Textbook:

Cultural Psychology (Fourth Edition)

Steven J. Heine

W. W. Norton & Company, 4thEdition

ISBN-13:978-0393644692

Please reply to the follow 4 prompts below in paragraph form.

1. "It is valid to suggest that some cultures are morally superior to others." Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain your conclusion by basing it on evidence from one of the moral psychological models discussed in your textbook.

2. An orthodox religious adherent is debating with a progressive religious adherent about abortion. They each provide a certain number of justifications for their perspectives. In the space below, for each religious adherent, graph out how many statements one would expect to correspond to each moral intuition based on the relationship between codes of ethics and moral intuitions.

3. Your new research project is studying cultural differences between European-Canadians and Japanese-Canadians in terms of self-awareness. Your research partner decides to give all your participants an English questionnaire, thinking that the language of the questionnaire does not affect how the Japanese-Canadians would think. According to research about frame-switching, do you agree with your research partner's perspective? Why or why not?

4. Your father wants to encourage you to travel to as many places as possible and stay in each place as long as possible. It does not matter what cultures you live init will all benefit your creativity. Based on research on culture and creativity, do you agree with his assertions? Why or why not?