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Question 7

Which statement about culture and pro-social behaviour is correct?

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A

Nobles (1976) argued that collectivist cultures are built around personal goals and individual success.

B

Whiting and Whiting (1975) found that children in less industrialised cultures were the most altruistic.

C

Culture is a dispositional factor because it is part of a person's inherited personality.

D

Whiting and Whiting (1975) found that every child within the same culture behaved in exactly the same altruistic way.

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4.2 Theories/Explanations Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /4.2 Theories/Explanations

76 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 4.2 Theories/Explanations, covering 4.2.1 Situational factors on conformity and crowds, 4.2.2 Situational factors on culture and obedience; criticisms, 4.2.3 Situational Factors research study: Bickman (1974), 4.2.4 Dispositional factors on conformity, crowds, morality, obedience, 4.2.5 Brain in dispositional factors; criticisms, and 4.2.6 Dispositional Factors research study: NatCen (2011). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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