PART 3

1. Group Membership.

1. • What is the family structure and what roles are played within the family?
   • What rules govern friendships and romantic relationships?  
   • How does the culture regard strangers and acquaintances?  
   • What social roles exist in this culture?

1.  Biases

1. • How and to what degree is this group affected by ethnocentrism or racism? Describe any injustices your interviewee or their cultural group has faced.
   • What stereotypes, positive or negative, are used to describe this culture?  
   • How is this culture portrayed in the media?  
   • Discuss how prejudice, discrimination and racism affect this particular group.  

1. Improving Intercultural Communication.

1. • Overall, what problems do members of this group and/or your interviewee face within the dominant culture of the United States?
   • How can communication with the culture be improved?

1. Self-Reflection.

To conclude your paper, reflect on your experience as you conducted your interview.

1. • Discuss how the elements of the model of intercultural cultural communication from Chapter 2 were evident in your interaction. Be sure to discuss in your answer how you adapted to any cultural barriers.
   • How did you adapt your communication based on relational, psychological and physical contexts of the interaction?
   • On what step of the staircase model would you place yourself during the interaction and why?

1. Paper format.  Your paper must be 5-10 pages long, in12-point font, double spaced and uploaded into myLearning. Terminology that you use from class should be underlined or boldfaced. Throughout you must document your sources following MLA or APA style. An excellent source for information about using MLA/APA style can be found at  APA:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introducti on.html

MLA:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_ style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html