Cultural Psychology Notes 01/22/15 1. Understanding Cross-Cultural Psychology a. Culture i. Definition: Set of attitudes‚ behaviors‚ symbols shared by a large group of people b. Cross-cultural psychology i. Definition: Critical and comparative study of cultural effects on human behavior in relation to psychology? c. How do they differ? i. Cultural psychology seeks to discover meaningful links between culture and psych of individual ii. Human behavior is meaningful only when viewed in sociological
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The Cultural Function of Language Many animal and even plant species communicate with each other. Humans are not unique in this capability. However‚ human language is unique in being a symbolic communication system that is learned instead of biologically inherited. Culture is the set of shared patterns of behaviors and interactions‚ cognitive constructs‚ and affective understanding that are learned through a process of socialization. These shared patterns identify the members of a culture group
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The Mosaics’ Importance to the Islam People Islamic mosaics have had‚ and still have a great part in Islamic culture. Traditional mosaics had many uses in the Islamic World. They were very detailed in their patterns and designs‚ and had great religious meaning to the Muslim people. Mosaics had different uses in the Islamic World‚ as they do still in modern life. Normally‚ mosaics were used for decoration of mosques. They were sometimes used also for pottery. The great Mosque of Damascus has amazing
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unicorn tapestries is the title given to a set of six full tapestries‚ as well as three fragments of an additional tapestry‚ that depict the hunt of a unicorn. The tapestries are currently being housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tapestries have a long and complicated history‚ of which much is left in the dark. The tapestries were woven in the Southern Netherlands around the year 1500 (Colburn 2010‚ 97). Five of the seven unicorn tapestries were speculated by James J. Rorimer to have been
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raised in Southeast Asia‚ Philippines. It consists of 7‚107 islands and each one of them has each own dialect and tribes that lives in rural part of the area. My mom is a Spanish Filipino and my dad is a Chinese. I embraced two cultures with no problems. Both cultures molded me strongly with values‚ ethics‚ religion and economics. It plays a vital role of who I am now. Let me begin by telling you that in my country‚ the Spanish colony conquered the Philippines in 1621. Magellan named the archipelago
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Language and Culture One’s culture affects almost all of one’s communication behaviors. I discovered an article written by Margaret Cote‚ “Language Reflects Culture‚” that reveals many of the differences between the Saulteaux language and the English language. Margaret Cote states‚ “Language determines the way a person views the world.” She describes how Indian people view things around them differently then English speaking people do. Margaret Cote says that she views the world around her in
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What is a process premise? Explain. A process premise in an emotional appeal or major premise that taps into the psychological or emotional processes operating in the peripheral route of the elaboration likelihood model for each of us. These appeals rely human needs‚ human emotions‚ attitudes‚ and psychic comfort or discomfort that normal people always feel over the decisions they make. A process premise targets psychological and emotional processes that operate in most people. 2. What is the difference
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discuss language as an agent of cultural transmission or a custodian of culture‚ the meaning of the terms should be know. Language is the medium through which people communicate their feelings‚ thoughts and aspirations to one another. The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary defines language as "the system of sounds and words used by human to express their thoughts and feelings". Language is an intergral part of culture and it has the ability to transmit a people’s culture. But what is culture? According
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EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO DECIDE 8/26/2014 INSTRUCTOR CAMILLE PHI 208 A person should have the right to end their life if they so choose. People that attempt suicide and fail are often institutionalized and treated for a mental disorder. Often times it has nothing to do with a mental disorder‚ but simply they are in so much pain they feel they can’t go on. Or in the case of terminal illness they won’t go on much longer. So many people‚ churches‚ counselors
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When I arrived in Canada last year‚ I saw different people of different skin colors. There were white‚ yellow‚ black and brown. I got surprised cause I never thought about Canada like this. I never thought of Europeans‚ Americans‚ Latinos‚ Africans and Asians will ever settle in one place. But it is happening‚ right here where I immigrated to. It is a fact that Canada is racially diverse. The 250‚000 to 300‚000 residents of Canada are composing of about 50 societies belonging to twelve linguistic
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