Showing posts with label cultural psychology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cultural psychology. Show all posts

Friday, January 31, 2014

When the source is the internet, how does that influence the "hostile media effect"?

Sunday, December 16, 2012

To what extent have Northwest European immigrants to the U.S. experienced socioeconomic mobility among the subsequent generations of their families compared to non-emigrating Northwest Europeans? Are there any trends of upward- or downward mobility?

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Handwriting instruction: (a) What is the goal? (b) Compare standardized handwriting styles vs. individualistic handwriting on motivation to practice handwriting, exploring factors such as indicators of social status across multiple contexts including gender and SES. (c) What are sociocognitive effects of various methods of handwriting instruction? (d) Explore cross-cultural differences within the U.S. and between other handwriting systems such as Chinese characters. (e) Substantially improve this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handwriting.


Saturday, June 2, 2012

What purpose(s) would violent initiations serve? (e.g., is there a continuum from arduous to abusive; is there any effect on parenting?)
Are there any differences in characteristics between individuals who prefer their own traditional foods and those who prefer sampling the traditional foods of other cultures? (e.g., Would varying along a continuum of "xenophobic" to "xenophilic" correlate with food preferences?)

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Is there more interpersonal conflict in "Eastern" cultures or "Western" cultures?