PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Italians, Cultural Psychology, Operationalization
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Develop knowledge about the cultures of interest (you have to have some reason for looking at these cultures, in this hypothetical study) Collaborate with others from different cultures (people who could possibly give you insight into what you are trying to look for) Approach based on concerns about bias from being too close to the groups of interest. Psychologists like to have more concrete data to stand on (empirical data) In contrast, anthropologists pride themselves on getting highly invested and involved. Why is cultural psychology different from other disciplines in It would be a very different group of results) Monochronic vs polychronic time (monochronic time: if a interview is at 2 you are there early, its a set/exact time. polychronic: elastic band time very loose) Fatalism (some culture believe in fate others do not) Ethnic homogeneity (what is the difference? we have to look at the multi- dimensionality of it, basically the things above)