PSY321H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nacirema, Ethnography, Deeper Understanding
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Lecture 3: continuation lecture 3 & chapter 4 & 5. Chapter 4: methods for studying culture & psychology. The nacirema: this is a classic ex that illustrates this pt, nacirema backwards = american. Looking at american culture by someone who is not familiar. The daily body ritual performed by everyone includes a mouth-rite this rite involves a practice which strikes the uninitiated stranger as revolting. Every household has one or more shrines devoted to this purpose. The more powerful individuals in the society have several shrines in their houses and, in fact, the opulence of a house is often referred to in terms of the number of such ritual centers it possesses. 3 approaches: ethnography, collaborating w/ indivs from the culture of interest, becoming immersed in the culture to learn about its elements. Ethnography: classic method that comes from anthropologists, ethnography = "writing about people" --> h/ done, qualitative interviewing.
