Assignment 1: Culture and Psychology Intersection
Please read the instruction below and assigment 1 part 1. this presentattion is the continuation of part 1.
General Instructions
This assignment will be submitted in three parts. Read the instructions for all three parts of this assignment prior to beginning your work. It’s important that you complete all three parts as they are due since they will help you with successfully creating your final product.
For this assignment you must select:
A topic related to culture and psychology.
Topic Guidance:
Option 1: Select a general topic from the list below, a major approach within Psychology (either theory, research, or clinical), and a culture. (Note: Although a main focus of this course is on Northern Ontario cultures, you are allowed to select any culture.) Based on your research and analysis, you can explain/demonstrate how these components intersect. You can browse recent issues of Culture & Psychology to get ideas.
General Topics you may wish to choose from include:
Development
Cognition
Gender
Emotion
Language
Personality
Mental Health
Communication
Organization
Social Behaviour
Option 2: You can choose a topic related to culture and psychology that relates to more than one culture (e.g., cross-cultural comparisons). You can browse recent issues of Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology or Cross-Cultural Research to get ideas. Based on your research and analysis, you can summarize and explain the current research on this topic and suggest some directions for future research.
For either option, you will be required to convey the information from your research and analysis to an audience in the form of a multi-media presentation.
If you have another topic in mind or would like feedback on the appropriateness your topic, please contact your course instructor.
Part 1: Presentation Outline
For this part of the assignment, you will write a two-page outline of your presentation. Your outline will be shared with a small group of classmates and will allow you to receive some initial feedback on your presentation and topic.
Your outline must include
A description of your topic (as described in the general instructions).
A brief outline (approximately one double-spaced page) of the method of presentation that you’ve chosen and some of the key ideas and/or technologies that you’re hoping to include in your presentation.
The APA reference for three key readings you will be basing your information on and a brief paragraph below each explaining its relevance to your topic.
Post your outline to D2L in your assigned group discussion area. When attaching your outline as a document, please ensure that you have included your name on the document.
Part 2: Feedback Phase
For Part 2, in your group discussion area on D2L, provide feedback to the outline postings of each member of your group.
The feedback you provide must:
Be constructive!
Ask for clarification. If you don’t find it clear, give specific examples of what needs to be clarified.
Recommend other resources. If you have recommendations for other readings that are relevant, provide the references (or better yet link to the reading). You may suggest people, organizations, etc., that may be relevant for your classmate’s presentation.
Give general feedback on the proposed method of presentation (e.g., Do you feel it would be effective? Do you have ideas on how it could be more effective?).
Part 3: Presentation
Your final presentation will be shared with the entire class. Ensure that you are using media that you are capable of sharing electronically. The maximum length of your presentation should be 15 min regardless of the type of media presentation you choose.
Presentation Structure
Your presentation could take on several forms, for instance:
A video
A PowerPoint presentation
A combination of media
In your presentation, you are expected to include:
Your chosen topic, approach, and culture, are clearly identified with any required background information.
Information about the relationships between your topic, approach, and culture.
Approximately 5 – 7 references to support your presentation topics and ideas. These references should be identified within your presentation. At least three of the references should be articles from peer-reviewed journals published in the last 4 years.
Upload your final presentation (or a link to your presentation) to the D2L Discussion Forum “Assignment 1, Part 3 (Final Presentation)”.
Presentation Evaluation
The assignment will be graded on:
Content (accuracy, quality of sources, clarity)
Creativity (how engaging it is to the audience)
Efficacy (how effective was it at getting the audience to truly understand the importance of the topic).
Presentation Options
You are responsible for choosing a type of technology that you’re comfortable working with as you create your presentation. You may wish to explore the following tools as a starting point:
Powtoon (5-minute cut off with a free account)
Biteable
Jing (5-minute cut off with a free account)
YouTube Live with Google Hangouts
iMovie
Windows Movie Maker
Google Slides
Prezi
Microsoft PowerPoint
Note that you are not limited to the technologies on this list; you’re encouraged to be creative with your presentations.
Some of these technologies have a cut off time with their free, basic accounts so you may need to submit multiple videos. (For example, if you are using Powtoon, you may need to submit three 5-minute videos to meet the criteria for this assignment.)
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