HPS121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Implicit Learning, Phenotype, Enculturation
HPS121 WEEK 12 – indigenous and cross-cultural psychology
•Critical reflection and how it applies to the study and practice of psychology
•Critical reflection involves –
Recognising, exploring and challenging prevailing irrational and/or religious
explanations for causes of events and behaviours.
Tender minded thinking (rational approach to science) and tough minded thinking
(empirical approach; seeking logical explanations).
Critical reflection in the practice of psychology involves meaningful, effective and
professionally fulfilling contributions.
Cultural competence and how it’s important to the study and practice of
psychology:
Cultural competence – refers to the demonstrable knowledge, behaviour and
attitudes of practitioners that assist and support their capacity of function in
intercultural contexts.
No single component is sufficient to ensure competency development as each
component needs to interact with the other.
In cultural competency development, one needs to be open to feedback about the
components of one’s practice with a view to ongoing improvement and effectiveness
in cross-cultural situations.
Concept of power in the helping relationship and how it relates to cultural
encapsulation:
Power derives from imbalances in the social exchange. i.e. one person achieves power
through the inability of the other to reciprocate/counter. This imbalance can cause
someone to fall in a position of dependence where they must comply in order to attain
resources or services.
Working cross-culturally or with indigenous Australians, people therefore involves
more subtle engagements with the power implied in those interactions.
Cultural encapsulation – the process of working with clients from an ethnocentric
perspective, where one doesn’t effectively understand the world view and culture of
origin of the client, nor do they integrate this knowledge into the counselling process.
Thus, cultural encapsulation is problematic in therapy and can negatively affect the
therapeutic alliance.
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Document Summary
Hps121 week 12 indigenous and cross-cultural psychology. Critical reflection and how it applies to the study and practice of psychology. Recognising, exploring and challenging prevailing irrational and/or religious explanations for causes of events and behaviours. Tender minded thinking (rational approach to science) and tough minded thinking (empirical approach; seeking logical explanations). Critical reflection in the practice of psychology involves meaningful, effective and professionally fulfilling contributions. Cultural competence and how it"s important to the study and practice of psychology: Cultural competence refers to the demonstrable knowledge, behaviour and attitudes of practitioners that assist and support their capacity of function in intercultural contexts. No single component is sufficient to ensure competency development as each component needs to interact with the other. In cultural competency development, one needs to be open to feedback about the components of one"s practice with a view to ongoing improvement and effectiveness in cross-cultural situations.
