Psych Module 4
Part A
Main Post (due Saturday, February 7, by 11:59 PM) Assigned Country is Columbia
Read the section in your textbook discussing the various ways culture impacts our memory on p. 282-285 and refer back to it for the following questions:
(Note: the textbook and e-book pages do not line up. While in the e-book, the actual page numbers will be indicated on the right hand on the screen within the text of the chapters)
1. Summarize two examples from the above section of the textbook of how culture impacts memory.
2. What memory processes do you think are universal and not impacted by cultural differences? Would you describe the overall process of forming memory as “universal” across cultures? Why or why not?
3. Research a current event in
your assigned country (Colombia)(
an event that is not COVID-19). Please include the link to a news article about this event and summarize it here.
4. Using what you researched, discuss how being from that country/culture might impact the experience and memory of that particular event. Be sure to link your answer back to the readings from the textbook.
Response Post (due Sunday, February 8, by 11:59 PM):
Note – the response post format is a little different this week!
1. Refer to the current event your classmate discussed in their Main Post. How might someone from
your assigned country experience hearing about/remember this event differently?
2. COVID-19 was a global pandemic, affecting everyone differently. Briefly discuss how the pandemic directly impacted
your assigned country. How may someone from your assigned country remember the pandemic differently in the future?
Part B Columbia
1. For
your assigned country, research
four of the six
following statistics:
a. Age when children/young adults typically complete education and what level (include for both males and females).
b. Age when marriages typically occur (including for males and females) and whether or not these marriages are arranged by others.
c. Age at first childbirth (for males and females) and how many children in an average family.
d. Divorce rates/how common or uncommon divorce is in your assigned country.
e. Age when adults stop working/retire (include for both males and females)
f. Life expectancy (including for both males and females)
2. For these statistics, include any information that contributes to when these milestones occur
in your assigned country (e.g., what are gender expectations for work/child care, marital roles, etc., is infant mortality high or low, does your assigned country offer retirement benefits, what contributes to high or low life expectancy).
3. Based on the information you researched above, describe a typical day in the life of someone your age
in your assigned country.
Response Post (due Sunday, February 15, by 11:59 PM):
For your response post, reply to a classmate’s initial post whose research on their assigned country was similar to your own research,
OR select a classmate whose research on their assigned country was different from your research, and answer the following questions
If you selected a similar country, reply to that classmate and answer the following questions:
1. What similarities do you notice between the two countries? Describe them.
2. Why do you think these two specific countries are similar in this way?
3.
Note – do *not* just state that these countries are similar cultures. Explain what about these two cultures might explain these similarities
4. Discuss any similarities or differences between a typical day in your life compared to someone in your classmate’s country.
