Author Question: Kemmelmeier and colleagues (2006) found that residents of more individualistic states in the United ... (Read 152 times)

Yolanda · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Kemmelmeier and colleagues (2006) found that residents of more individualistic states in the United States are ____ than residents of more collectivist states.

a. less likely to offer assistance in an emergency
b. more likely to give to charity
c. more susceptible to the bystander effect
d. less generous

Question 2

Research on introspection tends to suggest we are not capable of accurately explaining the reasons behind our behavior. Self-perception theory contradicts this. Explain when introspection will and will not produce accurate selfknowledge.

What will be an ideal response?

Jadwiga9 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

Research has produced the surprising finding that introspection often interferes with
our self-knowledge, yet this negative effect does not always occur. Research by
Simine Vazire on the Self-Other Knowledge Asymmetry model shows that we do
know ourselves well when it comes to knowledge about relatively non-evaluative, and
thus non-threatening, characteristics that are internal and hard to observe. In contrast,
introspection about the self that is evaluative in nature (and thus potentially threatening)
or deals with traits that are external and easy to observe does not tend to produce
accurate self-knowledge.