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Title	1) Monochronic vs. Polychronic Behavior in an International Community
Promotors	Nadia Lepeshko	nadzeya9@hotmail.com
	Marc Van De Voorde	voorde@hotmail.com
	Joyce Van Laer	joycevanlaer@hotmail.com
	Magda Ceska	ceska@brutele.be
Research question	What are clear differences in attitude towards time organization of different nationalities in an international community? (in terms of polychronic and monochronic time)
Literature	Websites- monochronic/polychronic time theory, Edward T. Hall´s research on MP theory, SPSS to analyze results, survey results
Method	Use descriptive, quantitative, research method (survey +/- 20 questions), analyze results using a likert scale (based on degrees of polychronity)
Expected result	table (case, and category for age, gender, nationality, and degree of polychronic behavior), graph (y axis- degree of polychronity, x axis- groups according to nationality)
Reviewers	John Doornbos (jfdoo@yahoo.com)
	Stefano Davanzo (stefano10028@hotmail.com)
	Masaky Ogasawara Castro (ogy25@yahoo.com)
	Ancevic Tihana tancevic@hotmail.com

Title	2) how do people view the attractiveness of their own gender?
Promotors	Stefano Davanzo	stefano10028@hotmail.com
	Jasper Schellekens	illegal_alien2000@hotmail.com
	Jisoo Kim	jskim2@students.wisc.edu
	Brecht Coene	brechtcoene@hotmail.com
Research question	how do age, origin and gender affect the way of people assessing the attractiveness of their own sex
Literature	Articles on homosexuality in different countries (and in general as well).
Method	we will submit a collection of pictures to different people at the Brussels National Airport, asking them to judge the attractiveness of the person (NOT AN EVALUATION OF THE PICTURE ITSELF). the interviewed person will assess the attractiveness on the following scale: 1) absolutely not attractive; 2) not attractive; 3)attractive; 4) very attractive. we then submit a short questionnaire (max. 10 questions). through the questionnaire we wish to determine whether people freely admit that they think people of their own gender are attractive. in the questionnaire we're going to use a likert scale. People will be asked to determine to what extent they agree with statements concerning gender, such as: "I would never feel free to tell my friend (of the same sex) that he/she looks good." the possible answers will be: 1) Completely disagree 2) disagree 3)agree 4)strongly agree
Expected result	Females would evaluate their own sex more attractive than males would evaluate their own sex more attractive. we also expect young people to be more likely than oldre people to admit people of their own gender to be attractive. we will divide our interviewed group in two age-groups: above 40 and below 40 years of age. Our hypothesis is that people from countries where homosexuality is taboo are less likely to evaluate their sex as attractive.
Reviewers	chris - topher2312@hotmail.com
	Magda Ceska cesk@brutele.be
	Baleva Zhenya zhenya_baleva@yahoo.com
	Larsson Helena helenalars@hotmail.com

Title	3) Street Attire
Promotors	Diane Kelecom	angel_junglist@msn.com
	Severine Clavel	severine07@hotmail.com
	Adrien della faille	dellafaille@hotmail.com
	Valentine Berghmans	berghmansval@hotmail.com
Research question	Can the way we dress influence the reaction people may have?
Literature	We are going to measure the various attitudes people have towards different types of clothing. We would like to examine how different types of clothing influence the manner through which people treat & respect others.
Method	We are going to be using a subject who has agreed to be dressed in several different clothing styles. He will accost people on the street in demand of something (selling an object in the street; asking for the road). We are not entirely sure what that something will be. Our subject shall be dressed in the following styles: 1. The Bum (homeless) 2. The Chick man (tuxedo) 3. The Clown 4. The Completely Naked man 5. The Transvestite There will be no direct survey or questions. We plan on making an observational examination that we shall videotape.
Expected result	To demonstrate that the way people are dressed can change the behaviour people react in front of different situations.
Reviewers	Adrien de Liedekerke gadrans@hotmail.com
	Copello Maria m_copello@hotmail.com
	Sam Vossen Sam_Vossen@yahoo.com
	Theresa Stenebring theresa_stenebring@hotmail.com

Title	4) Patriotism in Belgium, a case between linguistic communities.
Promotors	Daniella de Castro	ddanete@hotmail.com
	Maria Copello	m_copello@hotmail.com
	Adrien de Liedekerke	gadrans@hotmail.com
	Ellen McGrath	ellenmcgrath@hotmail.com
	Can patriotism in Belgium be distinguished between Flemish and Walloon communities?
Research question	Hofstede- Intercultural communication to establish linguistic, cultural differences in Belgium. Cross cultural relationships in Belgium, Pr. Walravens. Others TBA
Literature	our sample is based on both students from the ULB and VUB. Questionnaire of approximately thirty questions, using a 5 item Likert scale we will try to establish a 'level' of patriotism for each major linguistic community in Belgium.
Method	We expect our questionnaire will establish that members of the Flemish community will tend to be less patriotic than their walloon counterparts.
Expected result
Reviewers	Diane Kelecom (angel_junglist@msn.com)
	Ann-Christin Gaven (Ann-Christin-Gaven@vub.ac.be)
	Erin Lamos (v0109011@vub.ac.be)
	Capostagno Fabienne Fabienne.Capostagno@vub.ac.be

Title	5) Vesalius students food culture.
Promotors	Lisa Eichler
	Zhenya Baleva	dozzelechen@hotmail.com
	Theresa Stenebring	theresa_stenebring@hotmail.com
	Masaky	ogy25@yahoo.com
Research question	What variables influence our food habits? Hypothesis 1: Girls have a healthierdiet than boys. Hypothesis 2: Europeans have a healthier diet than Americans. Hypotheisis 3: Students living with family have a healthier diet than students living on their own.
Literature	sociological literature and reviews, and experiments carried out that focus on similar topics.
Method	a 25question long survey with both statements and questions with a four point likert scale that will be given out to Vesalius students.
Expected result	we will find out the results through tables,graphs, figures and text. We believe that we will find differences between the groups that will be compared.
Reviewers	Rana Baroud baroudr@yahoo.com
	Ellen Mcgrath ellenmacgrath@hotmail.com
	Kim Jisoo jskim2@students.wisc.edu
	Kieboom Christof

	Kustra Katalin katiealbert2001@yahoo.com

Title	6) Attitudes on academic dishonesty at Vesalius College.
Promotors	Helena Janczewska	janczewska@hotmail.com
	Marcin Majewski	kallimach@netscape.net
	John Doornbos	jfdoo@yahoo.com
	Christof Kieboom
Research question	Is there a difference in attitude towards different forms of so-called academic dishonesty between the CEE and American students studying at Vesalius College?
Literature	Studies on academic honesty among college students. Hopefully finding something on differences between various national/ethnic groups.
Method	Questionnaire: 9 questions + 3 demographic data questions. Measurement: Likert scale 1 to 6 Analysing the differences by t-test and correlation.
Expected result	The American students should have a more negative attitude towards academic dishonesty than the CEE students. The results will be presented in form of a table and a graph.
Reviewers
	Clavel Severine severine07@hotmail.com
	Coene Brecht brechtcoene@hotmail.com
	DanielaSaavedra ddanete@hotmail.com
	Kremenchutska Zinayida

Title	7) Attitudes Towards Women's Role in Society anno 2002 at an International and all-Belgian University
Promotors	Ann-Christin Gaven	Ann-Christin.Gaven@vub.ac.be
	Erin Lamos	v0109011@vub.ac.be
	Rana Baroud	baroudr@yahoo.com
	Sam Vossen	sam.vossen@vub.ac.be
	Chris Chavez	topher2312@hotmail.com
Research question	Attitudes towards women's role in society: how do groups of people differ in degree of liberalism ? Considering differences in attitudes between genders (all male respondents vs. all female respondents), between nationalities (cultures) and possibly between students of different religious backgrounds.
Literature	Loo, Robert. "Attitudes toward women's roles in society: a replication after 20 years." Sex Roles: A Journal of Research. Dec, 1998. (Good overview of previous research on attitudes towards women's place in society). Weinberg, Martin. "Sociocultural Correlated of Permissive Sexual Attitudes: A test of Reiss' Hypothesis about Sweden and the United States." Journal of Sex Research. Feb, 2000. (Excellent study measuring atttitudes/sexual permissiveness)
Method	Sample of students of Vesalius College and VUB (n=150?) 1) Questionaire using a five-point Likert style with statements concerning gender roles in several spheres of society such as sexual behavior, work/family roles etc. 2) The statements are carefully considered by the group before being included on the questionaire and after the questionaire has been distributed and scored the items that proved less useful will then be excluded untill we hold a scale that show significant correlations. 3) A statistical analysis will be made of the data and significant differences between respondent groups will be carefully considered.
Expected result	We expect some interesting differences between some respondent groups such as men vs. women, or between VECO students and Vesalius students. If there are no differences between genders, for example, that is interesting too: could it be that young men and women (students) are equally liberal in their attitudes?
Reviewers	Marcin Majewski kallimach@netscape.net
	Theresa Stenebring theresa_stenebring@hotmail.com
	Basha i Novosejt Sarah sgeraldine@hotmail.com
	Della Faille Adrien dellafaille@hotmail.com

Title	8) Vesalius students food culture.
Promotors	Lisa Eichler
	Zhenya Baleva	dozzelechen@hotmail.com
	Theresa Stenebring	theresa_stenebring@hotmail.com
	Masaky	ogy25@yahoo.com
Research question	What variables influence our food habits? Hypothesis 1: Girls have a healthierdiet than boys. Hypothesis 2: Europeans have a healthier diet than Americans. Hypotheisis 3: Students living with family have a healthier diet than students living on their own.
Literature	sociological literature and reviews, and experiments carried out that focus on similar topics.
Method	a 25question long survey with both statements and questions with a four point likert scale that will be given out to Vesalius students.
Expected result	we will find out the results through tables,graphs, figures and text. We believe that we will find differences between the groups that will be compared.
Reviewers	Janczewska Helena janczewska@hotmail.com
	De Neve Geoffroy
	Violaine Baeten sunray_81@yahoo.com
	Berghmans Valentine Berghmansval@hotmail.com
	Van De Voorde Marc-Philip voorde@hotmail.com

Title	9) Racist attitudes in Belgium between gender roles, and foreigners to Belgians.
Promotors	Fabienne Capostagno	Fabienne.Capostagno@vub.ac.be
	Violaine Baeten	sunray_81@yahoo.com
	Katie Albert	katiealbert2001@yahoo.com
Research question	Do foreigners discriminate more than Belgians, and are females more racist than men?
Literature	We are looking for literature about racism in sociology books, and in articles about racism, to see whether most of them report foreigners or Belgians as racist people, and the same for gender.
Method	We have designed a questionnaire with a Likert scale to measure the racist attitudes between males and females, and between foreigners and Belgians. We are aiming for a questionnaire of up to 30 questions and the majority will be statements asking whether they agree or not. We will be selecting people in Belgium randomly.
Expected result	Through the responses we get, we are going to see whether it is the males or the females that answered in a more racist way, and the same for Belgians and foreigners.
Reviewers	Lisa Eichler dozzelechen@hotmail.com
	Nadezhda Lepeshko nadzeya9@hotmail.com
	Van Laer Joyce joycevanlaer@hotmail.com
	Schellekens Jasper illegal_alien2000@hotmail.com