PSYC14H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Nature One, Crass, Nostril

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It"s not recommended to randomly select cultures to study aka don"t employ the shotgun method. One study examined how 2 sets of children did on a measure of theory of mind they contrasted. Western children with baka children (who are members of a tribe they are illiterate hunter gatherers with little or no exposure to western ideas) It reflects the quality of the experimental design. Culture would be considered the independent variable (aka the variable that"s manipulated) and the effect or the variable you measure is the dependent variable. Surveys are commonly used to conduct cross-cultural research: they"re usually presented as anonymous questionnaires. Translation of questionnaire items: unique challenge of conducting cross cultural research in psychology is that the researcher and participants often speak different languages. English) and just study people who are bilingual in both their native language and the language the survey is in: cons: the participants will likely have poorer english skills than your translatrs.

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