Multi-cultural research: Developing a participative methodology for cross-cultural psychology

Replication is the scientific gold standard that enables the confirmation of research findings. Concerns related to publication bias, flexibility in data analysis, and high-profile cases of academic misconduct have led to recent calls for more replication and systematic accumulation of scientific knowledge in psychological science. This renewed emphasis on replication may pose specific challenges to cross-cultural research due to inherent practical difficulties in emulating an original study in other cultural groups. The purpose of the present article is to discuss how the core concepts of this replication debate apply to cross-cultural psychology. Distinct to replications in cross-cultural research are examinations of bias and equivalence in manipulations and procedures, and that targeted research populations may differ in meaningful ways. We identify issues in current psychological research (analytic flexibility, low power) and possible solutions (preregistration, power analysis), and discuss ways to implement best practices in cross-cultural replication attempts.

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The Legacy of John and Beatrice Whiting for Cross-Cultural Research on Children and Adolescents: Special Issue of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology ◽

10.1177/0022022110374968 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 41 (4) ◽

pp. 510-512

Keyword(s):

Cross Cultural Psychology ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Cultural Psychology ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Special Issue ◽

Cultural Research ◽

Cross Cultural Research

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Explorations in Dynamics of Symbolic Meaning with Cultural Experiments

10.1093/oso/9780190879228.003.0006 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Pawel Boski

Keyword(s):

Cross Cultural Psychology ◽

Person Perception ◽

Cultural Psychology ◽

Psychological Adaptation ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Symbolic Meaning ◽

Research Projects ◽

Cultural Research ◽

Cross Cultural Research ◽

Religious Icons

To counterbalance the predominantly verbal measures and psychometric orientation in cross-cultural psychology, this chapter proposes the concept of cultural experiment. It is a method of sampling normative behavioral scripts, exploring their inner structures of meaning, and finally designing reversals, with the expectation of disconfirmation as their ultimate validity test. Pictorial materials (videos) are the preferred methods in this approach as contextualized models of existing cultural arrangements or their modifications. Empirical evidence comes from five cross-cultural research projects spanned over 30 years. These experiments illustrate contrasts in psychological adaptation to congruent and incongruent scenarios. They provide answers when new cultural ways meet with resistance and when novelty is appreciated or tolerated. Three experiments focus on dynamics of gender role prescriptions from Polish and Scandinavian perspectives. Another study investigates person perception of culturally familiar and remote African actors. The last study explores tolerance priming through religious icons from in-group and out-group cultures.

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A Giant of Cultural Research: Seeing Further from the Shoulders of Kwok Leung

Management and Organization Review ◽

10.1017/mor.2017.62 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 703-711

Author(s):

Michael W. Morris ◽

Zhen Xiong (George) Chen ◽

Lorna Doucet ◽

Yaping Gong

Keyword(s):

Social Psychology ◽

Cross Cultural Psychology ◽

Organizational Behavior ◽

Cultural Psychology ◽

International Management ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Special Issue ◽

Untimely Death ◽

Cultural Research

This is a special issue in honor of Kwok Leung, whose path-breaking career in social psychology, cross-cultural psychology, organizational behavior, and international management was cut short by his untimely death in 2015. Newton said, ‘If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants’. In cultural research, it's Kwok's shoulders that enable us to see further.

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