PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Individualism, Operationalization, Ibm Officevision
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Outsiders: psychologists pride themselves on objectivity, approach based in concerns about bias from being too close to the groups of interest, people think that they must distance themselves, psychologists want an unbias perspective. How closely did your cultures match up with your partners? i. e. using chop sticks with different sides for sanitary reasons. You cant just assume things about people. Need to open the door for appropriate questions. 1: they are constantly in a conversation of cultural shock, they ask and answer questions constantly, asking someone who doesn"t understand helps you to ask more questions to understand what is happening. Why is cultural psychology different from other disciplines in 4 ways in which culture has a different angle: causation, operationalization, sampling. What is the cultural dimension driving my differences? : why does this exist, what is the root of the differences, yours or others expectations around family meals. Individualism vs. collectivism: collectivism focuses on the group, prioritize the group.
