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javeds · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

A study on child-rearing practices in different cultures and their effects on personality concluded that:

a. restrictive parental practices adversely affected the mental health and emotional well-being of Arab teenagers.
b. the effect child-rearing practices have on the development of personality is neutralized by the time an individual reaches adolescence.
c. parents in individualistic cultures tended to be noncoercive, democratic, and permissive.
d. Chinese mothers living in Canada were found to be less authoritarian in raising their children than non-Chinese mothers in Canada.

Question 2

Identify a cultural difference between individualism and collectivism.

a. The levels of anxiety and depression have been found to be higher in collectivistic cultures than in the individualistic ones.
b. Individualism has traditionally been encouraged in Asian cultures.
c. Collectivism has traditionally been encouraged in Western cultures.
d. The levels of anxiety and depression have been found to be lower in collectivistic cultures than in individualistic ones.

sultana.d · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: In the individualistic culture of the United States, parents tend to be noncoercive, democratic, and permissive in their child-rearing techniques. In collectivist cultures, such as Asian and Arab societies, parental practices tend to be more authoritarian, restrictive, and controlling.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
FEEDBACK: Individual competitiveness and assertiveness are often seen as undesirable and contrary to Asian cultural standards. Western cultures are typically depicted as the opposite. Genetic differences between people in collectivistic versus individualistic cultures have been linked to lower levels of anxiety and depression in collectivistic cultures and higher levels in individualistic cultures.