This bundle contains a summary for the first interim exam of the course "Cultural Psychology" taught at the University of Amsterdam. This contains the book: "Cultural Psychology by S.J. Heine (third edition)".
The following chapters of the book are used:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 14
Culture is:
Imitative learning (humans) | Emulative learning (primates) |
Cultural variation can be explained in two ways:
The unpackaging of cultures refers to identifying the underlying variables that give rise to the cultural differences as identifying a cultural difference does not tell us which cultural experiences sustain this difference. It consists of identifying an underlying variable (1), demonstrating that this variable actually differs between cultures (2) and demonstrate that the observed cultural differences relate to
........Read moreThe development niche theory is a theoretical framework for understanding and analysing how culture shapes child development:
Enculturation refers to the process of first-culture learning. Acculturation refers to the process of cultural change when you interact with people from another culture (i.e. second-culture learning). It is relevant to study acculturation as there is a lot of contact (1), diversity (2) and contact with other cultures (3).
Migration refers to
Every culture provides a symptom pool of recognized and discussed symptoms that lead people to express their inner conflicts in a familiar language. There are cultural differences in the extent to which certain mental illnesses are prevalent and in the extent to which certain symptoms are part of mental disorders. There is also a difference in the way
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