Which Statement About the Educational Context Is FALSE

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the educational context is FALSE?

• A) The value of education is similar across most cultures.
• B) All people bring their cultural patterns to the educational context.
• C) Individualistic cultures tend to encourage students to speak out in class.
• D) Classroom participation patterns vary across cultures.

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Definitions:

Social Facilitation

An improvement in the performance of well-learnt/easy tasks and a deterioration in the performance of poorly learnt/difficult tasks in the mere presence of members of the same species.

Free-rider Effect

A phenomenon where individuals benefit from resources or services without contributing to the cost, common in public goods scenarios.

Public Goods Dilemma

A situation in economics where individuals must decide whether to contribute to a public good that benefits all, even if contributing comes at a personal cost, leading to challenges in provisioning and maintaining public goods.

Sherif's Summer Camps

A series of social psychology experiments conducted by Muzafer Sherif, demonstrating how intergroup conflict and cooperation can be influenced by group goals and challenges.