Sociocultural approach to understanding behaviour: Practice Questions

In the context of acculturation, which strategy occurs when an individual seeks to abandon their original cultural identity and adopts the values and norms of the new (host) culture?

In Tajfel’s (1970) research into the Minimal Group Paradigm, what was the primary finding regarding how participants allocated rewards (points) to fellow participants?

Bandura’s concept of Reciprocal Determinism suggests that human behavior is the result of a dynamic interaction between which three factors?

Which concept refers to the process by which people learn the dynamics of their surrounding culture and acquire values and norms appropriate or necessary in that culture?

In Berry’s (\(1967\)) cross-cultural study on conformity, which of the following best explains why the Temne of Sierra Leone demonstrated significantly higher rates of conformity compared to the Inuit of Baffin Island?

In the sociocultural approach, define the concept of individualism as a cultural dimension.

Describe how stereotype threat can lead to an individual underperforming on a cognitive task based on their social identity.

Explain how acculturation stress emerges from the conflict between an individual's heritage culture and the dominant host culture during the process of migration.

Part A: Define Social Cognitive Theory as proposed by Bandura.
Part B: Explain the role of vicarious reinforcement and self-efficacy in determining whether an individual will replicate a behaviour they have observed in a social model.

In Berry's (1997) model of acculturation, individuals are categorized based on two scales: (1) the value placed on maintaining their original cultural identity, and (2) the value placed on maintaining relationships with the larger society.
Part A: Describe the four acculturation strategies (Integration, Assimilation, Separation, and Marginalization) that result from the interaction of these two scales as shown in a standard 2x2 matrix.
Part B: Define acculturative stress.
Part C: Discuss why the 'Marginalization' strategy is typically associated with higher levels of psychological distress and poor health outcomes compared to the 'Integration' strategy.