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Question: For the purposes of this assignment, culture is being defined broadly and can refer to any socially definable group with its own set of values, behaviors, and beliefs. This can include cultural groups whose customary beliefs are defined by racial, religious, or social group. These can encompass larger or smaller cultural groups (i.e., subcultures).
You will incorporate primary research through interviews (or recordings of interviews or documentaries) and offer a nuanced understanding of the chosen stage within the selected cultures in a 5-7-page paper.
Follow these steps to get started:
Choose two distinct cultures for comparison.
Select one specific developmental transition to analyze (e.g., late childhood to adolescence, adolescence to young adulthood, older adulthood to death, etc.).
Review what research studies say about the transition within both cultures and synthesize at least 4 scholarly sources (2 for each culture). Focus on specific cultural practices or beliefs instead of generalizations.
Then, identify a primary source for each culture to support your analysis. Your primary source can be an interview you conduct, a recording of an interview conducted firsthand with a person/people belonging to that particular cultural group, or a documentary that speaks directly to some of the experiences of individuals that belong to that cultural group. Interviews (either conducted or viewed in videos or documentaries) should be with individuals who have personal experience or expertise in the selected transition within the chosen cultures. When selecting a documentary, be selective. It should have addressed the topic in depth and should be at least 30 minutes long.
Synthesize the information learned/collected from your primary (#4 above) and secondary (#3 above) research to provide a well-rounded analysis for your paper. Read below for more details on what your paper should cover.