Cross-Cultural Research Methods

(All three parts’ answers must be written in paragraphs – NOT bullet point)

Part 1

In order to participate in this discussion, you will need to reviewed the PowerPoint slides VIDEO.

· What might be a subject about another culture you would like to research?

· What might your hypothesis be?

· What research method would you use?

· What might be some of the issues/problems that could occur with this research?

· How might bias affect the research and/or the results of your research?  Use a minimum of 2 examples of what bias might you have to consider.

· Explain how cultural practices might be a variable in your experiment.

· As a rule, what are some of the challenges faced by researcher when studying culture?

Part 2

https://www.americanscientist.org/article/many-cultures-one-psychology (Links to an external site.)

· What were Joseph Herrick's findings in his 2010 study?

· What did his finding throw into question on cultural studies?

· Reference one additional finding from other studies in the article related to cultural studies

Part 3

Review Part 1 in regard to the hypothesis you choose and the Part 2 article, how might the information from Part 2 influence your selected study? Would you change anything?  What might you keep?