Diversity In Psychology Paper
Running head: Diversity in Psychology
The Understanding of Diversity in Psychology
Herlyn L. Cortez
Abstract
Psychologists study individual mental functions and behaviors, including physiological and neurological processes that underlie cognitive functions and behaviors. Important concepts within the field of psychology include: perception, cognition, emotion, attention, motivation, brain functioning, personality, behavior, phenomenology, and the unconscious mind. Diversity encompasses all those differences that make us unique, including but not limited to race, color, ethnicity, language, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, gender, socio-economic status, age, and physical and mental ability. How is diversity understood in the …show more content…
field of Psychology? It is the individual’s make up of perception, personality, behavior, and all mentioned above contributes to how diverse each person is. This one individual is part of one culture, economic, political, or psychology diversity.
The Understanding of Diversity in Psychology
References
Annan, J., Bowler, J., Mentis, M., & Philipson, R.
(2008). Understanding Diversity in
Educational Psychology Teams. School of Psychology International, 29, 387-399.
Bieschke, K. & Mintz, L.B. (2012). Counseling psychology model training values statement addressing diversity: History, current use, and future directions. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 6, 196-203.
Callands, T. A., Green, D., Klonoff, E. A., Luebbe, A. M., & Radcliffe, A. M. (2009). Clinical psychology students’ perceptions of diversity training: a study of exposure and satisfaction. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65, 1056-1070.
Ditlmann, R. & Purdie-Vaughns, V. (2010). Reflection on Diversity Science in Social
Psychology. Psychological Inquiry, 21, 153-159.
Elicker, J. D., O’Malley, A. L., & Snell, A. F. (2010). Do Student Perceptions of Diversity
Emphasis Relate to Perceived Learning of Psychology? Teaching of Psychology, 37, 36-40.
Magnusson, Eva. (2011). Women, men, and all the other categories: Psychologies for theorizing human diversity. Nordic Psychology, 63, 88-114.
Stewart, Lisa. (2012). Commentary on Cultural Diversity Across the Pacific: The
Dominance of Western Theories, Models, Research and Practice in Psychology. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 6, 27-31.
Tebes, Jacob Kraemer. (2010). Community psychology, diversity, and the many forms of culture. American Psychologist, 65, 58-59.
The Understanding of Diversity in Psychology
Herlyn L. Cortez
Abstract
Psychologists study individual mental functions and behaviors, including physiological and neurological processes that underlie cognitive functions and behaviors. Important concepts within the field of psychology include: perception, cognition, emotion, attention, motivation, brain functioning, personality, behavior, phenomenology, and the unconscious mind. Diversity encompasses all those differences that make us unique, including but not limited to race, color, ethnicity, language, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, gender, socio-economic status, age, and physical and mental ability. How is diversity understood in the …show more content…
field of Psychology? It is the individual’s make up of perception, personality, behavior, and all mentioned above contributes to how diverse each person is. This one individual is part of one culture, economic, political, or psychology diversity.
The Understanding of Diversity in Psychology
References
Annan, J., Bowler, J., Mentis, M., & Philipson, R.
(2008). Understanding Diversity in
Educational Psychology Teams. School of Psychology International, 29, 387-399.
Bieschke, K. & Mintz, L.B. (2012). Counseling psychology model training values statement addressing diversity: History, current use, and future directions. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 6, 196-203.
Callands, T. A., Green, D., Klonoff, E. A., Luebbe, A. M., & Radcliffe, A. M. (2009). Clinical psychology students’ perceptions of diversity training: a study of exposure and satisfaction. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65, 1056-1070.
Ditlmann, R. & Purdie-Vaughns, V. (2010). Reflection on Diversity Science in Social
Psychology. Psychological Inquiry, 21, 153-159.
Elicker, J. D., O’Malley, A. L., & Snell, A. F. (2010). Do Student Perceptions of Diversity
Emphasis Relate to Perceived Learning of Psychology? Teaching of Psychology, 37, 36-40.
Magnusson, Eva. (2011). Women, men, and all the other categories: Psychologies for theorizing human diversity. Nordic Psychology, 63, 88-114.
Stewart, Lisa. (2012). Commentary on Cultural Diversity Across the Pacific: The
Dominance of Western Theories, Models, Research and Practice in Psychology. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 6, 27-31.
Tebes, Jacob Kraemer. (2010). Community psychology, diversity, and the many forms of culture. American Psychologist, 65, 58-59.