Indigenous Psychology Flashcards
What is pernicious?
A harmful effect in a gradual, subtle way
What is cross-cultural psychology?
How psychological processes shape cultural practices.
Tests universality.
Represents an etic approach.
What is cultural psychology?
How cultural practices shape psychological processes.
Denies universality.
Represents an emic approach.
What is etic?
From without
What is emic?
From within
What is ethnocentrism?
Belief in the superiority of one’s own ethnic group.
The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one’s own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
What is monoculturalism?
The process of supporting, advocating, or allowing the expression of the culture of a single social or ethnic group in a specific area.
What is culture?
Culture is the amalgamation of ideas, customs and behaviours that exist in human societies.
What is xenocentrism?
A culturally-based tendency to value other cultures more highly than one’s own
What are the three approaches to cultural psychology?
Cross-cultural, cultural and indigenous psychology
What are WEIRD people?
Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich, and Democratic nations/cultures
What is WASP?
Western, Academic, Scientific Psychology
What is Acculturation?
The psychological and social changes experienced by an individual or group, when they enter and remain within a new and different cultural context.
What is colonization?
a process by which a central system of power dominates the surrounding land and its components.
