Main -> Assessment of Sociocultural & International Awareness

APA Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major

GOAL 8: Sociocultural and International Awareness: Recognize, understand, and respect the complexity of sociocultural and international diversity.

8.1 Interact effectively and sensitively with people of diverse abilities, backgrounds, and cultural perspectives.

8.2 Examine the sociocultural and international contexts that influence individual differences.

8.3 Explain how individual differences influence beliefs, values, and interactions with others and vice versa.

8.4 Understand how privilege, power, and oppression may affect prejudice, discrimination, and inequity.

8.5 Recognize prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behaviors that might exist in themselves and in others.

8.6 Predict how interaction among diverse people can challenge conventional understanding of psychological processes and behavior.

Assessment tools

Global Awareness Profile

Global Perspective Profile

Student Portfolio and Information Form

Source:
Landrum, E. & McCarthy, M. (2010). Assessing Student Skills in the Undergraduate Psychology Major. Best Practices Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Rubrics

AAC&U VALUE Rubric: Intercultural Knowledge and Competence

     Components of the rubric:

Knowledge of own and other cultures

Skills (empathy and communication)

Attitudes (curiosity and openness)