Which of the Following Statements About Cross-Cultural Values Is True

question 140

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about cross-cultural values is true?

• A)People with a high achievement-orientation emphasize relationships and the well-being of others.
• B)People with high individualism can have any level (high or low) of collectivism.
• C)People with high power distance value independence and personal uniqueness.
• D)People with low uncertainty avoidance must also have high power distance.
• E)People in almost all cultures have high uncertainty avoidance.

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Definitions:

Under-extension

A cognitive error typical in early child language development where a child inappropriately restricts the use of a word to only one object or situation.

Telegraphic Speech

A stage in language acquisition in children where speech is abrupt and consists mainly of content words, resembling the structure of telegraph messages.

Fast Mapping

The rapid mental assignment of meaning to a new word by a child, often after a single exposure to the word in a meaningful context.

Overextension

In language development, the application of a word in a broader context than is appropriate, showing a child's developing linguistic capability.