Individualism in the European American cultural context is based on shared values and the notion that individuals are “independent from each other,” but still “connected with each other.
1. What kind of study does this article describe? What kinds of research methods did the authors of the study use? Identity the type or types of research method used and explain why this study is an example of the type or types of methods you chose.
2. Analyze the decision the researchers made in terms of their subjects in this study. Why do you think the researchers chose to use subjects from universities? What are advantages and disadvantages of using university students as subjects?
3. Discuss the variables investigated by this study and the ways these variables were measured. What are the three main variables in the study? How were these three variables measured?What are some advantages and disadvantages of the strategies the researchers used to measure their variables?
4. What were the hypotheses the researchers tested? What did the researchers find when they conducted their study? What were the key results or findings? Were the different hypotheses supported or not supported by the results of the study?
