PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Psychology, Environmental Organization, Cultural Evolution
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Psyc14: lecture 1 introduction to culture & psychology. May 1, 2017: bi-culture = identifying yourself with two cultures (i. e. , canadian student, with muslim background) What are the parameters that define culture: language, so advanced, greatest achievement of human species, but culture is such an ambiguous word, which hard to define. Petri dish of culture: you got to love language. At times it can be so remarkable and its one of our species greatest triumphs. And yet we come up with words to describe things in the world or concepts that appear entirely different, to the point where the word or term is used so freely that it loses all meaning. Image of bacteria culture, we use the same word culture in biology, but it has nothing to do with the term culture in psychology. Some of its symbols include a group"s skills, knowledge, attitudes, values, and motives.
