PSYC 335 Chapter 4: PSYC 335 chap 4: The Role of Culture in Developing Strength & Well-being
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The role of culture in developing strengths & living well. Dr. satcher surgeon general of the us, served from 1998 to 2002. The need to acknowledge cultural influences also applies to our efforts to understand educational successes, psyc strengths, & the nature of the good life & this need is unmet according to the critics of positive psyc. Critics state that most strength-focused scholarship fails to address cultural influences in research plans, service delivery, & program evaluations. Call for more discussion on how culture counts in positive psyc research & practice. Culture must be viewed in a broad sense as including facets such as a race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religion, disability, & nation of origin. Each facet may have diff meaning, relevance, & salience in the lives of unique individuals & all may affect what"s decided to be a positive behaviour or trait w/i a particular cultural context.
