PSY321H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Femininity, Social Status, Externality
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Chapter 1 notes: an introduction to culture and psychology (print glossary and certain diagrams) fix line spacing. Increasing diversifying of the world brings with it challenges such as misunderstanding, confusion, and conflict. These 3 things makes intercultural relations and cultural diversity challenging. Aim of this book: turn the challenge of cultural diversity into an opportunity. Psychology: the science specifically concerned with the mental processes and behavioral characteristics of people. Cultural psychology psychology with a cultural perspective. Cultural psychology meets the challenge of cultural diversity. Psychologists seek to understand behavior when it happens, explain why it happens, and even predict it before it happens. Psychologists achieve this by conducting research and creating theories of behavior. 2)second goal of psychology involves taking that body of knowledge and applying it to intervene in people"s lives, to make those lives better. Psychologists achieve this in many ways: as therapists, counselors.