Cultural Differences in Self-Description Lead

question 49

Multiple Choice

Cultural differences in self-description lead

• A) American mothers to tell more stories to their children in which the emphasis is on some family experience.
• B) Chinese mother to tell children stories in which the child is the "star."
• C) American children to talk more about their preferences and feelings.
• D) Chinese children talk more about individual freedom and characteristics.

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Definitions:

Clever Hans

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Principle of Parsimony

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