Multicultural Competency Paper Barbara Johns PSYCH/535 January 14‚ 2013 Frances Kelley‚ Ph.D. Abstract According to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association‚ also known as the APA Manual‚ this manual is a guide that provides professionals‚ such as psychologists with the tools needed to acknowledge and utilize for changes‚ trainings‚ and educate the practices and research done that allows professions to support and assist individuals from different races‚ ethnic groups
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Running head: MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCY PAPER Multicultural Competency Paper Morgan Soriano University of Phoenix Multicultural Psychology PSYH 535 Dr. Piper January 23‚ 2012 Multicultural Competency Paper Multicultural is a very big controversy when it comes to psychology. There is much diversity that comes along with dealing with multicultural psychology. Psychologists are trained to deal with much different diversity. All individuals exist in social‚ political‚ historical‚ and economic
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Multicultural Competency Paper Marvella S. Morris Psych/535 September 19‚ 2013 Dr. Guykesha Gardner‚ PsyD Abstract Multicultural is defined by having many ways of knowing about something/ethnic group‚ or having many different world views. It is usually complex and contextual. Multicultural psychology examines ways of how culture effects the way people act‚ think‚ and feel. Multicultural psychology is defined as the systematic study of cognition‚ behaviors‚ and the effects of it in different
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Multicultural Competence Throughout my practicum‚ I have realized the importance of being aware of the clients and their backgrounds. I didn’t realize that there was a client in one of the group sessions that was homosexual. When my comment in the group was taken to mean a husband and wife relationship‚ I didn’t know his background or situation. The other therapist commented and asked how he felt about the topic and if he was uncomfortable. He mentioned that he was ok with it‚ he felt he could apply
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All sociological research methods involve observation‚ however‚ participant observations is defined by when the researcher themselves participates in the activities of those he or she is observing and studying. Hughes (1976)‚ describes participant observation as‚ ‘ When the researcher becomes part of a daily round‚ learning languages and meanings‚ rules of impersonal‚ relations… and in short‚ living the life of the people under study. Participant observations come in two forms‚ overt participant
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How is Research used in Psychology? * Research in Psychology as in all fields of science has two focuses of interest. * Basic Research = is concern with the quest for knowledge regardless of whether it has immediate practical value. * Applied Research = seeks to improve the human condition by discovering something that can be put to practical used. * When the scientist work‚ strive to find relationships between observable variables. For example‚ Robert Boyle found a direct relationship
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A multicultural experience can be optimistic or a negative educational experience. Some investigators have established that multicultural experiences increase creativeness and insight within one ’s learning. "Multiculturalism is a body of thought in political philosophy about the proper way to respond to cultural and religious diversity " (Stanford Encyclopedia‚(2010). Most people will have at one multicultural experience during his or her life. Even trying a new car wash or going to a new church
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What is a multicultural classroom? First and foremost it is a classroom‚ characterized by an ethos of caring and equity. The pedagogy supports active participation through role-plays‚ simulations‚ and hands-on activities. Students learn‚ through their own experiences‚ that people’s actions make a difference. Education that is multicultural is a continuous‚ integrated‚ multiethnic‚ multidisciplinary process for educating all students about diversity. Diversity factors include but are not limited to
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The Case for Multicultural Education Venica Blythe Diversity and Achievement EDU507.90 Prof. Joseph Paige The Case for Multicultural Education Who am I? I am a Female‚ I am Black‚ I am Jamaican‚ and I speak Patois (Jamaican dialect). All the things I just mentioned are just a fraction of who but these same things have been used on numerous occasions to form a stereotype against me. I am also a mother‚ wife‚ and an educator. None of the things that I have listed will by itself adequately
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In the service of social harmony‚ politeness often discourages the expression of negative emotions even if they are felt and encourages the expression of positive emotions even if they aren’t felt. I completely agree with this statement as I have often observed people responding in this manner. We have been always taught to be nice to others even if they do us bad or say something nasty but I feel that it limits the freedom of speech and also you are not being true to yourself and to the other person
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