PSYC 3350 Chapter 1: Chapter 1.doc
3 Mar 2012
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Chapter 1; an introduction to culture and psychology. Build a body of knowledge about people (understand behaviour when it happens, explain why, and predict; conduct research and create theories) Taking that body of knowledge and applying it to intervene in people"s lives, to make those lives better. Cross cultural psychology; a research methodology that tests the cultural parameters of psychological knowledge. Traditionally, it involves research on human behaviour that compares psychological processes between two or more cultures. It is a matter of scientific philosophy that is the logic underlying the methods used to conduct research and generate knowledge in psychology. Involves the inclusion of people of different cultural backgrounds a specific type of change in the parameters of research methods. A way of understanding principles about human behaviours within a global perspective. Examining whether psychological theories and principles are universal (true or applicable for all people of all cultures) or culture-specific (true for some people of some cultures)
