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 * Name of article: Cross-cultural psychology
 * I not only find the study of the human mind and behaviors known as psychology to be interesting, but how different cultures view and handle the human mind.

Lead

 * I found that while the lead of this article mentioned the topics that would be discussed in the article it came off as being very elaborate and almost wordy. A lot of what was written in the lead should have been placed elsewhere such as the description category. For example: the writer mentioned the difference between cross-culture psychology and cultural psychology which I would've expected to see in the body of the article where the writer would need to go more in depth for a reader to understand. Due to the length of the lead I found more information in the introduction than in the content of the page.

Content

 * The history tab above the article showed that the article was originally published in late November of 2016 and has been continuously updated to the most recent being, September 9th of 2020, articles that are constantly keeping up-to-date information such as this one can be seen as more reliable and trustworthy. The topic discussed is known as Cross-culture psychology which is the study of how a cultural upbringing can have an impact on a persons behavior. Like I explained before I think If the writer would have discussed in the description what they did in the introduction the article would have flowed more fluently.

Tone and Balance

 * The writer did a great job of keeping the article factual and giving evidence and examples that could be backed up though research. A topic represented really well in this article was how this branch of psychology is not only the difference between this study and others but how it's studied and applied. The article mentions how different cultures impact individuals and gives brief examples of how these studies are used to clinically help someone in need.

Sources and References

 * Multiple working links were provided in the article many leading to another wiki page. Each wiki page linked in the article were relevant to the discussion and sometimes gave an even more detailed description of Cross-culture psychology. Many links were definitions of words still in our vocabulary today so I trust that many more of these thinks are still current. These links are going to be helpful to readers in order to go more in depth of this topic and give a better insight to how this study of psychology can be useful in each society.

Organization

 * The lead was lengthy but that's the only problem organizationally I had with this particular article. Reading through the article and seeing how current it has been editing wise I couldn't find any errors conceded with spelling or grammar. The sections were easy to navigate and helped me as a reader understand what I was about to read further in to. The writer had each section labeled correctly and I never found misplaced points or sentences.

Images and Media

 * Pictures that were presented in this article were showing a temple in China and the White House the images are seen side by side in a comparison style frame. Neither were labeled so it was hard to understand their relevancy to the topics discussed in the paragraphs beside and below each picture. After searching I found the images also stand within the copyright regulations of Wikipedia. The images are seen side by side in a comparison

Checking the talk page

 * This article has just a few people using the talk tab to discuss the page. One user talked about how he edited a broken link he had found. Another user mentioned the introduction was muddy and needed some revisions so he edited the introduction to suit how he felt the article needed it too.

Overall impressions

 * I really enjoyed this topic and learning more about a branch of psychology I had no idea existed. The article mentioned the importance of understanding how different culture affect a persons behavior. It makes me wonder what things I would be doing differently on a daily basis if I had grown up in a culture such as the Japanese culture given as an example in the article. This article does a great job of helping the reader understand in depth the difference between each branch of psychology with a focus of Cross-culture psychology. Something that really stuck out to me and I've mentioned before in my response is the detailed and lengthy introduction. I feel that if it was shortened in a way that was still able to get the point across clearly this article would be awesome. Though we need a great amount of detail to understand this study it would have done better under a category within this article. It felt repetitive and I lost some interest almost immediately until I began reading the content of this page. The content of this page gave me and i'm sure many other readers the fulfillment of learning something new and knowing enough about it as of right now to talk or inform someone.

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 * Link to feedback: Talk:Cross-cultural psychology