HONR 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Behaviorism, United States Census Bureau, Intersectionality
20 Sep 2016
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Psychology: the study of behavior, cognition, and affect. Culture: values, beliefs, and practices of group, shared through symbols, passed from one generation to the next: culture. Biological: shared physical, genetic, inherited characteristics no scientific support. Social: provides a way for outsiders to view another group and members of a group to perceive themselves. Diversity: differences beyond race, ethnicity, and nationality. Intersectionality: simultaneous membership in more than one, meaningful way that cultural identities interact, creates different experiences. Perception of the world that determines thought, behavior, and emotion. E. g. living in the us: unique cultural experiences. Study of behavior, cognition, and affect in settings where people of different backgrounds interact. Multicultural psychologists: study reactions of culturally different individuals and groups in a setting. People from different cultures come into social contact through: living and working together, visiting other countries (cross-cultural) Cultural psychology, ethnic-minority psychology, cross cultural psychology: cross-cultural psychology: comparison across cultures or countries, not within one society, not interacting.
