Lecture notes with Cross-cultural Psychology of Health and Illness at the Leiden University - 2015/2016
Lecture 1: Culture, critical thinking and intelligence
Culture has many definitions. Culture may change a little bit over generations, but there is much stability through the ages (enculturation). An easy definition of culture is “a way to see the world, like a lens you cannot remove during your life” (Helman, 2007).
Hall made a difference between three levels of culture:
Tertiary level: culture that is visible to outsiders that don’t belong to
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