PSY 3201 Middle Georgia State University Culture and Religion Questions

Three Research-Reflection-Synthesis Briefs (20% each for a total of 60% of coursegrade) – These brief (3-4 page) topical reports will require you to synthesize currentresearch in the field of cross-cultural psychology, your own observations and reflections,along with the textbook and lecture material.“Foundations and Research Methods”Please answer the following questions and prompts in a 3-4 page narrative that demonstrates apersonal understanding of the material. Provide detailed examples from your ownexperiences that illustrate the concepts; if possible, discuss how this information might berelevant to your future career; whenever possible, define concepts with your own words. Pleaseanswer EACH of the six questions.? What are the THREE components to the definition of ‘culture’, according to Cohen (2009)and our extensive discussion in lecture? Do these help you to more fully grasp/identifycultural groups?? One theme of this course is that we are ‘multicultural’ individuals. How can this be so?EXPLAIN this idea based on your own experiences.? According to your text’s authors, “pop” culture does not count as culture proper. They citetwo different reasons, OTHER than the trendiness aspect of pop culture, as to why theycome to this conclusion. Name and describe ONE of their arguments or rationales.? In cross-cultural research on the Big Five personality inventory, which specific behavior atthe item-level (remember there were 240 items!) was singled out as specifically problematicand ‘lost-in-translation’?? How did the McCrae et. al (2005) study of “The Big Five” ensure ‘procedural and linguisticequivalence? Reflect on this process – suppose you were conducting a cross-culturalstudy. How would you go about ensuring these equivalences?? Why did the McCrae et. al (2005) researchers ask their participants to rate somebody elserather than themselves? Explain the reasoning behind this design decision and whether youthink it rings true (that is, that the concern is valid).? You need to submit these briefs ONLINE via our course D2L page (using the dropboxfunction) by the day and time that it is due. Briefs CANNOT be made up, unless strongsupportive documentation is provided. This is to maintain fairness to all students. Papersshould be submitted as Word *.docs with double-spaced with one-inch margins and 12 pt when citing AP STYLE.