**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...

**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.

X3

2. Author supports assertions correctly

X2

3. Ideas are interrelated coherently and logically

X2

4. Author incorporates cross cultural/diversity concepts.

X3

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)

X3

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

X1

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.