Using the UOP Material “You as a Culturally Diverse Entity,” prepare a 700-word Cultural Background Summary of your personal cultural background. This paper should highlight the different sources that have contributed to your cultural background. Additionally, speculate on the extent to which your current identity has been molded by assimilation, acculturation, and/or a climate of pluralism.…
The Multicultural Approach to psychology is a “systematic study of all aspects of human behavior as it occurs in settings where people of different cultural backgrounds encounter each other” (Fhagen-Smith, 2014).…
Multicultural psychology gives the concepts necessary to understand, perceive, and value diverse cultures. Cultures include the learned behaviors, beliefs, attitudes, and values of people from various societies. They are also considered the shared customs of a society. A professional working in today’s society should have an understanding that there is no one culture globally better or superior to another. The professional with a bias view of cultural diversity is said to be unaware of him or herself. Learning to accept cultural diversity is a journey every individual should travel to appreciate this multicultural…
Self-understanding is the ability to identify with ones own actions. The studying of intercultural communication can lead to an increased self-understanding in the sense that one is able to compare own actions with those of other people from different cultures. It is difficult to comprehend own actions without a basis of comparison and hence the intercultural communication provides this. Also through the study, the students learn of different characters of people and after evaluation, an individual can be able to tell to which category he or she falls in.…
The United States is increasingly becoming a multiethnic, multicultural group of citizens. Life is no longer similar for all individuals. As people migrate they bring with them their cultural views, beliefs and language (Bhugra and Becker, 2005). In order to live together with respect, dignity and without prejudice for all, the country has had to educate itself on the beliefs and values of these vast cultures migrating to what they perceive as a land of opportunity whether this be for economic, education, or political reasons. For the most part in today’s world, cultural groups are intertwined in where they live, work, and attend school. To maintain a civil society, awareness and respect of the various groups needs to be addressed, beginning in the home, schools, and workplace. As discussed by Leininger and McFarland (as cited in Barker, 2009), culture is a way of life that is learned throughout the generations. Although one would hope that cultural education and acceptance begins at home, it is an ongoing process that all individuals should embrace to avoid prejudice and promote harmony in these diverse groups.…
Learning about the lifespan development of individuals, including processes such as cognitive, biological, and psychosocial, is essential at the time of understanding their behavior and perceptions. This is also of great importance at the time of helping them with mental health issues. Living in a country with people who come from a broad variety of cultures, there is a need for awareness when it comes to people’s traditions, values, views, personalities, etc. in order to respect them and really help them as counselors.…
References: Berry, W. J., Phinney, S. J., Sam, L. D., & Vedder, P. (2006). Immigrant youth: Acculturation, identity, and adaptation. Applied psychology: Am international review 55 (3), 303-332. Retrieved from Seneca Library Database.…
This article is a response to a journal entry of a young person view on Multicultural Education in America. This article will have some similarly views and also different view on the education of your young people that is shared with the person who wrote the journal entry.…
Lustig, M. W., & Koester, J. (2006). Intercultural Competence: Interpersonal Communication across Cultures. Retrieved from https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/content/eBookLibrary2/content/TOC.aspx?assetdataid=25fb9b6a-472f-4da2-a6e3-db72e67e7b7a&assetmetaid=d08dcbf2-c5e6-49dd-bb20-5d7507e7fe1e.…
Au and Kawakami (1991) suggested that the multicultural curriculum celebrates the contributions of the culture of children who are learning together at a particular time in their lives. Through this learning curriculum, children will develop the cultural competency, as the developing cultural competence is a clear expectation within the Early Years Learning Framework. The EYLF describes cultural competence as being ‘much more than awareness of cultural differences. It is the ability to understand, communicate with, and effectively interact with people across cultures. (EYLF,…
For me, this goal means accepting the differences of people and increasing knowledge bi-culturally in order to be effective in my interactions with others whether this is in my business or business life.…
I found myself in trouble at school at times by my lack of cultural awareness. From being labeled as a bully for fighting back against others who attacked me to not quite understanding why I could not be angry at those who would attack me for no reason, I was often confused at the time by not knowing the wrong of my actions that seemed to be morally just to me. Facing adversity in the classroom in the form of peers who feared my culturally different background, I learned that I must educate other rather than succumb to a cycle of hate. From the initially negative experiences, I have learned to respectfully inquire about a person's individuality that I am not familiar with and ultimately teach others about my identity as…
Martin, J. & Nakayama, T. (2008). Demographic imperative. Experiencing intercultural communication (3rd ed., pp. 10-14). New York: McGraw-Hill.…
For most of my childhood, my whole world was comprised of people that shared the same ethnicity, culture, and living style as I did. But after leaving El Salvador at the young age of seven and undertaking the most difficult journey of my life, my world was split shattered. In school, I had to assimilate to a culture where I was surrounded by kids who had been born speaking English and teachers who taught with voluminous books instead of dirty chalk boards. Meanwhile, at home, I had to meet my mom’s expectations while also serving as her intermediary between our old world and the US. Aside from school and home, I also had to struggle making friends, having difficulty creating and maintaining relationships with the people of my age group. Having…
Whereas many people define early adulthood as reaching the age of majority, the transition to adulthood has also been marked by the category of emerging adulthood (DeVito, 2009). This period of change is, like the stages of development prior, complicated with new challenges and uncertainties. Exploration, identity progress, and broadening values subject an early adult to cultural changes and variations as well as risks in grappling with momentous choices. At the height of these choices and influences, the human need for social and intimate relationships evolves and develops through experimentation and adjustments. The capacity to overcome challenges and adversity signifies the resilience that has emerged and continues to support the growth throughout early and middle adulthood.…