Assignment1-INTERVIEW

5 PAGE PAPER - NO COVER PAGE - 12 POINT FONT

Choose an individual who comes from a cultural group/area that is different from your own

This must be a coworker for me because I am a white American.

PLEASE CHOOSE SOMEONE FROM MEXICO; PUERTO RICO OR INDIAN. (I AM FASCINATED WITH THE INDIAN CULTURE THE MOST )

You will interview your informant asking the following questions:

PUT THE QUESTIONS IN BOLD AND UNDERLINE. Answers next to them with regular text

1) What are the groups or institutions that are important in your life (family, school, church, clubs, etc.)?

2) What are the rules of behavior in each of these groups?

3) How did you learn these rules?

4) Rank the groups in the order of importance to you.

After conducting the interview with your informant, you will compare and contrast their answers with your answers, and reflect on the comparison.

1) Describe the process of gathering information on another culture. Were there any problems involved? Was there a language barrier? Was there an apprehension on the part of your informant to being interviewed? Were you apprehensive at having to conduct the interview?

2) Provide a summary of your informant's responses to the above four questions

3) Provide a summary of your responses to the above four questions

4) What general conclusions did you reach about the differences between your informant's cultural group and your own, based on the answers to the interview questions?