PSY 3126 Study Guide - Wadd, Learned Helplessness, Asian Americans
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Cross-cultural (psy3126c: chapter 5: self and personality, chapter 6: motivation, chapter 7: morality, religion and justice, chapter 8: emotions. Independent view of self: self-contained model; derives identity from inner attributes. Beyond individualism and collectivism: power distance: how much the less powerful members expect/accept that power is distributed unequally. Malaysia: uncertainty avoidance: how much members are anxious about the unknown & attempt to cope with anxiety by minimizing uncertainty. Strong ua = explicit rules & formally structured activities, weak ua = implicit/flexible and informal: vertical-horizontal social structure: social mobilitiy - (status change in terms of social hierarchy) Horizontal mobility position: relationship structure, intellectual autonomy, context-dependence, social cynicism, social complexity and, social tightness, sex role ideology scale vs. traditional gender attitudes. (in 14 countries); egalitarian. 2. regardless of where data was collected, within a culture, men & women tended to share fairly similar views. In every case, males had significantly more traditional gender views than females (probably because they benefit men more).