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WorksheetsCCP Chapter 2: Cross-Cultural Research
Total questions: 5
Worksheet time: 3mins
A psychologist studies how stress affects sleep in five different countries using the same standardized survey and sleep tracking app, regardless of local customs or languages. The goal is to find universal patterns in stress and sleep across all cultures.
Which research approach is being used?
Emic approach
Etic approach
Longitudinal method
Ethnographic observation
Which challenge is commonly encountered in cross-cultural research when ensuring the validity of measurement tools across different linguistic groups?
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Sampling error
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Participant confidentiality
A multinational company implements a new performance evaluation system across its global offices. However, during the evaluation process, employees from certain cultural backgrounds consistently receive lower ratings compared to others. Upon investigation, it becomes evident that the evaluation criteria are heavily influenced by one cultural values and norms, leading to a misevaluation for employees from other cultures who may have different work styles and communication preferences.
Which of the following reflects a cross-cultural context?
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Cultural applicability
Cultural bias
In cross-cultural research, which factor is crucial for ensuring the generalizability of findings beyond the studied cultural context?
Using only participants from individualistic cultures
Relying on convenience sampling methods
Applying standardized methods across different cultures
Focusing on qualitative data from one cultural group
In the debate between the absolutist and relativist approaches in cross-cultural psychology, which statement best represents the absolutist perspective?
Psychological phenomena are influenced by cultural contexts, and studying them requires an understanding of cultural diversity.
The standards of one cultural group should be used as norms for understanding psychological phenomena across all cultures.
Human behavior can only be fully understood by considering the cultural context in which it occurs.
Researchers should adopt a universalist approach, focusing on cultural diversity to understand psychological phenomena.
