Psychology Assignment

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Culture shapes our feelings, behaviors, and thoughts (ABCs of social psychology), influencing not only how we see ourselves but also how we see and interact with others, both within and outside of our own culture. For this Assignment, you examine culture and its influence in your life.

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Submit a 300- to 500-word paper, based on Biswas-Diener and Thin (2025) (http://noba.to/y9xcptqw) , in which you:

Describe one example of a visible cultural difference and one example of a psychological cultural difference between your culture and another culture. Identify the four features of culture and provide an example of each feature. Describe your self-construal and explain what that looks like in your daily life. Be specific and provide an example.

To demonstrate what you learned this week, be sure to support your work with information from the Learning Resources.

Be sure to review the Week 3 Assignment Rubric to understand the specific grading criteria your Instructor will use to evaluate your work.

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Reading

Biswas-Diener, R. & Thin, N. (2025). Culture (http://noba.to/y9xcptqw) . In R. Biswas-Diener & E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. DEF publishers. Retrieved from http://noba.to/y9xcptqw

Time Estimate: 25 min

Copyright © 2025 by R. R. Biswas-Diener and E. Diener is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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PSYC_2005_Week3_Assignment_Rubric

Criteria Ratings Pts

Description of one example of a visible cultural difference and one example of a psychological cultural difference between student’s culture and another culture

20 pts

Identification of the four features of culture and an example of each feature

25 pts

Description of student’s self- construal with explanation and example in student’s daily life

25 pts

Format and writing

10 pts

20 to >17.0 pts Exemplary (Exceeds expectations) This component is fully addressed and logically presented.

17 to >13.0 pts Proficient (Meets expectations) This component is addressed. Further development would strengthen this component.

13 to >0 pts Developing (Does not fully meet expectations) This component is not present or not clearly addressed.

25 to >21.0 pts Exemplary (Exceeds expectations) This component is fully addressed and logically presented.

21 to >17.0 pts Proficient (Meets expectations) This component is addressed. Further development would strengthen this component.

17 to >0 pts Developing (Does not fully meet expectations) This component is not present or not clearly addressed.

25 to >21.0 pts Exemplary (Exceeds expectations) This component is fully addressed and logically presented.

21 to >17.0 pts B This component is addressed. Further development would strengthen this component.

17 to >0 pts Developing (Does not fully meet expectations) This component is not present or not clearly addressed.

10 to >8.0 pts Exemplary (Exceeds expectations) Any spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation deviations from Standard Academic English are

8 to >6.0 pts Proficient (Meets expectations) The submission contains few spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation deviations from Standard

6 to >0 pts Developing (Does not fully meet expectations) Multiple spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation deviations from Standard Academic English affect

Criteria Ratings Pts

Timeliness

10 pts

Total Points: 90

minor and do not affect clear communication.    Work includes more than one explicit mention of concepts or ideas from the required sources, and an effort to cite the original source was made if specified by the assignment/discussion’s directions.

Academic English, OR these deviations do not affect clear communication.     Work includes at least one explicit mention of a concept or idea from the required sources if specified by the assignment/discussion’s directions and a clear attempt at citing the source has been made.

clear communication.     Work does not include any explicit mention of concepts or ideas from the required sources, OR it contains one or more explicit mentions of a concept or idea from the required sources, if specified by the assignment/discussion’s directions, but without attempting to cite the source.

10 to >8.0 pts Exemplary (Exceeds expectations) The assignment is submitted according to posted due dates and times or late with prior consent from the instructor.

8 to >6.0 pts Proficient (Meets expectations) The assignment is submitted within the allowed time.

6 to >0 pts Developing (Does not fully meet expectations) The assignment is not submitted on time.