Research that compares people of different ethnic groups
a. relies on the fact that differences in behaviors and attitudes of people within each comparison group tends to be small.
b. leads to questionable data because of the problems with the interpretation paradox.
c. is easier when it makes use of etics rather than emics.
d. often assumes with no proof that behaviors that differ across groups are based on racial or cultural differences.
Question 2
When researchers have investigated behavioral differences between people in China and people in the West,
a. there have been problems because people in the research self-identify the group to which they belong.
b. there are many ethnic groups in China that differ greatly, so generalizations based simply on being Chinese are suspect.
c. most people in China are not literate, so they cannot participate fully in research projects and the results are limited.
d. there are too many people in China to be able to get a realistic picture of the population, so comparisons to the West are difficult.
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