Assignment Number 04 Discussion/Writing Triandis Chapter 3. How to study cultures (56-86)

Student Name _____________________ Date due: 9-20-04 Psychology 360 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D.

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1.	What was your reaction to the video: Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story? What did you learn?
2.	What is the general intent of Triandis Chapter 3? (57)
3.	What strategies would you use to effectively measure power cross-culturally? Describe how you would use each. (62-67)
4.	Under what conditions is an understanding of geisha a psudeoetic? Under what conditions does an understanding of geisha become a true etic? (69-72)
5.	Describe how social distance is operationalized differently in different cultures. Is this an example of an emic, etic, or a mixture of both. Please explain. (72-74)
6.	What is your position concerning the testing of minorities in U.S. schools? When should it be done? When should it not be done? Under what conditions are the results useful?
6.	Suppose you went to another culture to study it. What would you do first, second, and so on? Outline for yourself the full course of your studies.