Globalization and migration influence cross-cultural psychology research by which of the following?

• A. They increase multicultural contact, acculturation and adaptation processes, and ethical considerations; broaden samples.
• B. They reduce cross-cultural contact and standardize samples.
• C. They eliminate the need for ethical review in cross-cultural studies.
• D. They restrict samples to a single culture for clarity.

Answer: (A)

Globalization and migration expand multicultural contact, making interactions among people from different cultures more common. This brings attention to acculturation—how people adapt when they enter another culture—and to broader adaptation processes that involve cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes in new cultural contexts. It also heightens ethical considerations, since researchers work with more diverse communities, languages, and norms, requiring careful attention to culturally appropriate procedures, consent, and benefits for participants. At the same time, these forces push scholars to broaden samples beyond WEIRD populations, improving generalizability and the ability to compare across cultures. Conversely, ideas that globalization reduces cross-cultural contact, standardizes samples, removes ethical review, or restricts studies to a single culture run counter to how global interconnectedness actually shapes research today.