Interview Questions on Identifying Cultural Sameness/Difference

This assignment is your first step towards your final project. Before beginning this, please read the Final Project Instructions. For the current assignment, you will be listing the Interview Questions you will be asking your chosen interviewee. You should have a minimum of 25 questions ready to ask your interviewee, but more are recommended. Remember, the more questions you ask, the more material you will have for your final paper! For this assignment, you are only submitting a list of your proposed questions, you will not need to ask the questions for this week's submission.
Important Note
This submission should not be in Essay form; this is only a numbered or bulleted list of questions. For ease of grading, please use the organization (in bold) below to organize your questions, this will help me (and you) see if you have developed questions to meet each criteria.
Read the following instructions below on creating your list of questions.
Guidance on creating questions
Basic Information
Ask them why they came to this country and any special circumstances about the move (e.g., age and relationships at the time of the move). Develop further questions to ask about level of education, marital status, children, religion, and so forth.
Identifying Cultural Sameness/Difference
Create specific questions to learn about similarity/differences in the two countries. Be sure to ask questions about the psychological features (e.g., values, identity, emotion, cognition, perception, personality, morality) within their culture and America. Note: You must ask about the perception/treatment of physical and mental health/illness within their native country; you will be asked to share this information with the class during our last discussion.
Langage
Ask about communication problems – verbal or nonverbal (body language, etc.)- and the impact.
Customs
Create specific questions to ask about any major differences in social institutions (such as education, healthcare, how men and women are viewed and treated, politics, family structure, etc.).
Parenting
Ask them questions about sameness/differences in parenting philosophy and practice.
Beliefs/Values
Ask them about the differences in people's views/values on diversity, prejudice, religion, wealth, work, family etc..
Rituals
Ask them about particular rituals that take place in their native culture that do not happen here or vice versa.
Perceived Stereotypes
Ask them several questions regarding stereotypes/misconceptions about their own culture and America and if there is any truth to these.
Racism/prejudice
Develop questions to ask the presence and impact of prejudice here in America (Be sensitive and empathetic here please).
Challenges in the Acculturation Process
Review the articles by Sussman and Wang we read earlier in the course to come up with a few (3-5) questions regarding psychological adjustments and difficulties associated with acculturation. Be sure to word sensitively.
Be sure to ask about the specific systems and structures in the US (education, economics, opportunity, and safety) that have made it easier or more challenging to acculturate.
Adapting to their country
Ask about the kinds of changes you would need to make to adapt to life in their country. Be sure to ask about the specific systems and structures in their country (education, economics, opportunity, and safety) that would make it easier or more challenging to acculturate.
*Course Material:
Heine, S. J. (2020). Cultural psychology. 4th Edition. New York: W.W. Norton. Please use the most current edition of the text.