Cultural Psychology Flashcards
Introduction Definition Summary of theory Culture and power& control dynamics
Considered an interdisciplinary study,which is a filed that draws from more than one area to form it’s methodologies and theories
Cultural Psychology
Shared rules and laws,handed down from generation to generation,over long periods of time,that govern the behaviour of members of a community or society, and includes
Culture
A set of values,beliefs, and attitudes shared by most members of that community
Culture
Is culture static or constantly shift?
It constantly shift and change in order to produce new hybrid identities
3 cultural levels?
Visible level
Behaviour level
Cognitive/invisible level
What is cognitive level?
Values,norms and precepts that underlie or guide our actions
What is behavioural level?
Observable behaviours through meaning may differ in different cultures
Level of artefacts or material things of life, the meanings and uses of which may be readily discernible to an outsider
Visible level
Study of how psychological tendencies and behavioural tendencies are rooted in and embodied in culture
Cultural Psychology
What is mutual constitution?
Notion that the society and the individual have an influencing effect on another
C.U.L.T.U.R.E?
C-communication U-unique values L-locus of decision making T-translators U- Understanding the patient R- Ritualised practised E-environment