Assignment Task 1:
Redefining Identity Through Assimilation
In this course, you have explored how individual racial and ethnic identities develop. You discovered that racial and ethnic identities are influenced by social processes. They are also influenced by customs and language common to your culture. This week, you examined how an immigrant may redefine his identity when he moves to a new country with a culture different from his home country.
When an immigrant moves to a new country, he may or may not assimilate into the new culture. If he chooses to assimilate, he disconnects from his original culture and adopts the customs, language, and other characteristics of his adopted culture. If he does not assimilate, he stays separate from the new culture and maintains his native customs, language, and the other characteristics of his culture. The article "The Pressure to Cover" and the Asian Nation web article provide a more in-depth description of assimilation.
The choice to assimilate or not to assimilate determines whether or not an immigrant maintains his identity or redefines it. In this Assignment, non-immigrants refer to those who are native to the country to which an immigrant relocates. In the assigned readings, you will consider different points of view that relate to assimilation and redefining identity.
To prepare for this Assignment:
Review the article "The Pressure to Cover." Pay particular attention to the concept of assimilation.
Review the "Assimilation and Ethnic Identity" article on the Asian Nation website. Focus on connections between assimilation and ethnic identity.
Consider one advantage and one disadvantage of assimilation from the perspective of an immigrant.
Think about one advantage and one disadvantage of assimilation from the perspective of a nonimmigrant (i.e., citizens of a country or natives of a country).
Reflect on how assimilation can influence immigrants to redefine their identity.
The Assignment (3-4 pages):
Define assimilation in your own words. Need Assignment Help?
Explain one advantage and one disadvantage of assimilation from an immigrant's perspective.
Provide an example for each.
Explain one advantage and one disadvantage of assimilation from a non-immigrant's perspective.
Provide an example for each. This question is asking you to detail how non-immigrants (i.e., citizens of a country or natives of a country) are affected or feel about immigrants' assimilation.
Explain how the choice to assimilate or not to assimilate can influence immigrants to redefine their identity.
Assignment Task 2:
Decision Making
Decision making, a core focus of cognitive psychology, explores how people evaluate options and make choices-often under uncertainty. While individuals like to believe their judgments are rational, research shows they are frequently shaped by systematic biases. These cognitive shortcuts, or heuristics, can lead to predictable errors in thinking. Understanding these systematic biases is essential for recognizing their impact on our choices and developing strategies for more accurate, objective decision-making.
Reading:
College of the Canyons. (n.d.). Chapter 9: Decision making.
In College of the Canyons, Psych 126: Cognitive psychology (pp. 210-224). College of the Canyons.
Select one of the following systematic biases to focus on for this Assignment:
- Representativeness
- Availability
- Anchoring
- Framing
- Sunk cost effect
- Hindsight bias
- Illusory correlations
- Confirmation bias
- Belief perseverance bias
Then, submit a 500- to 900-word paper in which you:
Define the systematic bias you selected in your own words.
Describe a specific example of when the systematic bias you selected influenced a personal, academic, or professional decision you made.
Explain how the systematic bias may have influenced your thinking - your thoughts and assumptions.
Note: Share a unique experience not used in the Learning Resources.
Explain how your thinking influenced your behavior, including the decision you made.
To demonstrate what you learned this week, be sure to support your work by referring to specific information from the learning resources. Cite and reference the sources you used.