Assignment:
1. Some Of The Major Topical Areas Presented In Class That Students Should Strive To Include In Appropriate Sections Of Their Portfolio:
1. Diversity Defined
2. "Demographics, Diversity and Democracy"
3. Existing Discrimination
4. Culture and the Fundamental Attribution Error
5. Gestalt Processing
6. Issues Related to "Face"
7. Language Related Issues (including nonverbal communication cross culturally)
8. Cognition and Perception
9. Self-fulfilling Prophecy
10. Stereotype Threat
11. Race and Biological/Genetic Difference
12. Behavioral Models for Learning; Strengths and Deficiencies
13. Ego Based Motivation
14. Eastern Orientations and the Ego
15. Age
16. "White Guilt"
17. Prejudice (Theoretical, Historical, School Curriculum and Personal)
18. "White Privilege"
19. The "Crisis to Growth" Model ("Culture Conflict and Change"
20. Interpersonal Relations/Romance/Attractiveness/Sexual Behavior
21. "Female Genital Mutilation"
22. Stages in Relationships
23. Cross Cultural Values/Attitudes and Achievement
24. Social Capital (Vitality and Despair)
25. "Power Tactics" and Gaining the Skill to "Powerfully" Influence Others
26. Cultural Characteristics of Diverse Racial and Ethnic Groups (and related potential interpersonal dynamics)
27. GLBT Orientation
28. The "Cultural Triangle"
29. Muslim Orientation
30. Male-Female Cultural Characteristics
31. America's Educational Apartheid
32. Social Development Models (including Wilber, Kohlberg, Gilligan, Spring/Cross, and Bennett)
33. Altruism/Helping Others
34. Models for Intercultural Conflict Resolution
35. Systems Theory
36. Aggression/Violence (Male and Female)
37. Meaning/Identity/Religion/ and Violence
38. Social Class, Income, Poverty
39. Understanding and Dealing with Stress
40. Social Justice
41. Restorative Justice
42. The Environment, Environmental Psychology, and Social Behavior
2. Model for Comprehensive Course Portfolio Development
Overview:
All material must be typed, sequenced and collated using an outline format and submitted as one document with each section clearly delineated.
Overview of Major Portfolio Sections:
The portfolio will be divided into 3 major sections. Each section will represent major focal points reflected in the portfolio. "Section A" will reflect "The Problem Statement;" "Section B" will reflect the student's identification of variables that contribute toward the existence of the problem; and "Section C" will reflect the processes identified to resolve the problem.
Description of Section A:
The problem statement chosen by the student will be included in Section A. The student will either utilize the "given hypothetical problem statement" (as applied to the student's discipline) or a personally constructed problem statement (as applied to the student's chosen professional role). The problem statement will be placed in a folder labeled, "Section A, Problem Statement."
Description of Section B:
The focus of Section B is to comprehensively identify and list variables which contribute toward the existence of the "problem" (as described in Section A).
It is recommended that the student personalize the process, whenever possible, by hypothetically assuming the role of the leader who is attempting to identify the variables contributing toward the problem's existence. Thus, the student should relate all theory reviewed to how she/he may, as reflected in theory, contribute toward the existence of the stated problem. The primary folder for Section B should be labeled, "Section B, Contributory Variables."
Four Separate Sections (related to identifying all variables which contribute toward the existence of the problem) should be placed in "Section B."
"Section I," in prescribed outline form, identifies all relevant literature taken from the social psychology text.
"Section II," will contain data, in prescribed outline form, from assigned articles and videos.
"Section III," in prescribed outline form, presents relevant data from resources you and your classmates find.
"Section IV," should contain, in outline form, pertinent excerpts from "The Tao of Leadership" which contribute toward understanding the existence of the stated problem.