PSYC 3350- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 26 pages long!)

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3350
• Professor: Richard N Lalonde

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Reference group effect: people come to understand themselves by comparing themselves to the similar others, within similar cultures. In milan, she might give a different response where she"s surrounded by the fashionista skinny women. In the us, they might give different answers. People have different standards in different cultures: heine et al. "s study: he asked japanese and canadians to complete a measure of independence and interdependence. Japanese and canadians who were fairly familiar with both cultures. The japanese were living in canada for an average of 8 months and the canadian students have lived in japan for more than a year. He would ask them questions like: i have respect for the authority figures with whom i interact if you score high: more interdependence: he used a cross cultural format: he asked of the canadians: compared to most. Japanese i know, i think i have respect for the authority figures.