Identify how ethnocentric bias mightinfluence each of the following research questions, then propose analternative to reduce ethnocentric bias.
- A researcher seeks to determine whether happiness is associatedwith personal fulfillment (i.e., a person’s ability to maximize hisor her own individual goals), and compares the relationship betweenhappiness and self-fulfillment in America and China.
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- A psychologist has conducted research on romantic relationshipsfor over 35 years. Although her research questions have focused onhow dating partners interact when together, she decided to expandher research to examine texting between dating partners.Specifically, she plans to test her idea that texting betweenpartners leads to more superficial romantic relationships.
- A researcher is interested in people’s reactions to threats ofterrorism, and is specifically interested in the theory thatterrorism activates people’s sense of their own mortality. Heproposes a research study in which reminding people of theafterlife will diminish their fear of terrorism.
