PSY352 SUSS TMA02 January 2025 : Cultural Psychology, Singapore

TMA Cover Page

• Download and complete the TMA Cover Page from Canvas L01 > Modules > Assessments.
• Acknowledge that you have read the self-declaration on academic integrity and submit it with your TMA. There will be a penalty of 5 marks deduction if the TMA cover page is incomplete, inaccurate or missing from the final submission of your TMA via Turn it in. No
appeals concerning the Cover Page will be entertained.

TMA submission

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• Adhere strictly to the naming convention specified for TMA files. Non-compliance to these standards may result in your TMA not being marked and/or an administrative fee being imposed.

• It is your responsibility to ensure that you have uploaded your file(s) completely and accurately to the correct submission link. All inaccurate submissions will be treated as a null submission.

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• Submit early and check the originality report to decide if you need to revise and resubmit your assignment.
• Turn it in reports are generated immediately the first time but subsequent reports may take up to a day to generate.
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• Resubmissions (overwriting earlier submissions) are allowed only before the deadline. No further resubmissions can be made during the grace period or thereafter.
• The 12-hour grace period after the deadline is not an extended deadline. It is solely for resolving technical problems encountered with submissions before the deadline.

Late submissions and submission problems
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• Details about marks deduction are outlined in your Student Handbook under Academic

Rules and Regulations.
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• If there was no submission before the deadline, one late submission is allowed up till 1 week after the deadline, after which no more late submissions will be allowed.

TMA Formatting Requirements
Use 12-point Times New Roman and double line spacing throughout the entire paper.

Margins: 1 inch (2.54 cm) margins on all sides (top, bottom, left, and right) of the page
Line spacing: Double-spacing
Paragraph alignment: Align the text to the left and leave the right margin uneven
Paragraph indentation: Indent the first line of every paragraph 0.5 inch

Word Limit
Writing succinctly is an important skill in academic writing. Keep strictly to word limits as no allowance will be given. Any content written beyond the word limit will not be marked. Tables, figures, and in-text citations are included in the word count whilst the reference list and appendices
are not.
English Competency
Negative marking up to a penalty of 5 marks will apply for English competency. It is important that you use an appropriate academic writing style, and write clearly using correct grammar,
punctuation and spelling. British spelling is recommended.

Referencing
Follow the APA7 format as described in the “PSY Referencing Guide”. Appropriate in-text citations a nd an accurately formatted Reference section are expected.

More information about
formatting in APA7 can be found in the APA website: http://www.apastyle.org/index.aspx.

Plagiarism and Collusion: 

The University takes a very serious view of plagiarism (passing off someone else’s ideas as your own; recycling of contents from your own earlier marked TMA from the same course or another course; or passing off AI-generated content as your own) and collusion (submitting an assignment which is the same or very similar to another student’s). The definitions and penalties of plagiarism are outlined in your Student Handbook under Academic Rules and Regulations.
All assignments are to be completed on your own. You may discuss the TMA with your course- mates, but the assignment must be written up independently. Do not share your notes, draft or final TMA with anyone before the marked TMAs are returned to you. You are strongly advised to submit your TMA early and review the plagiarism report yourself, and if needed, revise and resubmit your TMA before the submission deadline. Avoid plagiarism by giving yourself sufficient time to research and understand the material so that you can write up your assignment in your own words. Quotations should be used sparingly. Simply citing the source of ‘copied’ chunks of text does not excuse it from plagiarism. You should be aware that you also cannot reuse your own work – such as parts of an assignment that you have submitted either to another course or to the same course – as this constitutes self-plagiarism. Ensure that all paraphrasing is done appropriately. If AI is used, ensure that the AI tool is properly cited, and ensure that you write your response entirely using your own words. Even when paraphrased slightly, AI-generated text can still be flagged as plagiarism. This tutor‐marked assignment (TMA) is worth 30% of the final mark for PSY352: Cultural Psychology.

Please upload this assignment to Turnitin by Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 11:55pm.
Resubmissions are allowed before this cut-off time.

Marks Allocation for PSY352 TMA02

Note:

5 marks will be deducted if the cover page is incomplete, inaccurate, or missing.

• No 10% word limit allowance – content beyond the limit will not be marked.

Note: All marks will be awarded only with the TMA submission via Turn it in.
There are two parts to the TMA02. Please read the instructions carefully.

Part 1: PowerPoint Presentation (20 marks)
Read the article https://www.todayonline.com/news/trending-spore-woman-culture-shock-sweden-couples-not-marry-kids-2481331?cid=braze-tdy_Today-Week-In-Review_newsletter_13092024_tdy
During Week 12 seminar, students will form small groups to propose the reasons why Singaporeans would experience culture shock regarding the practice of having kids while unmarried, or living with a partner without getting married. Students will also examine the reasons why such practice is acceptable in Sweden. Thereafter, students will give a 5-minutes.
PowerPoint group presentation to demonstrate their knowledge of applying the relevant concepts to the case study.
Everyone in the group must take part in the group 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 Turn it in.

PSY352 Tutor-Marked Assignment 02 January 2025 Semester. Please submit to Turn it in submission link “-TMA02: PowerPoint” by Tuesday, 1 April 2025,
11:55pm. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Students who do not turn up (Video):
For students who are unable to turn up, they are required to develop and submit a 5-minutes
MPEG-4 video to analyse the reasons why Singaporeans would experience culture shock regarding the practice of having kids while unmarried, or living with a partner without getting married. In the video, students will also need to assess the reasons why such practice is acceptable in Sweden. The video can be a narrated or non-narrated slide presentation and should include additional information relevant to the question.
Please submit your video to Turn it in submission link “-TMA02: Absentee video” by Tuesday,
1 April 2025, 11:55pm. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Part 2: Individual Reflection (75 marks)
Assess how your ideas and understandings of cultural psychology have developed and changed after studying this module. In doing your reflection, analyse how concepts in cultural psychology can be applied to specific experiences in your life or the life of people that you know. Provide real-life examples to support your answer.
Please submit your Cover Page and Individual Reflection to Turn it in submission link “TMA02”
by Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 11:55pm.

Late submissions will not be accepted.

References (5 marks)

Note on use of referencing software. Reference lists created by referencing software have formatting restrictions and your instructorwill not be able to insert comments within the list. If you wish to receive feedback on errorsin your reference list, prepare this without using any referencing software. The References lists 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.

There will be no awarding of 1, 2, or 3 marks.
5 marks: Perfect use of APA style. Demonstrates a thorough understanding of APA format and referencing conventions. A minimum of 5 academic references are cited.
4 marks: Near perfect use of APA style. Demonstrates a very good understanding of APA format and referencing conventions. A minimum of 5 academic references are cited.
0 marks: Fails to meet the above requirements.
English competency (Deduct up to 5 marks)
No marks are allocated to English competency, but a penalty of up to 5 marks will apply for
errors.
1–2-mark penalty: Minor errors present, such as typos and spelling or punctuation mistakes.
3–5-mark penalty: Major errors or a fair number of minor errors present, such as spelling or punctuation mistakes, or use of colloquial and/or non-academic writing
style.

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