PSY 120- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 16 pages long!)
6 Oct 2017
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Includes identities tied to social status and affiliation (ex: gender, age) Group with shared nationality, culture, or language. Intersection of multiple social statuses/identities leads to different experiences. We will be majority minority in the us. The whole picture is bigger than individual parts (puzzle) Behaviorism: mind processes do not matter; behaviors. What is multicultural psychology groups within one society. Mental processes: how you think and how you feel. Cultural psychology: understanding what"s unique about particular culture. Example: big 5 (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism) You can not take culture out of the person. Unique characteristics of a group in the context of other groups. Independent variable (x) - dependent variable (y) Ex: pop is soda in some places. Rich descriptions of individuals or small groups. The systematic study of behavior, cognition, and affect in settings. The values, beliefs, and practices of a group of people, shared through symbols, and passed down from generation to generation.
