1. Compare and contrast an interdependent view of self versus an independent vie

1. Compare and contrast an interdependent view of self versus an independent view of self according to Markus and Kitayama (1999). Discuss the main points about self-identities and ingroup/outgroup relationships in your answer.
2.You work at your university’s tutoring center, and given your background in cultural psychology, you are frequently assigned to tutor students studying abroad from various cultures around the world. Describe how your understanding of cultural influences on face and self-improvement could guide the motivational strategies you use to encourage your international students from collectivistic cultures to persist at studying for an upcoming exam.
3. What drives people to stand out or conform? Provide possible explanations for why individualistic and collectivistic cultures differently encourage motivations for uniqueness and conformity.
4. Why is implicit communication more common and comfortable in high-context versus low-context cultures? Explain your rationale and support it with both an anecdotal example and the findings from one research study.
5. In a debate with your friend, he says he believes that Asian Canadians actually experience the same emotions with the same intensity as do European Canadians. He believes that even when Asian Canadians say that they are experiencing an emotion less intensely, they actually feel the emotion as intensely as European Canadians. Critique your friend’s claim by providing empirical evidence to support your perspective.