Personal Cultural Observations

Describe the culture of the group you observed, including their shared values, language, rituals or traditions, religious or spiritual beliefs, and roles and expectations of the members of the group. Explain how the attitudes, beliefs, and values of this culture are: similar or different from your own culture different from that of the dominant culture Describe some of your prior impressions of this culture What were your expectations of people from this cultural group before doing this investigation? What do your expectations reveal about the assumptions you’ve learned to make about people in this culture? Which biases might you have been taught to believe about this cultural group in the past that were challenged by what you observed? What personal biases did you discover? Describe how you plan to overcome these biases in your counseling practice. Explain what you have discovered as areas of improvement based on this experience. Describe your plan for improving in those areas.