for changes in personality over time?

    <p>Genetic changes from one generation to the next are minimal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is there a lack of good data to study personality change in the 1960s?

    <p>Few studies measured personality traits at that time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did historic studies examine with regards to personality change before the 1980s?

    <p>Personality change for extraversion and neuroticism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the consistent age group of participants in historic studies examining personality change?

    <p>Undergraduate students</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why can historic studies be seen as advantageous for studying cultural influences on personality?

    <p>They provide a way to study cultural influences on personality by examining changes over time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it mentioned that genetic explanations for changes over time can be ruled out?

    <p>Genetic changes from one generation to the next are minimal, hence ruling out genetic explanations for changes over time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the study of Dutch students who completed a Big-Five questionnaire when they entered university show?

    <p>An increase in extraversion over time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the study with Finnish men drafted to the military show?

    <p>An increase in extraversion facets over time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do the results of the studies on personality change and twin studies suggest about the learnability of extraversion?

    <p>Extraversion can be learned to some degree, but there are limits to the amount of change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the cultural theory of gender differences in agreeableness predict regarding women's assertiveness?

    <p>Women's assertiveness decreased after gender norms changed dramatically in the 1960s</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is suggested about introverts in modern cultures?

    <p>[They] have a good life without changing their personality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was observed regarding women's assertiveness from World War II to the 1990s?

    <p>It fluctuated with increases and decreases over different periods</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do the results of the studies on voluntary personality change and twin studies indicate about the possibility of changing personality traits?

    <p>There are limits to the amount of change in personality traits despite some learnability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did one study find regarding changes in extraversion from 1966 to 1993?

    <p>A consistent increase was observed during this period</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Cultural Influence on Personality Traits

    • Culture influences language, clothing, music, and food preferences in an increasingly connected world.
    • The chapter explores cultural influence on personality traits like the Big Five and their facets.
    • Another chapter examines cultural differences in personality characteristics such as values and attitudes.
    • Culture is defined in terms of shared beliefs, values, and social practices of a population.
    • Not all members of a population share all beliefs or social practices, but cultures are differentiated based on prevalence.
    • Most cross-cultural psychology studies rely on nationality to distinguish populations, but regional cultural differences within countries exist.
    • Few studies have examined personality traits across a wide range of cultures.
    • Cultural differences can be studied using a culture-centered approach or a variable-centered approach.
    • The variable-centered approach requires comparisons of different cultures to understand behaviors, thoughts, and feelings.
    • Cross-cultural studies benefit from comparing many cultures rather than just two, similar to increasing participants in a study to find the true relation between two variables.
    • The first nomothetic studies of cultures were published in the 1980s by Hofstede, who distinguished individualistic and collectivistic cultures.
    • Individualistic cultures are Western cultures, while others tend to be more collectivistic, with the United States scoring the highest on individualism.

    Cultural Differences in Personality Traits

    • In the second question, 72% of US Americans chose an independent thinker, while 94% of HK Chinese participants selected loyalty.
    • For the last question, 70% of US Americans preferred uniqueness, whereas 83% of HK Chinese participants chose activities with friends.
    • Notable cultural differences in preferred options exist, and there is variation within groups, with no 100% agreement among participants from the same culture.
    • Recent protests in Hong Kong indicate the importance of individualistic values to the people in the region.
    • Comprehensive projects comparing 56 and 55 nations have reported national differences along the Big Five personality dimensions.
    • Convergent validity across the 36 overlapping nations for the Big Five traits was modest, with zero correlation for openness to experience.
    • Culture influences specific traits (facets) rather than the Big Five traits, with different measures and samples yielding very different scores for nations.
    • Individualistic cultures, as indicated by wealth and household size, are associated with lower scores on five of the six Neuroticism facets.
    • Individuals in individualistic cultures are more impulsive than those in collectivistic cultures, possibly due to differing social norms.
    • People in individualistic cultures are more extraverted, with higher warmth and assertiveness, and no clear explanation for the lack of relationship with excitement seeking.
    • Individuals in individualistic cultures have stronger relationships with fantasy and feelings facets of openness, possibly due to more leisure time.
    • There are no strong relationships between individualism and agreeableness, with weak relationships being unstable and possibly not replicable in other studies.

    The Influence of Culture on Personality and Behavior

    • The acculturation hypothesis predicts that personality differences become smaller or disappear in the second generation born and raised in a new culture
    • Longitudinal studies on the influence of migration on personality and behavior are rare and challenging
    • Most studies are cross-sectional, correlating personality with acculturation status, which measures exposure to a new culture
    • A study on acculturation from Chinese to Canadian culture found differences in individualism-collectivism
    • Comparative study on four groups of Canadians found decreases in Neuroticism and certain facets of Conscientiousness with increasing acculturation
    • A recent study replicated cultural differences for these facets with European and Asian US students
    • Acculturation studies indicate that cultural differences decrease with increasing acculturation, suggesting that culture shapes personality
    • Genetic differences between populations do not mean that personality traits can be attributed to cultural groups because it ignores variation within cultures
    • Studies suggest that North Americans are prone to rate themselves more positively than they actually are, creating rating biases
    • Systematic differences in rating biases between cultures make it difficult to find real personality differences
    • A study of classroom participation at the University of British Columbia found significantly lower participation among East Asian students, indicating potential cultural differences in extraversion
    • Alternative explanations for lower participation among East Asian students include language barriers and potential biases in classroom dynamics

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