PSYC 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Surgeon General Of The United States, David Satcher, The Good Life
13 Nov 2017
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Used as a way to demonstrate the relative superiority of one group over another group. Only through cultural sensitivity training do you notice it: via classification of strengths, happiness as a defining factor of people across nations. Culturally embedded positive psyc research and practice: cultural values of researcher and practitioners influence their work, most positive traits manifest in different ways for different purposes in different cultures, definitions of strengths may vary across cultural groups. How to make sense of the role of culture in positive psyc: research across nations, research between cultural groups within diverse nations, qualitative and quantitative research. How to make sense of the role of culture in +tive psyc: chang"s research on optimism across cultural groups (caucasians and asian americans, utsey and colleagues research on well being in african american populations. The results show that common coping strategies have unique effects across cultures.
