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The course examines the relationship between individual psychological functioning and cultural contexts by studying both between culture variability as well as within culture variability. Many psychological processes that were once considered human universals actually vary significantly across cultures. This course will focus on the effects that cultural traditions and social practice have on human cognition, motivation, emotion, and social interactions.
This book puts psychological theories and concepts into a cross-cultural framework to invite the readers to ultimately understand the relationship between culture and psychology. The book strives to explore whether psychological theories and principles are universal or culture-specific. It challenges the traditional mainstream knowledge of human behavior that may not be applicable to people of all cultural backgrounds by examining cross-culture literature. Contents covered include cross-cultural research methods, enculturation, developmental processes, self and identity, personality, gender, cognition, emotion, language and communication, health, psychological disorders, treatment for psychological disorders, social behavior, and organizations.
