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Chapter 2. Methodology
Multiple-choice questions
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The cross-cultural correspondence between income and violent
crime was found: the higher income per capita in a region,
the lower the rates of violent crime in that area. This is
an example of a……….correlation.
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positive
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high
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low
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negative
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high-low
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The approach, according to which, human behavior in its full
complexity can be understood only within the context of the
culture in which it occurs, is called:
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the complex
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the relativist
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the absolutist
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the context-based
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the context-occurrence
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A longitudinal qualitative analysis of particular
individuals -- usually outstanding persons, celebrities, and
leaders -- is called:
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content-analysis
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meta-analysis
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celebrity psychoanalysis
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pop-psychology
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psychobiographical research
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A label (or term) used for evidence that the methods
selected for a study, measure the same phenomenon across
other countries chosen for the study is called:
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rationality
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correlation
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equivalence
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sameness
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cross-sectional evidence
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Does correlation establish a cause-and-effect relationship
between the variables?
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yes
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no
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yes, only in cross-cultural studies
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in 50 percent of studies
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in 30 percent of studies
Short-answer questions
1. Name three basic measures of central tendency.
2. The terms "etic" and "emic" refer to
which approaches in cross-cultural psychology?
3. The sampling strategy, in which a researcher chooses a
culture by chance or, most likely, because of the researcher's
professional or personal contacts in the country in which the
samples are selected is called………
4. What is the size of a typical focus group?
5. According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, which groups of
individuals tend to be most "responsive" to written
questionnaires sent to them?
Essay Questions.
1. Give an example of the comparativist strategy in
cross-cultural research.
2. Describe the differences between the absolutist and
relativist approaches in cross-cultural psychology.
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