- What does culture mean to you?
- What does it mean to be interculturally competent? (NOTE: Please do not give me Wikipedia, heavily quoted, or plagiarized definitions – give me YOUR definitions, which should draw upon others’ ideas and include citations.)
- What are your national AND cultural identities, and how have these influences shaped who you are? (Please remember: Culture is much more than nationality, and identities are plural. You can include gender, sexuality, religion, politics, ability/disability status, immigrant status. For example, taking an intersectional identity perspective, how has being an African American, gay, female, cisgender, Republican, Catholic, non-immigrating, single, able-bodied, athletic, millennial generation, music lover shaped you? What specific values do you have and behaviors that you do come from each of the identities you listed? Describe at least 3 parts of your identity in depth, one of which must be nationality.
- Define prejudice, stereotypes, discrimination, and microaggressions. Why do you think these things are so difficult to unlearn?
- How do people learn to be more comfortable and less judgmental with individuals from different groups or cultures? Did your projects for PSYC 3050 help you in this regard – why and/or why not?
- On a scale from 1-10, how interested and open are you toward learning about other cultures AND interacting with/learning from people other cultures? Which ones? Why and/or why not?
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