Homework: Culture, Behavior & the Law
Text book required: Shiraev, E. & Levy, D. (2017). Cross-cultural psychology: Critical thinking and contemporary applications. (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc
I. For this paper you must include a response to all of the following:
II. Challenging or Respecting Traditional Values:(this criterion should take approximately 1-2 paragraphs to address)
a. According to the text, in today's multicultural communities, customary rules of behavior shared by the people of one group may appear strange and even unacceptable to others (Shiraev & Levy, 2013). With this in mind respond to the following questions regarding culture, behavior and the law:
i. How far should people go on challenging deep-seated customs and values of a traditional community?
ii. Which is more important in your life: to respect all traditions, even though you may disagree with some OR to challenge them, thus possibly undermining a society's cultural foundation? Why?
III. Democracy & Ethnocentricity:(this criterion should take approximately 1-2 paragraphs to address)
a. Is the American view on democracy ethnocentric?,
b. A full credit responses will broadly address the cultural and "human" factors which may be important in democratic and non-democratic systems as well as providing a clear and logical explanation of why they believe democracy is or is not ethnocentric.
c. Overall, full credit responses may consider a few possible areas of emphasis: human rights, freedom or economic opportunity and tolerance or acceptance of different religions, languages, and customs.
IV. Censorship:(this criterion should take approximately 1-2 paragraphs to address)
a. Define and discuss censorship.
b. Briefly outline the three types of censorship discussed in the chapter and connect with ideas concerning how culture regulates and influences behavior and the law.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.