Writing Homework Help

Goal:

To understand the impact of culture in everyday contexts and analyze intercultural situations using theory and concepts from this class.

Instructions

This week, we will be focusing on how individualistic and collectivistic cultures are portrayed. Please find an article/photo/post/podcast/video about a person/group of people from an individualistic culture and an article/photo/post/podcast/video about a person/group of people from a collectivistic culture. NOTE:Culture doesn’t have to be explicitly mentioned in the article/photo/post/podcast/video. Please embed your photos/videos. If you have found an article or podcast, please include the links to them.

Analyze EACH article/photo/post/podcast/video separately and answer the following questions for each:

1. Briefly describe the article/photo/post/podcast/video
2. Provide a detailed analysis of how the article/photo/post/podcast/video portrays individualism/collectivism in your own words.
3. How does the article/photo/post/podcast/video relate to other topics in cross-cultural psychology besides just individualism and collectivism?
4. Why is it important to understand how culture is portrayed in this article/photo/post/podcast/video?