Cross-cultural comparison of the structure of WISC-III Valentin Bucik Department of Psychology‚ Faculty of Arts‚ University of Ljubljana‚ Ljubljana‚ Slovenia Abstract WISC is one of the best-known and most frequently used intelligence tests for children. The WISC-III version was issued in USA more than a dozen years ago and since then many different language versions of the test were issued in different cultures. When translating the intelligence test from one language and/or cultural milieu
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Cultural differences can pose problems for health care workers. In the case of Linda Gorman‚ she is faced with the decision to report a woman for child abuse‚ or chalk it up to cultural differences. The question shouldn’t be whether or not she should report Mrs. Saeto‚ but rather‚ are Mrs. Saeto’s actions really considered child abuse? The answer to this can get muddled in cultural beliefs. For Americans‚ her actions qualify as abusive because Mrs. Saeto is unnecessarily causing harm to baby Marie
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Cross-Cultural Conflicts in the Corning-Vitro Joint Venture Corning Inc. is a US company that has a record of some 40 successful global joint ventures over the course of 73 years. Their success rate in joint ventures is over 80 percent which is well above the 50 percent average for successful foreign and national alliances. Through their years of success and experience‚ their formula for determining whether to partner with another organization boiled down to two factors. First‚ will the
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example for it. Moreover‚ it has become significant opportunity for companies which are developing and integrating into the markets of different countries. Of course‚ main reason for globalization it brings a lot of benefits for “global business ”. “The idea of globalization represents an evolutionary and integrative system that pulls people and societies together into a common market of not only goods and services but also knowledge” (Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology‚ Volume 4‚ 2007)
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of God can be highly moral? Why or why not? Rachels 1. What cultural practice of the Callatians shocked the Greeks? What did Darius think about the differences between these two cultures? 2. What does a cultural relativist believe about universal moral truth? 3. What is the “cultural differences argument?” 4. Does Rachels think the cultural differences argument is sound? Why or why not? 5. According to the cultural relativist‚ which society is morally superior: a society which allows
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Introduction to Cross – Cultural Psychology Josie Quezada PSY/ 450 Instructor: Desiree’ Deshay January 29‚ 2015 Psychology has many different branches that concentrate on different areas; one of the branches that focus on how cultural influences human behavior is cross – cultural psychology. Cross – Cultural psychology helps an individual understand the behavior‚ emotions‚ and the ability of connecting with different people from different cultures. It is not only an effective branch in psychology
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Connections Across text: The theme cultural identity and differences is important in our community‚ the way we treat others and how we stereotype someone. I chose this theme because it portrays the importance of maintaining your culture and not allowing someone’s stereotype of your culture impact you. Cultural identity and differences throughout my texts is formed mainly between 2 or more cultures in each text. The four texts I chose are Ka Kite Bro written by Willie Davis‚ The Red Sari written
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and Looking Closely at Plate 3.1.9‚ what do these sources tell us about fifteenth – and sixteenth- century cross-cultural encounters? This assignment will discuss the nature of a cross-cultural encounter in the 15th and 16th centuries between the Portuguese traders and the people of Benin‚ leading to Portuguese figures depicted in Benin art and furthermore our understanding of cross-cultural encounters in general The plaque under consideration (plate 3.9.1) is of three forward facing warriors‚ dressed
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willing to make an extra effort to learn more about how they prefer to communicate? It wouldn’t be the first time that someone who wasn’t familiar with the communication customs of another country‚ found themselves in a rather embarrassing situation. Many years ago‚ President Richard Nixon arrived in a foreign country. Upon his arrival‚ he stood at the top of the stairs leading from his aircraft door‚ and overlooked the welcoming crowd gathered below him. He smiled and proudly raised both hands high
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Dealing With Cultural Differences Native American Native Americans have respect of individual differences among people. Their expressions of this value include staying out of others’ affairs and verbalizing personal thoughts or opinions only when asked. In many cultures‚ it’s the man makes the decisions for the woman. They are very religious people who work also with tarot reading‚ and wicca/pagan things. How I would deals with a Native American is to treat them all with respect
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