Hum 105 IP

Galarosa

Journal 4

Focus and Tips

Part One

What was the most significant learning point for you from last week’s activities, readings and discussions?

Part Two Chapter 2 Essay Questions

  1. Distinguish between the critical perspective and the interpretive perspective. How do they differ in terms of focus?
  1. Suggest several strategies as to how an individual from a collectivistic culture function or manage in an individualistic culture. Provide real-life scenarios.
  1. Would it be erroneous to assume that what is true of the collective is true of all the individuals of that collective, otherwise known as an “ecological fallacy?” What do you think are the possible implications of such?
  1. In what ways can the individual, interpersonal, organizational and cultural levels affect each other? Cite specific examples.
  1. Describe the social ecological framework.
  1. Discuss the various advantages and disadvantages of the layered perspective/ approach.

Part Three

What are your thoughts about the film “Do You Speak American?” You may respond to the following questions as well as your own reflections.

  • What was the debate about Prescriptivism vs. Descriptivism?
  • What did you learn about “standard English”?
  • What did you think about folk perceptions of dialect? Do you have dialects in your native language and what are folk assumptions about dialects in your culture/country?
  • How powerful is the influence of hip-hop on mainstream English? On the world?
  • What is the current state of written English?

REFERENCES

Social Ecology

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Psychologist, 32, 513 – 531.

Brofenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard

University Press.

McLeroy, K R., Bibeau, D., Steckler, A., & Glanz, K. (1988). An ecological perspective on

health promotion programs. Health Education Quarterly, 15, 351-377.

Oetzel, J. G., & Duran, B. (2004). Intimate partner violence in American Indian and/or Alaska

Native communities: A social ecological framework of determinants and interventions.

The American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: A Journal of the

NationalCenter, 11(3), 49-68.

Stokols, D. (1996). Translating social ecological theory into guidelines for community health

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