The Cultural Other

**Note that this assignment may be used to fulfill the requirements of the
psychology capstone course (PSYC 495).
 

"The Cultural Other". Specific Tasks:

 Research the history and traditions of a culture that is of special interest to
you. You may research the arts, musical traditions, literature, significant
historical events, and religions of your chosen culture.

 Armed with this background, create a portfolio of an invented person from that
culture. The result will be a case study.

 Decide on the age, gender, socioeconomic class, family situation, and
community role of the individual, as well as a personal crisis the
individual has involving culture.

Write up the case study. Include a key historical event that has some influence on
the case.
***Incorporation of cross-cultural/diversity concepts.

 
Here is the grading rubric for this assignment: 


Grading Rubric for APPLIED FINAL PROJECT: "THE CULTURAL OTHER"


 

5

4

3

2

1

0

Weight

Total


CONTENT


1. All topics are discussed in clear detail and are relevant to the assignment and
course:
Case Study:
a. Statements from country research.
b. Description of “invented person”.
c. Relationship of a key event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2. Author supports assertions correctly

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3. Ideas are interrelated coherently and logically

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4. Author incorporates cross cultural/diversity concepts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Professional Presentation


5. Project contains an appropriate degree of formality where required

 

 

 

 

 

 

X1

 


6. Text develops and elaborates on main ideas

 

 

 

 

 

 

X2

 


7. Final product is neat and attractive

 

 

 

 

 

 

X1

 


WRITING MECHANICS AND STYLE


8. Paper is free of mechanical errors (e.g., misspellings, typos, punctuation errors)

 

 

 

 

 

 

X2

 


9. Paper is grammatically sound (with proper sentence structure)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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10. Paper is submitted per instructions, on time, and in appropriate format

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Points awarded

Behaviors demonstrated


5

Paper contains no errors in this area.


4

Paper contains limited errors in this area; however, the overall presentation of the
material is readable and appropriate.


3

Paper contains multiple errors in this area; however, the overall presentation of
the material is acceptable.


2

Paper contains a number of errors in this area and the overall presentation is
difficult to read.


1

Paper contains numerous errors in this area, which detracts from the presentation.


0

Not present.