Worldviews, Power Structures, and Experiences Activity
Definitions for the purpose of this activity
Cultural Worldview
Cultural worldview can be defined as “a set of shared beliefs designed to provide self-worth, permanence, stability and the pledge of literal and/or symbolic immortality to those who abide by the standards set by the world view” (Dewa, Ireland, & Ireland, 2014, p. 373).
Source:
Dewa, L.H., Ireland, C.A., & Ireland, J.L. (2014). Terror Management Theory: The influence of terrorism salience on anxiety and the buffering of cultural worldview and self-esteem. Psychiatry, Psychology & Law, 21, 370-384. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2013.818520.
Additional Source:
Koltko-Rivera, M.E. (2004). The psychology of worldviews. Review of General Psychology, 8, 3-58.
Power Structure
Power structure refers to how a society (culture) is organized and who in the society (culture) holds the power. Examples include governments or other powerful organizations where the leaders are predominantly of one gender, religion, or ethnicity as well as how restrictive the society (culture) is about the activities of a particular gender, social class, or race. This would include permissible or expected behaviors of certain groups in public and private settings, educational attainment, employment opportunities, and personal freedoms such as dress and speech.
Assignment directions
Open a blank document and then answer the following questions:
1. How are individuals’ experiences influenced by the power structures in their culture (society)?
2 How are their experiences related to their cultural worldview?
3. Based on what you read in this power point, how much influence do you think power structures have on an individual’s experiences?
A. None
B. a little
C. a lot
4. Based on what you read in this power point , how much do you think individuals’ experiences are related to their cultural worldview?
A. Not at all
B. a little
C. a lot
Submit document with answers
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s, and Experiences Activity
1. Open a blank document and then answer the following questions: (1) How are individuals’ experiences influenced by the power structures in their culture (society)? And (2) How are their experiences related to their cultural worldview?
2. On the same document type the answers to the 2 quiz questions below.
Take the Worldviews Power Structures Experiences Quiz below. Credit will be given for completion of the quiz. You must answer both questions. I must enter the credit manually so it will not automatically show up in your grades. I will enter quiz points after the due date.
1. Based on the activity, how much influence do you think power structures have on an individual’s experiences?
a. None
b. A little
c. A lot
2. Based on the activity, how much do you think individuals’ experiences are related to their cultural worldview?
a. Not at all
b. A little
c. A lot
Cultural worldview can be defined as “a set of shared beliefs designed to provide self-worth, permanence, stability and the pledge of literal and/or symbolic immortality to those who abide by the standards set by the world view” (Dewa, Ireland, & Ireland, 2014, p. 373).
Source:
Dewa, L.H., Ireland, C.A., & Ireland, J.L. (2014). Terror Management Theory: The influence of terrorism salience on anxiety and the buffering of cultural worldview and self-esteem. Psychiatry, Psychology & Law, 21, 370-384. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2013.818520.
Additional Source:
Koltko-Rivera, M.E. (2004). The psychology of worldviews. Review of General Psychology, 8, 3-58.
Power Structure
For the purposes of this assignment, power structure refers to how a society (culture) is organized and who in the society (culture) holds the power. Examples include governments or other powerful organizations where the leaders are predominantly of one gender, religion, or ethnicity as well as how restrictive the society (culture) is about the activities of a particular gender, social class, or race. This would include permissible or expected behaviors of certain groups in public and private settings, educational attainment, employment opportunities, and personal freedoms such as dress and speech.
FYI This is:
GT Pathways Competency: GT-SS3 Diversity and Global Learning
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs):
3. Address Diversity
a. Make connections between the worldviews, power structures, and experiences of individuals, groups, communities, or cultures, in historical or contemporary contexts.
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