PSY100H1 : ch 16
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The field of cultural psychology emerged because most researchers believe that culture plays a prominent role in our mental lives. The second important reason is to see if behaviors and mental processes are the same in all cultures. Cultural differences in psychological processes tend to increase as people age and are socialized into their respective cultural worlds. Being socialized in a particular cultural context affects much of how people think. Acculturation is the process by which people migrate to and come to learn a culture that is different from their original culture. A common pattern of adjustment for acculturation forms a u-shape curve. I t has three phases: the honeymoon stage, crisis, or culture shock and. The difficulties of immigration is the fact that people from different cultures are not always treated with equal respect. F rame-switching: the shifting of thoughts and behaviors to those appropriate for a given cultural context.
