PSY352 Tutor-Marked Assignment 01 Presentation & Essay on Multiculturalism January 2025, Singapore

There are two parts to the TMA01.

Part 1: PowerPoint Presentation (20 Marks)

During Week 4 seminar, students will form small groups to examine any ONE concept that they have learned so far in this course and give a 5-minute PowerPoint group presentation. Everyone in the group must take part in the presentation. The PowerPoint presentation should consist of 5 to 10 slides.

After the group presentation, students need to individually submit the Cover Page and the group presentation PowerPoint slides to Turnitin.

Please submit to Turnitin submission link “-TMA01: PowerPoint” by Monday, 10 February 2025, 11:55 pm. Late submissions will not be accepted.

If you are unable to attend the presentation, you are required to develop and submit a 5-minute MPEG-4 video individually, analyzing any ONE concept that you have learned so far in the PSY352 course. The video can be a narrated or non-narrated slide presentation and should include additional information relevant to the concept.

Part 2: Essay Question (75 Marks)

With the increase in globalization over the past several decades, people are coming into contact with others from diverse cultural backgrounds more than ever before. What is the best way to deal with group differences in a multicultural community? Should we adopt a colour-blind approach and ignore these differences in favour of focusing on similarities? Or should we adopt a multicultural approach and acknowledge these cultural differences and view them as a source of strength? This is a sensitive and controversial issue that divides societies and psychologists alike (Heine, 2020).

Using relevant research evidence, demonstrate knowledge of cultural psychology and assess whether we should adopt a colour-blind approach and ignore the cultural differences or we should adopt a multicultural approach and acknowledge these cultural differences and view them as a source of strength.

References (5 Marks)

The reference list should list the full reference of all sources cited or referred to in your assignment. In-text citations also need to be presented accurately in APA format.

5 marks will be awarded for perfect use of APA style. 4 marks will be awarded for near-perfect use. 0 marks will be awarded if the referencing does not meet the requirements.

English Competency

No marks are allocated to English competency, but a penalty of up to 5 marks will apply for errors.

Generic Band Descriptors for Students

Excellent Answer

• Shows a clear and thorough understanding of the topic concerned by covering relevant points accurately and comprehensively in a well-structured, focused, and cohesive manner.
• Provides excellent illustrations/examples/supporting evidence.
• Shows very strong evidence of critical thinking/analysis and in-depth understanding.
• Goes beyond expectation and shows original thinking.

Good to Very Good Answer

• Shows a good to very good understanding of the topic concerned by covering relevant points accurately in a well-structured, focused, and cohesive manner.
• Provides good illustrations/examples/supporting evidence.
• Shows good evidence of critical thinking/analysis and in-depth understanding.
• Shows evidence of original thinking.

Fair Answer

• Shows a fair understanding of the topic concerned by covering relevant points adequately, but may not always be well-structured, focused, and cohesive.
• Provides adequate illustrations or examples, however, they may not always be appropriate.
• Shows little evidence of critical thinking/analysis and lacks in-depth understanding.
• Shows little evidence of original thinking.

Weak Answer

• Shows only rudimentary understanding of the topic concerned and only manages to cover a relevant point or two adequately, but is not well-structured, focused, and cohesive.
• Attempts to provide illustrations or examples, however, they are generally inappropriate or irrelevant.
• Shows no evidence of critical thinking or in-depth understanding.
• Shows no evidence of original thinking.
• May contain inaccuracies and omissions.

Poor Answer (Borderline Pass)

• Does not show adequate understanding of the topic concerned and may not sufficiently cover any of the relevant points.
• Does not provide illustrations or examples.
• Tends to be descriptive and may be off-point.
• Contains errors and misconceptions.

Fail (Less Than 40%)

• Shows very little understanding of the topic concerned and does not cover any of the relevant points.
• Fails to provide illustrations or examples.
• Attempts to describe but is off-point.
• Contains serious errors and misconceptions.

Bad Fail (Less Than 15%)

• Shows no understanding of the question.
• Some marks may be awarded if there is evidence that some effort was made to make sense of the question.