Unit 3: Far Transfer

Essay 3 main prompt:

What are ways we can apply the knowledge of the "cause and effects* "in one of the articles from this lesson to larger humanity? In other words, how may the knowledge gained in your chosen article benefit our understanding of how people communicate and/or act in cultures and relationships outside of those in the study?

Considerations:

This is a really challenging prompt, because you must do two major critical reading and thinking things: 

1) Understand the article’s "cause and effects"* and its conclusions, and

2) You must transfer that author’s conclusions to making your own hypothetical connections to another culture or relationship that you will select.



*We are using "cause and effects," generically. These articles each discuss social behaviors and identity markers (causes) have an impact (effects) on people.

**Furthermore, classifying social behaviors will be important, for you will be allowed to make indirect comparison.

• Direct belief comparison example:  One article will explore reasons the author believes American Latinos smoke more, so you may take that authors reasons to claim why American Ethiopians may smoke more (or less) than non-American Ethiopians.

• Indirect belief comparison example: You may choose to connect same article to a different kind of behavior that is like smoking, such as drinking or drugs. Perhaps there is more drinking in American Pakistani youth than in those who never comes to the US.