PSYCH-220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Acculturation, Enculturation, Ethnocentrism
30 Sep 2020
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Chapter 13: cultural variation in experience, behaviour, and personality. Focuses on differences between and within different cultural groups. Enculturation socialization in one"s native culture. Acculturation process of partially or fully acquiring new culture. Attempts to account for psychological differences between and within cultures. May affect generalizability of theory and research. Most research based on weird (western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic countries) Etics: universal components of ideas across cultures. Emics: components of ideas particular to certain cultures. Stress the importance of the individual vs. needs and rights of the group. Spend less time in intimate social interactions. Place more value on love in romantic relationships. Aim to achieve rather than prevent losing respect. In collectivistic cultures (80% of world"s cultures) people tend to have interdependent self-construal. In individualistic cultures (north america and western europe) people tend to have independent self-construal. Vertical cultures: assume individuals are importantly different. Horizontal cultures: view individuals as essentially equal.
