Cheals12

Page Topic Options?

Have you thought about what page topics you might be interested in working on?Ajungle (talk) 01:22, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

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Assignment 1

The student orientation for this assignment is completed. Cheals12(talk) 09:00, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Assignment 2

For this assignment, I had to complete the online training, make an account and edits in a sandbox as well as learn the basic rules of Wikipedia. I created a User page and signed up on the list of students on the course page for Intercultural Communication. Cheals12(talk) 09:05, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Assignment 3

This assignment entailed searching for different articles that I'm interested in and can contribute to. I chose to research on TCKs - Third Culture Kids because I have lived overseas and can relate to TCKs. Cheals12(talk) 09:10, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Assignment 4

TCKs are those who have grown up/lived abroad outside of their country. TCKs adapt to other cultures and "frequently builds relationships to all of the cultures, while not having full ownership in any. Although elements from each culture may be assimilated into the TCK's life experience, the sense of belonging is in relationship to others of similar background." [1] Cheals12(talk) 09:20, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Assignment 5

This assignment required for me to find sources on my topic.

Bibliography:

• Cottrell, Ann and Ruth Hill Useem (1993). TCKs Experience Prolonged Adolescence. International Schools Services, 8(1) Accessed May 1, 2013.
• Kidd, Julie and Linda Lankenau (Undated) “Third Culture Kids: Returning to their Passport Country” US Department of State. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
• Hervey, Emily (2009). "Cultural Transitions During Childhood and Adjustment to College"
• Useem, Ruth et al. (undated) “Third Culture Kids: Focus of Major Study”. International Schools Services. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
• Van Reken, Ruth and Bethel, Paulette M. “’Third Culture Kids: Prototypes for Understanding Other Cross-Cultural Kids”. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

Cheals12(talk) 09:30, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Assignments 6 & 7

My sandbox edits have been moved into the Third Culture Kid article. Cheals12 (talk) 09:40, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

I plan to add other information on TCKs as well as from my own experiences.

I added four reliable sources that I thought were beneficial to the Third Culture Kid article.

• [2] Trouble with TCKs - Children's Mental Health
• [3] Blog on TCKs
• [4] Struggles TCKs Deal With
• [5] Dealing with Depression as a TCK

I also added in the Intercultural experiences section that

"Adapting to new situations quickly and with confidence is no problem for third-culture kids. Excellent communication and diplomatic skills are what many third-culture kids get out of their experience abroad. These skills help third-culture kids thrive later on, during their academic studies as well as their career." [6]

Assignment 8

I moved my content from my sandbox onto the TCKs Wikipedia article page and have also chosen two peer-reviews. Cheals12 (talk) 09:50, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Assignment 9

I peer reviewed Joy Knepper's and Justine Parker's page. Cheals12 (talk) 10:00, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Hey Joy, Great job on contributing information to the Language and Gender page. It's interesting to see the differences between men and women. I like this information you found/added to your page: "Since men and women have different goals in mind, it affects the way they communicate. Women, with the goal of seeking deeper relationships, tend to speak more about emotion. They will stick to private groups more often to build deeper relations. They also tend to listen more in an effort to better understand the people they are spending time with. On the other hand, men will generally speak of more objective topics in an effort to put themselves above others. They will stick to more public scenes because the audience has the power to give men the status and attention they seek. And instead of listening, men will interrupt people to get the attention and status they seek." This is very true! Cheals12 (talk) 10:05, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Hey Justine, You did a great job on this project! You've added beneficial information to the attribution theory page. I like the quote you used by Fritz Heider, "“our perceptions of causality are often distorted by our needs and certain cognitive biases”.[10] It is a great example of what people's attributional biases really are! Cheals12 (talk) 10:15, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Assignment 10

Any feedback I get from other peers I will use to edit my article! Cheals12 (talk) 10:30, 1 May 2013 (UTC)