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Discussion: Term Paper

For this discussion, post a brief presentation that may be elaborated to form a rough

draft of your term paper.

Post a one

-

paragraph case presentation that …

·

describes the history and development of one of the theories

covered in the

chapter for the current unit

·

explains a particular behavior pattern of a person you know using the theory

described,

·

explains how a theory from another chapter would explain the causes of the

behavior pattern, and how each theory would make

a different prediction

about the future progression of the individual’s behavior.

Below is the current unit topics:

13

Culture, Religion, a

nd Ethnicity 296

13.1: Group Influence 297

13.1.1: Cultural Effects 297

13.2: History of Research on Personality and Culture 298

13.2.1: Contributions from Cultural Anthropology 298

13.2.2: Emic Versus Etic Approaches 300

13.3: Collectivist and

Individualistic 300

13.4: Errors of Scientific Inference 301

13.4.1: Race as a Flawed Approach to Grouping

People 303

13.4.2: The American Dilemma 303

13.5: Religion 304

13.6: Socioeconomic Influences on Personality 306

13.6.1: Karl Marx and

Alienation 306

13.7: Language as a Cultural Influence 307

13.7.1: Language and Identity 308

13.7.2: Creating a Culture through Shared Language 308

13.7.3: Language as Politics 308

13.7.4: Language and Thought 309

13.7.5: Bilingualism 310

13.7.6: Language a

nd Social Interaction 310

13.7.7: Gender and Language 311

13.8: Culture and Testing 312

13.8.1: Culture

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Free and Culture

-

Fair Tests 312

13.8.2: Stereotype Threat 313

13.9: A More General Model of Personality and Culture 314

13.9.1: Incorporating Culture in

to Personality Theory 315

13.9.2: Culture and Humanity 316

13.9.3: Culture and Theory 318

13.10: Recent Research Directions 318

13.10.1: The Situation May Elicit Cultural Differences 318

13.10.2: Ethnic Socialization 319

Discussion: Term Paper

For this discussion, post a brief presentation that may be elaborated to form a rough

draft of your term paper.

Post a one-paragraph case presentation that …

 describes the history and development of one of the theories covered in the

chapter for the current unit

 explains a particular behavior pattern of a person you know using the theory

described,

 explains how a theory from another chapter would explain the causes of the

behavior pattern, and how each theory would make a different prediction

about the future progression of the individual’s behavior.

Below is the current unit topics:

13 Culture, Religion, and Ethnicity 296

13.1: Group Influence 297

13.1.1: Cultural Effects 297

13.2: History of Research on Personality and Culture 298

13.2.1: Contributions from Cultural Anthropology 298

13.2.2: Emic Versus Etic Approaches 300

13.3: Collectivist and Individualistic 300

13.4: Errors of Scientific Inference 301

13.4.1: Race as a Flawed Approach to Grouping

People 303

13.4.2: The American Dilemma 303

13.5: Religion 304

13.6: Socioeconomic Influences on Personality 306

13.6.1: Karl Marx and Alienation 306

13.7: Language as a Cultural Influence 307

13.7.1: Language and Identity 308

13.7.2: Creating a Culture through Shared Language 308

13.7.3: Language as Politics 308

13.7.4: Language and Thought 309

13.7.5: Bilingualism 310

13.7.6: Language and Social Interaction 310

13.7.7: Gender and Language 311

13.8: Culture and Testing 312

13.8.1: Culture-Free and Culture-Fair Tests 312

13.8.2: Stereotype Threat 313

13.9: A More General Model of Personality and Culture 314

13.9.1: Incorporating Culture into Personality Theory 315

13.9.2: Culture and Humanity 316

13.9.3: Culture and Theory 318

13.10: Recent Research Directions 318

13.10.1: The Situation May Elicit Cultural Differences 318

13.10.2: Ethnic Socialization 319