This document provides the course materials and assignments for PSY 450 Diversity and Cultural Factors in Psychology. It includes weekly topics such as cross-cultural psychology, cultural considerations in intelligence testing and psychological disorders, health indicators across cultures, and applying cross-cultural psychology principles to organizational culture. The assignments generally involve analyzing case studies, presenting cultural topics, and researching how diversity and culture influence psychology concepts.

1. PSY/450
DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL FACTORS
IN PSYCHOLOGY
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PSY 450 Week 1 Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology
Paper
Choose one of the case studies provided in the electronic readings for Week One.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you analyze cross-cultural psychology. As a
part of your analysis, do the following:
 Provide an overview of the case study.
 Use the case study to provide a definition and an example of cultural and
cross-cultural psychology.
 Analyze the relationship between cultural psychology and cross-cultural
psychology.
 Discuss the methodology associated with cross-cultural psychology research.
 Discuss how the case study helps you better understand how ethnicity, race, and
worldviews are separate yet related concepts.
 Discuss how enculturation may play a role in the case study you have chosen.

2. Incorporate a minimum of three credible, peer-reviewed references.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Submit your assignment using the Assignment Files tab above.
PSY 450 Week 2 Cultural Considerations Presentation
Your Learning Team has been chosen to develop a training model for a local company
that provides mental health services.
Consider the topics and models covered on attachment, cognition, moral reasoning,
developmental models, language, attention, sensation, and perception.
Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft®
PowerPoint®
presentation that provides this
organization with scenarios that would help them to identify when cultural aspects should
be considered. Each slide should list the model or theory addressed and a scenario to
help the organization grasp the key concepts.
Submit your assignment using the Assignment Files tab above.
Provide a minimum of two (2) peer-reviewed references.
PSY 450 Week 2 Intelligence Testing Article Analysis
Use the Electronic Reserve Readings, the University Library, or other resources to locate
at least three articles concerning intelligence testing.
Create a brochure for a local elementary school. Consider your audience, as this
information would likely be distributed during meetings where a child might have received
an intelligence test. Your brochure would be given to parents, guardians, and others to
help them better understand the purpose of intelligence testing.
Include the following in your brochure:
 Provide a brief overview of at least two theories of intelligence related to the
content of your selected articles to help your audience understand what
intelligence testing accomplishes.
 Discuss methods of measuring intellectual functioning.
 Discuss how the concept of intelligence is different from academic achievement.
Include three credible, peer-reviewed references.

3. Format the citations in your brochure consistent with APA guidelines.
Submit your assignment using the Assignment Files tab above.
PSY 450 Week 3 Cultural Presentation
Imagine a local company has contacted you regarding new employees from a different
culture.
Choose a culture outside of those represented in your Learning Team.
Create an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint®, research-based presentation to help
employees understand cultural differences in the expression of emotion and the
interpretation of behaviors and traditions. Include the following in your presentation:
 Discuss research findings on cultural differences in the expression of emotion,
interpretation of behavior, and traditions
 Translate the research results into everyday terms, as your audience will be
people unfamiliar with psychological jargon.
 Apply the research findings to your chosen culture.
Include a minimum of three credible, peer-reviewed resources in your presentation.
Format the citations in your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
PSY 450 Week 3 Psychological Disorder Paper
Select a type of psychological disorder as listed in the DSM-5.
Obtain faculty approval of your selected disorder before beginning this assignment.
Complete the required worksheet.
Include at least three credible, peer-reviewed references.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Submit your assignment using the Assignment Files tab above.
Directions:
-Save/Submit Document as: FirstnameLastNameWeek3 (Example:

4. MistieBarnesWeek3)
-Answer each question fully. Be sure that you stay within the required word count.
Failure to do so will result in a loss of points. The word count is designed to help
improve your critical thinking skills, while improving your abilities to effectively
convey meaning.
-APA formatted citations are required on questions 4-8.
-A reference list is required. Reference list must be in APA format.
-Complete this worksheet in the worksheet format (ie. not paper format). This means
leave the question above each response.
-Single space each response.
1. Psychological Disorder (as listed in the DSM-5) – list the NAME – just one:
2. DSM-5 Code for this disorder (this is a 5 digit code – 3 numbers.2 numbers)
3. Why did you choose this disorder? (50 words or less)
4. Discuss the psychological disorder (150-250 words)
5. Discuss the relationship between human development and socialization (150-250
words)
6. How does the relationship between human development and socialization affect
the psychological disorder? (150-250 words)
7. Discuss cultural considerations in regards to prevalence, treatment, trends, etc.
(150-250 words)
8. Discuss how this disorder may/may not be accepted/explained within certain
cultural contexts (150-250 words).
9. What have you learned about this disorder that you did not previously know?
(50-100 words)
10. References
PSY 450 Week 4 Health Indicators Graphical Representation
Consider the information discussed in Ch. 7 regarding the three indicators of health: life
expectancy, infant mortality, and subjective well-being.
Determine what these indicators are for each state and gender within your Learning
Team.

5. Create a visual representation of each culture using graphs in Microsoft® Word, Excel®,
or another program. You can view some examples of visual representations on the Center
for Disease Control and Prevention website.
Consider what factors may contribute to the differences found in your results.
Discuss these results in 350 to 700 words.
Submit your discussion and visual representation.
PSY 450 Week 4 Personality Theory Blog
Imagine you have been asked to write a research-based blog post for a human resource
management website.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word blog post that includes the following:
 Discuss one of the major personality theories and how this theory is used to
conduct assessment.
 Discuss what stood out to you about personality assessment practices.
 Reflect on current research trends that utilize this information and how the
interpretation of these findings may vary across cultures.
 Create three insightful questions based on the readings that your audience may
also be wondering, and provide responses from the research you have reviewed
in relation to this topic.
Include a minimum of three credible, peer-reviewed sources in the blog post.
Format the citations in your blog post consistent with APA guidelines.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
PSY 450 Week 5 Organizational Culture Paper
Identify a large corporation.
Review the information listed on the company's website, or interview someone from the
respective company to answer and discuss the following information.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word-paper including the following:
 Provide an overview of the organization you have chosen.

6.  How does this organization effectively raise awareness regarding stereotypes,
prejudice, and discrimination? Discuss how these strategies align with the
recommendations in the readings.
 Discuss how these factors may serve to benefit or hinder the organizational
culture.
 Based on the information you have obtained about this organization, what
recommendations could you provide the company to help them more effectively
work with different personalities, individual differences, or gender differences in
the workplace?
Include a minimum of three credible, peer-reviewed articles to support your
recommendations.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
PSY 450 Week 5 Application of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Presentation
Imagine you are a consultant for an organization, and they would like you to work on
developing their core values. The organization would like their core values to reflect key
attributes of their culture.
Select an organization, such as a company, community group, or nonprofit organization.
Create a 10- to 12- slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation describing cultural,
research-based models and how they help clarify the organization's core values.
Include at least three credible, peer-reviewed references.
Format the citations in your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.