Reflective Assignment for Intercultural Communication
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Reflective Assignment for Intercultural Communication
Reflective Assignment for Intercultural Communication
- 1. PAPER Re fl ectio n In this assignment, you will reflect on your own experiences of intercultural communication and how you can apply the SPACE2 Model of Mindful Inclusion to manage your biases and improve your interactions with people from different cultural backgrounds.
- 2. • Choose a speci fi c intercultural communication encounter or experience that you had in the past. It can be related to your personal, academic, or professional life. • Write a brief description of the encounter or experience, including the context, the participants, the purpose, and the outcome. • Identify and analyze how your emotions, stereotypes, and assumptions in fl uenced your judgments and behaviors during that encounter. How did you use or could you use controlled processing to override your automatic re fl exes and respond more mindfully and e ff ectively?
- 3. • Pick at least three of the six strategies from the SPACE2 Model of Mindful Inclusion and explain how each could have helped you manage your biases in that situation and enhanced your intercultural communication competence • Conclude your re fl ection by summarizing the main lessons you learned from your intercultural communication encounter or experience and how you can use them to improve your future interactions with people from di ff erent cultural backgrounds. • Your re fl ective writing assignment should be 4-6 pages long (double-spaced; 12 pt. font Times or Times New Roman) and follow the APA style for formatting and referencing. Throughout this assignment, be mindful of the power of language and how your words can perpetuate or challenge unconscious bias.
- 4. 1. Slowing Down – taking the time to process and re fl ect on other people’s responses 2. Perspective Taking – showing empathy towards other people’s identity and beliefs 3. Asking Yourself – challenging your own assumptions 4. Cultural Intelligence – becoming aware of other cultures behaviors which differ to your own 5. Exemplars – challenging the stereotype by interacting with other cultures 6. Expand – surrounding yourself with other cultures The SPACE2 Model of Mindful Inclusion
- 5. SLOWING DOWN • Re fl ect on instances in your life when you may have experienced automatic processing leading to biased responses. Consider the impact of time pressure on decision-making and the importance of slowing down to avoid re fl exive biases. If you are stuck, there's a worksheet on BB that might be helpful. • Discuss the role of mental fatigue in in fl uencing implicit biases and the signi fi cance of preserving cognitive resources for controlled processing. • Share personal strategies for avoiding biased responses when feeling rushed or mentally taxed.
- 6. PERSPECTIVE TAKING • Explore your experiences with perspective-taking in intergroup interactions. Re fl ect on times when you consciously engaged in contemplating others' psychological experiences. • Discuss the positive implications of perspective-taking, such as increased empathy and reduced prejudiced attitudes. Re fl ect on how blurring social category boundaries can enhance intergroup relations. • Share challenges you've encountered in perspective- taking and strategies for overcoming them.
- 7. ASKING YOURSELF • Re fl ect on the e ff ectiveness of self-questioning in challenging assumptions and biases. Share instances when asking yourself key questions in fl uenced your decision-making. • Consider the role of conscious intention in overcoming verbal biases and the challenges associated with controlling non-verbal behaviors. • Discuss strategies for mindful monitoring of micro-biases during interactions with individuals from diverse backgrounds
- 8. CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE • Explore your understanding of the fundamental attribution error and its impact on attributing behavior to dispositional in fl uences. • Re fl ect on experiences working across cultures and instances where cultural intelligence played a role in avoiding misattributions and misunderstandings. • Discuss the importance of making culturally appropriate attributions and share examples of how you've applied this concept in intercultural interactions.
- 9. EXEMPLARS • Re fl ect on the role of counter-stereotypical imagery in reducing the accessibility of unconscious stereotypes. Share experiences where engaging in such imagery in fl uenced your perceptions. • Discuss the potential of using counter-stereotypical imagery as an unconscious bias intervention in training environments. • Explore ways communication channels can celebrate and acknowledge the successes of individuals from underrepresented groups to weaken associations with stereotypes.
- 10. EXPAND • Share insights from studies indicating the positive impact of intergroup friendships on dismantling social categorizations and decreasing bias. • Re fl ect on personal experiences with activities that encourage individuals to share diverse backgrounds, fostering individuation over broad categorizations. • Discuss the role of a positive mood state in promoting inclusive categorizations and strategies for inducing positive moods in intercultural settings.
- 11. • Introduction (1-2 paragraphs): Introduce your intercultural communication encounter or experience and state the main point or thesis of your re fl ection. • Body: Analyze your intercultural communication encounter or experience using the concepts of automatic and controlled processing and the SPACE2 Model of Mindful Inclusion. Provide speci fi c examples and evidence to support your analysis. • Conclusion (1-2 paragraphs): Summarize the main lessons you learned from your intercultural communication encounter or experience and how you can use them to improve your future interactions with people from di ff erent cultural backgrounds. SAMPLE PAPER STRUCTURE