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Assessment of Representations of Basic Cultural Characteristics Test

Understand your cultural outlook in 2 minutes, including views on tradition, change, and family roles. Get a quick, clear snapshot to support counseling, training, and resolving intergenerational conflict.
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October 2, 2025
October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured
example score
3/6
Prefigurative Culture (PC)
Measures the extent to which a person views youth-led innovation and future-oriented change as the primary driver of cultural values and norms.
Tradition-led
Balanced
Youth-led change
0 – 2: Tradition-led | 3 – 4: Balanced | 5 – 6: Youth-led change
A score of 3 suggests a balanced view where youth influence and future-oriented change are recognized but not seen as the dominant cultural model.
example score
3/6
Configurative Culture (CC)
Measures the extent to which a person’s cultural orientation is shaped by peers and contemporary norms rather than primarily by elders or traditions.
Low peer orientation
Moderate peer orientation
High peer orientation
0 – 2: Low peer orientation | 3 – 4: Moderate peer orientation | 5 – 6: High peer orientation
A score of 3 indicates a moderate cofigurative orientation, suggesting peers and current social trends noticeably influence cultural views while other sources of guidance still matter.
example score
3/6
Postfigurative Culture (PC)
Measures the extent to which a person’s cultural outlook prioritizes tradition and guidance from older generations as a model for the present and future.
Low postfigurative
Moderate postfigurative
High postfigurative
0 – 2: Low postfigurative | 3 – 4: Moderate postfigurative | 5 – 6: High postfigurative
A score of 3 indicates a moderate postfigurative orientation, suggesting some reliance on tradition and elder guidance while remaining open to alternative influences.
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Who Usually Takes This Test?
Counselors and Psychologists
41%OF USERS
They use it to quickly map a client’s cultural attitudes and intergenerational dynamics to inform counseling or group work.
HR and Organizational Leaders
34%OF USERS
They take it to understand how teams relate to traditions, change, and authority when managing culture shifts and conflicts.
Educators and Youth Workers
25%OF USERS
They use it to see how students and families view elders, traditions, and social change to improve communication and support.
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Prefigurative Culture (PC)
Average
3.3
Normal range
2.4 — 4.1
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6
majority
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Cofigurative culture (Cc)
Average
3.7
Normal range
2.9 — 4.6
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0
max.
6
majority
This curve shows how scores are typically distributed.
Once you complete the test, your result will appear here so you can see where you land.
Postfigurative Culture (PC)
Average
4.4
Normal range
3.4 — 5.4
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0
max.
6
majority
This curve shows how scores are typically distributed.
Once you complete the test, your result will appear here so you can see where you land.
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What does this test measure?
It measures how culture is perceived across key domains, including traditions, social change, and intergenerational roles. Results indicate alignment with one of three cultural orientations: prefigurative, cofigurative, or postfigurative.
What topics are covered in the questions?
Items assess age-related conformism, perceived control over future events, and attitudes toward traditions and change. Items also address perceived cultural dynamism and family intergenerational relationships.
How long does it take to complete, and how many questions are included?
Completion time is about 2 minutes. The test contains 6 questions.
How should responses be selected?
Select the option that best reflects typical views and behavior rather than an ideal or socially expected answer. Use the same time frame and standard when comparing items.
How should results be interpreted?
Scores are read by scale patterns that reflect preferred sources of guidance, stability of traditions, and openness to cultural change. Interpretation is most appropriate when combined with other information about the person or group being assessed.
WHAT THE TEST MEASURES
About This Assessment
Methodology for Assessing Representations of Basic Cultural Characteristics Test

Assessment of Representations of Basic Cultural Characteristics Test

ethnopsychologycultural values

This brief self-report measure is used to characterize how an individual conceptualizes core cultural features and cultural continuity/change. The Assessment of Representations of Basic Cultural Characteristics is intended to support a rapid, clinically informed understanding of cultural attitudes that may be relevant to intergenerational dynamics and adaptation.

The instrument includes 6 items and typically requires about 2 minutes to complete. Content is organized to sample perceptions such as orientation to elders and age-based conformity, perceived control in future planning, attitudes toward tradition, perceived societal and cultural dynamism, and family intergenerational relationships; these domains can be considered in case formulation and when contextualizing client narratives.

In applied settings, results from the Assessment of Representations of Basic Cultural Characteristics may be used as a structured adjunct to interview data when exploring culturally shaped expectations, potential sources of intergenerational tension, and responses to social change. The approach is commonly referenced in relation to cultural theory discussed by Geert Hofstede and Harry C. Triandis.

Author: Geert Hofstede, Harry C. Triandis
Literature: Triandis, H. C. Individualism and collectivism. Westview Press. 1995.
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