Billy,+Dillon,+CJ


 * Big Picture Q:** Do different cultures view controversial issues in a different manner?
 * Specific Q:** Will there be a pattern in differences in the way Koreans and Americans view plastic surgery?

1.) Write a survey on plastic surgery. That includes pictures of good and bad plastic surgery. 2.) Distribute the survey to 25 students of each grade level. 100 students total. 3.) Analyze what the survey shows in terms of similarities and differences in the answers people in America and Korea gave.
 * Research Plan:**


 * Tentative Hypothesis:** The Korean population is more likely to have a conservative mindset towards a controversial issue than the American population


 * Reason for Tentative hypothesis:** The United States of America has been known to have more of a liberal ideology on issues. They are open to change and thus we see many laws changed, erase, added to adjust to the want and ideals of the people. Korea, is known to have more of a conservative approach to ideals. This can clearly be shown through their tradition of confucianism which had taken roots centuries ago. This custom and tradition is still very much practiced in todays society which can be an example showing how conservative the Korean population is.

1. We do not know if someone has their background roots in another country, thus have the mindset of another country. This can skew the results of the survey and our experiment 2. How can one determine if they are an American? Do they need to be a citizen of the United States or just live a fixed period of time there? Same with korea The location in which we take the surveys can skew the results of the experiment and result. If in a populated urban area, special region of the respective countries, etc, can change the results of the experiment.
 * Potential Research Flaws/Problems:**

Josh's links: [|Plastic Surgery Teen Health] [|Crazy Plastic Surgery Facts]

CJ's links: [|Plastic surgery website] [|controversial plastic surgery]

Project:

The way people react from person to person is very different, but in other countries I’d say it is way different. The way people are raised effects it, and other things relating to culture definitely have an impact on the way people react or think about things. In Korea, compared to America I would think that people are more conservative. We researched how people in America and how people in Korea would think about plastic surgery. Though this issue is a very serious issue, people in Korea and America seemed to think the same of it. Everyone seemed to think it was very bad and shouldn't be used except for drastic situations. I would have to say most people thought if their children wanted to get plastic surgery, then they would allow them too, as long as they were adults and they thought they could make their own responsible decisions. Anyways for the most part if their child was older than 18 then they cannot really stop them from doing what they choose. Another of our questions was, do you think that plastic surgery is addictive, and for the most part in America people said they thought it was addictive. In Korea though most people said that they thought that plastic surgery is not addictive. I think that is interesting, but cannot think of anything that would make it so, it was very prominent like 85% of the countries chose that answer. The last question was, if you could get plastic surgery what would you get, the majority of males and females in both countries said they would get nothing. The second for American males was they’d get some sort of muscle plastic surgery. The second for American females was breast. The second for Korean males was eyes. The second for Korean females was breast/eyes. This is all very interesting, it shows that Koreans and Americans for the most part feel the same about plastic surgery when it comes down to themselves. All of this data does correspond with our hypothesis, we seemed to be right in that Koreans would not feel as open to this as Americans do. The data showed to me that Americans thought worse of it, but also more practically towards others doing it. All people react different to things though, I do not think culture has an effect on something that seems seriously wrong, plastic surgery also goes against most religious beliefs, thinking you were made to look the way you do. Though being raised by a person who used plastic surgery and liked the results may effect you, so the people that raise you definitely have an effect on how you think about things, considering you pretty much follow what they believe.
 * Conclusion essay:**