PSYCH355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Abortion-Rights Movements
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Hard to get people with different values/priorities to work together effectively ie. religion, political views. Superficial definition of culture: different cuisine foods and. Clash book: cultural conflicts are self definitional, how we festivals understand ourselves. An independent view of self: self is separate from others. One is better than the other [indivudalistic vs collective] Australia is most individualistic, then us, then canada. Definition of a good person and how a good person should act. Messages exist in many contexts, are flexible ie. in marriage therapy in states, they"d emphasize collectivism/interdepednet advice. Good actions depend on individual"s perspective on whats good. Actions depend on what others want you to do. Study: interviewing people who stayed during hurricane and fled. People who left used disjoint model of agency. First repsonders believed people who stayed were negative, helpless, lazy, passive and didn"t understand that they were being loyal to those who couldn"t leave, had faith in god.