INTERCULTURAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS PROJECT Written Report. The written report (7-8 pages and References) should consist of an introduction, in which the general context is explained and a rationale is provided for the importance of the topic, and the following sections: (a) description of the situation and the context in which it is embedded; (b) 4 page literature review; and (c) analysis of the situation and conclusion. Include a reference page prepared in either APA or MLA format, and attach an appendix with copies of materials (e.g., specific news articles) that help explain the context. Paper Structure Guidelines You may use headings (e.g., Introduction, Body, Conclusion) for the main parts of your paper. Also, use “I” in this paper where appropriate. 1. Introduction a. Provide background information about the issue/case/incident/situation that led you to work on this research project b. State your Research Question c. State your position on the issue and preview what you will discuss in the paper 2. Body a. Provide a summary of each of the articles/sources you located. Think carefully about how you order these summaries. b. Discuss how these sources inform you about the situation/case/issue your investigated; how they help you in answering your research question. 3. Conclusion a. State what you have learned about the situation/issue/case based on the research you did. 4. Do not forget to mention how this research relates to what you have been learning in CAS 471 this semester. 5. References 6. Appendix (only if applicable). If you investigated a specific incident/case/situation discussed in the media, include a link or attach a copy of the news article. Grading Rubric: Content (80 pts) Introduction (14 pts) Body: Review of research studies/articles/sources (36 pts) Body: Summary and discussion of findings (20 points) Conclusion (10 pts) Organization & overall format (5 pts) Grammar, punctuation, spelling (5 pts) In-text documentation (5 pts) Reference page (end-of-text list of references) (5 pts) Running head ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 4 Annotated Bibliography Gordon Lu (Guo) ICC 471 Dixon, J., Durrheim, K., & Tredoux, C. (2005). Beyond the optimal contact strategy: a reality check for the contact hypothesis. American Psychologist, 60(7), 697. Dovidio, J. F., Kawakami, K., & Gaertner, S. L. (2002). Implicit and explicit prejudice and interracial interaction. Journal of personality and social psychology, 82(1), 62. In this article, the authors discuss the contact theory that argues that contact between people between diverse groups normally assists in reducing the intergroup prejudice, but only in ideal conditions. The authors continue to criticize some research practices have been dominant in this field including the prioritization of the research of relations between rarefied circumstances. They also critic.

1. INTERCULTURAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS PROJECT
Written Report. The written report (7-8 pages and References)
should consist of an introduction, in which the general context
is explained and a rationale is provided for the importance of
the topic, and the following sections: (a) description of the
situation and the context in which it is embedded; (b) 4 page
literature review; and (c) analysis of the situation and
conclusion. Include a reference page prepared in either APA or
MLA format, and attach an appendix with copies of materials
(e.g., specific news articles) that help explain the context.
Paper Structure Guidelines
You may use headings (e.g., Introduction, Body, Conclusion)
for the main parts of your paper. Also, use “I” in this paper
where appropriate.
1. Introduction
a. Provide background information about the
issue/case/incident/situation that led you to work on this
research project
b. State your Research Question
c. State your position on the issue and preview what you will
discuss in the paper
2. Body
a. Provide a summary of each of the articles/sources you
located. Think carefully about how you order these summaries.
b. Discuss how these sources inform you about the
situation/case/issue your investigated; how they help you in
answering your research question.
3. Conclusion
a. State what you have learned about the situation/issue/case
based on the research you did.
4. Do not forget to mention how this research relates to what
you have been learning in CAS 471 this semester.

2. 5. References
6. Appendix (only if applicable). If you investigated a specific
incident/case/situation discussed in the media, include a link or
attach a copy of the news article.
Grading Rubric:
Content (80 pts)
Introduction (14 pts)
Body: Review of research studies/articles/sources (36 pts)
Body: Summary and discussion of findings (20 points)
Conclusion (10 pts)
Organization & overall format (5 pts)
Grammar, punctuation, spelling (5 pts)
In-text documentation (5 pts)
Reference page (end-of-text list of references) (5 pts)
Running head ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
4
Annotated Bibliography
Gordon Lu (Guo)
ICC 471
Dixon, J., Durrheim, K., & Tredoux, C. (2005). Beyond the
optimal contact strategy: a reality check for the contact
hypothesis. American Psychologist, 60(7), 697.
Dovidio, J. F., Kawakami, K., & Gaertner, S. L. (2002). Implicit
and explicit prejudice and interracial interaction. Journal of

3. personality and social psychology, 82(1), 62.
In this article, the authors discuss the contact theory that argues
that contact between people between diverse groups normally
assists in reducing the intergroup prejudice, but only in ideal
conditions. The authors continue to criticize some research
practices have been dominant in this field including the
prioritization of the research of relations between rarefied
circumstances. They also criticized the reformulation of lay
considerations of contact in regards to a generic typology of
perfect circumstances. Thirdly, they criticized the utilization of
swings in individual predisposition as the key measure of
outcome. According to Dixon et al., these practices have
restricted the contact theory in terms of explaining the
intergroup dynamics and as an outline for upholding social
psychological modifications. According to the criticism offered
by the authors of this article, the implications of their findings
are that optimal contact strategy inclines to omit the
inconsistency between the real and model forms of interactions
and thus to discharge social psychologists of their
accountability for illuminating and overpowering the
inconsistency. The authors continue to suggest that research on
the subject needs to be focused on the messy realities of life and
the deeply divided areas of the daily life.
The article points out clearly that interaction between people
from different regions assists in reducing intergroup prejudice,
however, the lack of comprehensive information about the kinds
of normal interactions, social psychologists cannot start to
comprehend the wider inferences of reconciliation in a given
culture. Additionally, with their limited information and data,
they cannot formulate realistic programs of social intervention.
I agree with the author’s interpretations because from the
criticism offered by the authors in the article it is evident that
ongoing reliance on the ideal contact approach implies that
interaction research will remain to be in need of a certainty
check. Additionally, the study of interaction under perfect
circumstances will remain to hide the practices that hinder the

4. apprehensions of the settings. The article is relevant to this
research because it provides peer-reviewed information about
the subject.
In this article, the authors discuss the concepts of implicit racial
relations and the explicit racial associations. According to
Dovidio et al. (2002), attitudes play a critical role by
individually organizing the situation and placing perceivers to
things and people in the environments. In this research, the
authors designed to extend the concept on implicit racial
approaches by studying their role in prompting the actions of
whites during multicultural communications as well as
influencing impersonations formed by white and black people
interrelating. The study was conducted selecting at random 25
female and 15 make white undergraduates from a pool of 143
potential candidates. The procedure of the research involved
two tasks; a decision assignment, which evaluated implicit
racial approaches and a second task that involved an
examination of acquaintance development, which observed
white performances, and the impressions of blacks and whites in
their communications. According to Dovidio et al., the results
of this research was that the white participant's self-reported
ethnic arrogances projected as in their verbal conduct to Black
about white partners. Additionally, explicit attitudes projected
the level of approachability Whites felts that they have
performed towards whites partners as compared to black
partners.
The article is informative in that it taught me that by examining
implicit racial approaches in details can lead to conflicting
impressions formed by black and white participants.
Additionally, this more inclusive understanding of how biases
of whites influence intergroup and relational processes can
assist in informing blacks and whites of the existence of their
different opinions. It can also help them to acknowledge the
ways unplanned prejudices can affect race associations. This
article provides reliable information to include in the research

5. about differences in opinions. Additionally, the concept of
prejudices of whites and other cultures in shaping interpersonal
and intergroup processes can be utilized to understand the core
of organizations.
Gordon Lu (Guo)
CAS 471 INTERCULTURAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS
PROJECT – PROPOSAL
· Topic – Chinese stereotype. People around the world usually
believes Chinese has the best martial arts, and everyone knows
it well. Because Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, and Donnie
Yuen are quite famous in America, you can find lots of Chinese
martial art academies across the world, including America. My
friends also often ask me if I am good at martial arts.
Back in 2006, When I was FOB( fresh of the boat), I was fifth
grade in an elementary school in New Jersey, being the one the
only Chinese kid in the school was very harsh, I once get
bullied, but there's one time that a white kid yelled at the kid
who were bullying me, telling him to stop or he will take you
down with Chinese Kung Fu. I didn't understand what he meant
until later, I realized most of the American kid have a
stereotype that all Chinese has a good amount of knowledge in
Kung Fu, and they will put you down if you mess with them.
And I think this is something that could be a good topic for the
project.
· Research question
Does movies, stereotypes, or media really tells you about the
organization? How do we truly understand the core of an
organization? And how do we understand an organization
without watching it's movie, new, and stereotype?

6. · Preliminary research
The scholarly article I used is called "Online reading in
psychology and culture, unit 5, subunit 1 stereotype and
prejudice". This article provides insight into the process of
stereotyping from two different perspectives: the perceiver and
the target. From the perceiver's perspective, motivational and
cognitive reasons for relying on stereotypes for judgment are
discussed. From the targets’ perspective, stereotype threat
research is reviewed. From both perspectives, it is clear that
stereotypes represent a dual-edged sword for both perceiver and
target group members. This article helps me on the project on
seeing stereotype and prejudice in different angles and solutions
to decrease, eventually stops it.
Allport, G. W. (1954). The nature of prejudice. Cambridge, MA:
Addison Wesley. Aronson, J., Lustina, M. J., Good, C. &
Keough, K. (1999). When white men can’t do math: Necessary
and sufficient factors in stereotype threat. Journal of
Experimental Social Psychology 35, 29–46.
Dixon, J., Durrheim, K. & Tredoux, C., (2005). Beyond the
optimal contact strategy: A reality check for the contact
hypothesis. American Psychologist, 60, 697-711. Dovidio, J. F.,
Kawakami, K. & Gaertner, S. L. (2002). Implicit and Explicit
Prejudice