Korea-USA+Spring+2012+Sociology+Collaboration

=**Korea-USA Spring 2012 Sociology Collaboration!**=
 * =====**SCHOOLS**=====
 * [|University High School] -- Normal, IL, USA
 * [|Korea International School] -- Seongnam (suburban Seoul), Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea
 * =====**COLLABORATION DESCRIPTION**=====
 * [[file:Korea-USA Sociology Collaboration Spring 2012.pdf]]
 * **KEY DATES**
 * Click here for all project due dates
 * Presentation Schedule
 * **GOOGLE DOCS**
 * Click here to see how to use your group's Google Doc
 * **STUDENT REFLECTION**
 * [|Click here] to complete the post-project student reflection

__**GROUPS AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS**__
 * //__**Sample KIS-UHS Student Project Page for Proper Wiki Formatting**__//

Ashley, Haley Brian, John Dennis, Deanna Dong Myung,Jess Eric, Jessica Hijo, Kiara Ian, Ethan Jane, Amy, Kyley Jasmine, Josselyn Jenny, Rachel Kevin, Alyssa Lisa, Caila Michelle, Allison Mohammed, Taylor Peter L, Jordan Peter Y, Tommy Ryan, Erin, Josh Sean, Stephan, Kurtis Stella, Nina Steve, Kelsey William, Scott
 * Big Picture Q: How do cultural standards of beauty change over time?
 * Specific Q: How does the media affect the perception of ones physical features?
 * Big Picture Q: How does culture affect the way people perceive?
 * Specific Q: Do the cultures of the United States and South Korea affect the prioritization of top songs and movies?
 * Big Picture Q: How do different cultures use gestures involving physical contact?
 * Specific Q: How often are physical gestures, such as high fives and hugs, used between acquaintances at the high school level in Korea and in the United States?
 * Big Picture Q: How do people’s helping behaviors differ in different societies?
 * Specific Q: Does gender affect how much a person is willing to help the other person? Are men more likely to help than women?
 * Big Picture Q: How often do individuals bow to peer pressure?
 * Specific Q: When faced with a unanimous incorrect answer to an impossible question, what percent of males and females in each school (UHS vs KIS) would agree with the incorrect answer?
 * Big Picture Q: Do preconceived ideas affect interpretation?
 * Specific Q: Does the interpretation of a musical piece change when introduced differently?
 * Big Picture Q: How comprehensive is our understanding of the basic geography of the world?
 * Specific Q: Can countries/land formations be eliminated or distorted on maps and go unnoticed?
 * Big Picture Q: Are individuals in one culture more likely than another to be impatient?
 * Specific Q: Are individuals in one culture more likely to press the "close" button when they get on the elevator?
 * Big Picture Q: How do forms of discipline vary between different cultures?
 * Specific Q: Are Korean parents more likely to use corporal violence against their children than Western parents?
 * Big Picture Q: How often do people gesticulate in media situations?
 * Specific Q: How often do men and women when they speak to the opposite sexes in media?
 * Big Picture Q: How do culture differences influence employee customer service training?
 * Specific Q: Compare and contrast the way employees are taught to greet and treat customers in car dealerships and grocery stores in the United States and Korea.
 * Big Picture Q: To what extent does appearance play a role in people's generosity?
 * Specific Q: Would people be more willing to help a woman with her hands full get inside a building if the woman is considered more attractive or less attractive?
 * Big Picture Q: How have clothes changed in the last twenty years?
 * Specific Q: How have brands in the United States (Hollister, American Eagle, Abercrombie and Fitch, Pac Sun, Forever 21, Urban Outfitters, Roxy, Babyphat, Aeropostale and H&M) and Korea (H&M, ZARA, GAP, UNIQLO, Victoria's Secret, NEXT, Polo Ralph Lauren, Shimamura, ESPIRT, and Abercrombie and Fitch) evolved within the last twenty years?
 * Big Picture Q: How does authority affect decision making in children?
 * Specific Q: If a teacher stands up in front of a class and gives an opinion, is a child more or less likely to agree with them because they are an authority figure?
 * Big Picture Q: How willing are teenagers to take risks?
 * Specific Q: How much risk would seniors and freshmen be willing to take with their grades?
 * Big Picture Q: How does music affect human behavior?
 * Specific Q: Will people be more open to questions when different kinds of music are playing in the background?
 * Big Picture Q: How does culture influence how parents choose their children's names?
 * Specific Q: How do American and Korean names differ in meaning and how do those meanings affect parents' decisions of naming their children?
 * Big Picture Q: To what degree does a biased question change how a person responds to a question?
 * Specific Q: How do people respond differently to questions that are worded slightly differently?
 * Big Picture Q: How are gender stereotypes reflected in people's lives?
 * Specific Q: How do childhood toys reflect the different stereotypes of boys and girls?
 * Big Picture Q: How does culture influence spending decisions?
 * Specific Q: What does the number of each type of shop in a mall tell us about different cultures?
 * Big Picture Q: What makes students in different societies happy?
 * Specific Q: Between visual art (photography) and auditory art (classical music), which medium make the students more happy?