Study Questions Number 8
Triandis Chapter 5 continued (133-143).
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Date due: 10-6-04
Psychology 360
Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D.
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1. Democratic institutions prevail in cultures that have which types of marriage and family structure? How do individualistic and collectivist cultures, in general, differ in what they judge as a good spouse? How is the marriage concept itself seen differently by these two kinds of cultures? Arranged marriages are more common in which type of culture? Why? (135-137)
2. Stereotyped images are more likely to occur under what circumstances? Differentiate between normative and personal stereotypes. (137-140)
3. Attributes of sex stereotypes have what three aspects? What conclusion was offered from the Williams and Best (1982) study? (140)
4. Eagly and Kite (1987) report that stereotypes that people have of particular nationalities are more like the stereotypes of men of those nationalities than the stereotypes of women of those nationalities. What reason does Triandis offer for this difference? Can you think of another reason? (140-143)