Psychology 2660A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Observational Learning, Jane Elliot, Direct Instruction

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2660A/B
• Professor: Elizabeth Hayden

Document Summary

Knowledge values, attitudes, traditions that guide behaviour of a group. Typically applied to ethnicity, but not restricted to ethnic group. Everyone is a member of many cultural groups. Not everyone who belongs in the same cultural group is the same, variation within groups. There can be conflicting beliefs within cultures and throughout different cultures. Implicit norms differ: may lead to false attributions people from differing cultures may operate with their implicit norms; creating false attributions, eg. Time: in canadian culture, punctuality is valued; other cultures have different perception of time. Socioeconomic status (ses: relative standing based on income, power, status/prestige, minority-group students more likely from low ses families, risk from low ses amplified by cultural misunderstandings, biases. 1 in 7 children in canada live in poverty: higher risk of, health problems, discipline problems, grade failure, reading problems, changing schools, dropping out. Risk further increased if also from a minority culture.