One part of our essay question was “what is the overarching oriental concept that our author provides?” The easiest …show more content…
The best way to begin a comparison of these two terms would be to define them. Cultural research is when research is conducted on a singular culture to determine things such as behaviors, beliefs, traditions, and other cultural processes, and researchers then determine how these things affect the development and interactions of the people of a particular culture. Cross-cultural research is much the same as cultural research; however, its defining difference is that it takes into account the variations in different cultures to establish widespread patterns. I believe that both of these research methods have some merit to them. With cross-cultural research, it is much easier to avoid making the assumption that one culture is representative of all of them, and that however that culture affects its people is what happens in other cultures. The benefit of cultural research is that you can get a more focused understanding of a cultural phenomenon that can be learned from; however, I would also say that it is far easier to fall into the pit trap that is ethnocentrism when conducting cultural