Chapter 12

Question 1

Acculturation

Answer 1

Considered in the context of immigration, the process of an individual’s adjustment to a new culture

Question 2

Censorship

Answer 2

The restrictive practice of
reviewing and determining what is appropriate for publication or broadcasting—according to moral, ideological, or political considerations.

Question 3

Counseling

Answer 3

The act of providing psychological direction or advice as to a decision or course
of action.

Question 4

Organization Development

Answer 4

A set of planned changes targeting at improving organizational and individual performance and well being in a private business or government company. Applied to cross-cultural psychology, organization development means the creation of an atmosphere that incorporates cultural and cross-cultural knowledge into the work process to increase both the overall efficiency
and psychological satisfaction in the workplace.

Question 5

Pseudo-science

Answer 5

Knowledge and its applications that appear scientific but are not based on the scientific method.

Question 6

Refugee

Answer 6

One who has left one’s native country
and is unwilling or unable to return to it because of persecution or fear of persecution (because of race, religion, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion).

Question 7

Spirituality

Answer 7

A broad range of phenomena
concerning “nonmaterial” matters related to
faith, trust, and hope, in contrast to “material” matters related to ownership, accumulation of possessions, and competition. In psychological context, spirituality emphasizes mind over matter, being over having, and mental effort over physical action.