PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cultural Psychology, Operationalization, Fatalism
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Research the region: talk to the people, observe a family. Approach based in concerns about bias from being too close to the groups of interest. In contrast, anthropologists pride themselves on getting highly invested and involved. Interview instructions: find someone who is in a cultural group that is different from your own, interview that person using the questions that i"ll provide to you, allow him/her to interview you as well. Why is cultural psychology different from other disciplines in . Causation what is the cultural dimension driving my differences? . Individualism (way of thinking that revolves around me) vs. collectivism (way of thinking that revolves around us) principle of drunkards- Approach (pursuing success) vs. avoidance motivations (avoiding failure) Monochronic (time is time, 1 minute is late) vs. polychronic time (say 6, but arrive 7, elastic time) Linear (straight pathway to truth) vs. contextual thinking (collective of ideas) Fatalism (believe in destiny, self actualization, overcoming obstacles)
