I’m studying for my Business class and need an explanation.
The short answer assessment portion of each module will incorporate all of the pieces you have worked with throughout the previous sections. You will be expected to use information from our course resources in order to answer the questions presented here. You are discouraged from simply Googling the prompts as you may be directed to information that is off-topic, without appropriate context, or out-of-date. Your first resources should be our course resources!
These questions will require more advanced thinking and consideration to earn full credit. Make sure to support your answers with detail, data and facts presented in the resources, along with ties to cultural and societal influences. You should also include theoretical perspectives as appropriate. You should NOT quote anything directly from any resources. Instead, you should paraphrase using your own words, and cite the source appropriately (APA citation preferred, but other citation methods will be accepted). When paraphrasing, think about how you would explain the concept or idea to a classmate or parent. Show me through your writing that you understand the ideas, not just that you can locate the concept in a reading.
Question 1:
We have discussed the importance of culture as a significant influence on a child’s development alongside biological components. Consider the quotation: “from the earliest hours of life, cultural conceptions of what children are and what the future holds for them influence the way parents interpret their children’s behavior and shape their experience.”
- Explain this quotation in the context of what you have learned in this module (10pts)
- Use key terms from course resources as part of your explanation. Be sure to explain the nature(heredity)/nurture(environment) relationship and the role of parents/caregivers in shaping the lives of their children.
- Then, give an example of how culture can shape how a child develops (10pts).
- You may use an example from your own experience or what you have observed in others, but you MUST explain them in detail for full credit.
- This explanation should include the specific cultural influence AND resulting consequences of that influence.