Cultural Psychology Chapter 1

A human ability to understand that others have minds that are different from one's own, and thus people have their own distinct perspectives.

A type of social learning in which the learner internalizes aspects of hte model's goals and behavioral strategies.

A type of social learning focused on environmental events involved with a model's behavior.

The process by which cultural information becomes more complex/useful over time because an idea can be learned from others and updated by learners.

The ratio of an animal's brain weight to the brain weight predicted for a comparable animal of the same body size.

The theory that cognitive demands inherent in social living led to the evolution of large primate brains.

The ratio of the volume of the neocortex to the volume of the rest of the brain, which is used as a proxy measure of intelligence.

The first and highest level of universality, which states that a given cognitive tool exists across cultures, is used to solve the same problem across cultures, and is accessible to the same degree accross cultures.

The third level of universality, which states that a given cognitive tool exists across cultures, although the tool is not necessarily used to solve teh same problems across cultures, nor is it equally accessible across cultures.

We often judge people from other cultures by comparing them to the standards of our own culture.