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Love in Different Cultures Final Exam Research Paper

Overview of Assignment

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You must write a 9-10 page paper which focuses on Love in Different Cultures, specifically focused on adolescence through early adulthood (chapters 9-11 of the textbook).

Select a culture you would like to know more about and prepare a paper that addresses the following:

  • the meaning of love in that culture;
  • the way love is expressed in poetry, art, music, dance or literature;
  • and the way love is expressed in intimate and family relationships.

Include dating rituals (if applicable), romantic and sexual relationships, individual identity vs identity confusion (later adolescence) and identity formation for men and women and how they contribute to loving relationships in that culture.

Refer to Sternberg’s Triangle of Types of Love to help you conceptualize some of the differences in the ways cultures treat love. Refer to your text as a reference also.

Parameters for your paper:

  • 12-point Times New Roman font, Double Spaced, 1 inch margins all around
  • Title page with your name & date on the lower right hand corner of the title page
  • Works Cited page at the end of the paper - You must cite a minimum of 8 sources

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Questions to Ask When Doing Research

Research starts with what YOU bring to it. A great question to always begin with is:

  • How do you know what you know?

Some other great questions to come equipped with during research:

  • What information do you trust?
  • What causes you to disagree with a piece of information?
  • What counts as expertise?
  • Who CAN publish on a specific issue?
  • Who CANNOT publish on a specific issue?
  • Whose voice is included/excluded?
  • What information is trusted by society?

These are not the only questions to ask when doing research but it is important that you learn to keep these questions handy so you start to understand how you interact with information.

Using Noodle Tools for Citation and Notetaking

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