Personal Cultural Profile Paper

Prior to beginning this assignment,

• Review the Week 2 Sample PaperDownload Week 2 Sample Paper
• Read Chapter 3 in the course text.
• Review the Hasler and Friedman article, Sociocultural Conventions in Avatar-Mediated Nonverbal Communication: A cross-cultural Analysis of Virtual ProxemicsLinks to an external site..

For this assignment, you will create a personal cultural profile. By better understanding your cultural background, you will learn how to recognize others’ cultural backgrounds and how to better communicate across cultures.

In your paper, 

• Identify your demographic information, which includes what you identify as your race, your gender, your religion, your educational level, your socioeconomic status, and anything else you feel that defines you culturally.
• Describe the cultural traditions and norms that you follow and norms that your cultural background would suggest you follow, but you choose not to. Examples of cultural traditions and norms include maintaining eye contact when speaking with someone, how far you stand from someone when speaking with them, being deferential to your elders, and so on.
• Explain your family’s cultural background(s) and how that has shaped the traditions and norms that you follow.
• Discuss the groups (for example, military, clubs, interests, etc.) you are affiliated with, and the role they play in developing your culture.
• Describe how you handle cultural/group differences in order to assure others feel they are being treated equitably, that their culture/group is being respected, and that no one feels excluded.

Please be sure to create personal cultural profile by writing in complete paragraphs that identify, explain and interpret. You should not simply provide a bulleted list of answers. 

The Personal Cultural Profile Paper 

• must be 500 to 750 words in length (not including title and references pages in your word count), double spaced, and formatted according to APA styleLinks to an external site. outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
• must include a separate title page with the following in title case:
  • title of The Personal Cultural Profile in bold font
    • Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
  • student’s name
  • name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
  • course name and number
  • instructor’s name
  • due date
• must utilize academic voice.
  • See the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
• must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
  • Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. and Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.
• must use at least 2 scholarly or credible sources to support specific major points and assertions you make in your paper. Do not cite the entire text to support your entire paper.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
  • To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view the Quick and Easy Library Research tutorialLinks to an external site., which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
• must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. guide.
• must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.