Final report: Cultural Psychology

The final report is due on Thursday, June 15. It should be sent by email to Uichol Kim:
<uicholk@yahoo.com>.

Note: You need to receive a confirmation from me that I have received your report since many messages get
lost or placed in Spam.

Inha University has a strict policy against plagiarism and if you copy material from the internet or use
generative AI, such ChatGPT, to answer the questions, you will automatically fail and receive the grade of F.

I have software programs that will check if you plagiarized or used Chat GPT. You need to answer the
questions by using material from the lectures and textbooks.

The final report should include the following:

1. Cover Page: Title, name, student number, course name

2. Table of Content
3. Reference list
4. Appendix, if needed.

Evaluation criteria: To evaluate the final report, I will use the following criteria:
F Did not submit the final report.
C The report was disorganized and did not answer the questions.
B Provided a fair review and organization of the material of the lecture and textbooks.
B+ Provided a good review, analysis and organization of the material of the lecture and textbooks.
A Provided an excellent evaluation and organization of the answers of the material of the lecture
and textbooks
A+ Provided a systematic and in-depth evaluation of the answers of material of the lecture and
textbooks

Questions for the Final Report

Answering the Final Report questions: Please select 1 question from each of the 5 sections below and submit
a total of 5 answers in the final report.
Each answer should be 2-3 pages long with reference of where you obtained the material (e.g., Lecture 3.3
Creativity, personal agency and efficacy beliefs).
Use the material presented in the lecture and textbooks to answer your questions. If you use other material,
you need to give the exact reference, page number (e.g., Albert Bandura, 1997. Self-Efficacy. New York:
Freeman, page 23) or internet link.
The final report should be doubled space, Times New Roman 12 font, and in MS-Word (I will not accept
any others format such as PDF, Scanned or Hangul file since you can save your file in MS-Word).
 Section 1: Please select 1 question and submit your answer in the final report.

1. Critically evaluate Freudian Theory that claims that human behavior can be explained by instincts
and drive using evidence from neurobiology introduced by Prof. Gerald Huether and Dan Siegal.
2. Evaluate Wilhelm Wundt’s cultural psychology and how results from Korea support his theory.
3. Evaluate the basic difference of viewing psychology as a physical science, biological science, and
humanities science.

Section 2: Please select 1 question and submit your answer in the final report.
4. How did humans overcome our basic instinct to survive through creativity and innovations and
using wood, stones and clay.
5. How did humans overcome our basic instinct to survive by using fire that changed our body, mind
and technology?
6. Evaluate the role of art and design in providing the information technology that allowed humans to
store information outside our body so that future generations can use it to be creative?

Section 3: Please select 1 question and submit your answer in the final report.

7. How did the hunting and gathering tribes overcome their basic instinct and used creativity and
innovation to adapt to the environment and survive.
8. How did the agricultural communities overcome their basic instinct and used creativity and
innovation to manage the environment to survive and prosper.
9. Compare and evaluate the fundamental assumptions of religion, philosophy and science and how
they explained planetary motions and human behavior.
10. Evaluate the factors that contributed the development of the Renaissance and how Cartesian
dualism allowed science to develop?

Section 4: Please select 1 question and submit your answer in the final report.

11. Compare and contrast the conception of self in Korea compared to Western individualism.
12. Evaluate Albert Bandura’s Socio-Cognitive Theory of self-efficacy and how Korean results on
academic achievement support his theory.
13. Evaluate Albert Bandura’s Socio-Cognitive Theory of self-efficacy and how Korean results on
stress and health support his theory.
14. Evaluate Albert Bandura’s moral disengagement theory and how Korean results on delinquency and
school violence achievement support his theory.

Section 5: Please select 1 question and submit your answer in the final report.
15. Evaluate Korean economic growth and how it is different from the USA model of focusing on
individualism and competition.
16. Compare innovations of Samsung and Hynix and discuss their competitive advantage.
17. Compare the innovations of E-Mart and Zappos.
18. Evaluate factors that contribute to trust in Korea and the key differences compared to Nordic
countries (Denmark, Sweden and Finland).