Vignette question p158-159 Yu Kobayashi

What is “vignette questions”? Open question Closed question

What is “vignette questions”? Personal factual question Factual question about others Informant factual question Question about attitudes Question about beliefs Question about normative standards Question about knowledge

What is “vignette questions”? “a short description in a book or play showing the typical features of a person or situation”

Example(Box7.7) Jim and Margaret are a married couple in their early forties. Jim’s parents, who live ….have had a serious car accident and they need long term daily care and help. Jim is their only son. He and his wife both work for…..

Example(Box7.7) ・Family obligations Likert scale (a) From the card, what should Jim and Margaret do? (b)In fact, Jim and Margaret are prepared to move and live near Jim’s parents, but…. What should Jim and Margaret do? Should they move or should they stay? (c) Why do you think they should move/stay? (d) …Should Jim or Margaret give up their jobs to take care of Jim’s father? ID YES: Who should give up their job, Jim or Margaret? ・Family obligations Likert scale When a working couple decide that one of them should care for parents, the wife should be the one to give up her job. Agree_Undecied_Disagree

Advantage Limitation It can reduce the possibility of unreflective reply. Considerable effort is required. Difficult to establish how far assumptions are being made about the characters in the scenario Difficult to know how far people’s answers reflect their own normative views

Card

Q1 She has one thing to worry about. What is it? She has bad relationship with her boss. Children don’t sit down and listen to her. Children’s parents are always complaining about something like monsters. One student refuses to come school.

Q2 In fact, one student, Kei Takano, doesn’t come school for this two weeks. She don’t know why. Should she visit him? Or should she wait for more time? Visit Wait

Q3 Why do you think she visit/ wait?

Q4 She do decide to visit his house. Kei Takano confessed that he was hurt when she called him Kei-kun because he is transgender. After she apologized, Kei Takano starts to come. Should she stop calling all boys’ name –kun from now on? IF YES: how should she call them? Yes. She should call all children –san. Yes. She should distinguish how to call depending on each children. No, she doesn’t have to.

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