Multicultural Psychology-

What is multicultural psychology?

the study of behavior, cognitions, and affect in settings where people of different backgrounds interact.

Worldview

-culture as an internal factors = worldview

worldview = a psychological perception of the environment that determines how we think, behave, and feel

Culture Contact-

when people from different cultures interact, which often leads to changes in both cultures

What are the 6 uses of culture in everyday language?

1) Descriptive

2) Historical

3) Normative

4) Psychological

5) Structural

6) Genetic

Descriptive

specific behaviors and activities associated with a culture

-spanish language

Historical

a groups heritage and traditions

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Normative

the rules that govern the behavior of a group

Ex:

Psychological

emphasizes behavioral processes (learning
and problem solving)

-The process of learning a new language or adjust to a new culture

Structural:

reflects the organizational elements of a culture

Genetic:

the origins of that culture

Ethnicity:

A combination of race and culture, determined by both physical and cultural characteristics

The Biopsychosocial Model-

1) Biological level

2) Cognitive-affective level

3) Social-interpersonal level

4) Social institutional level

5) Cultural level

Biological level:

physiological and genetic makeup

Cognitive-affective level:

thoughts and emotions

Social-interpersonal level:

impact of social relationships

Social institutional level:

clusters of social relationships in which people work together to address a basic human or societal need

Cultural level:

all behavior exists within a cultural context

Ethnical Psychology/Racial Psychology:

the study of the minds of other races and peoples

G.R. Stetson (1897)

Black children outperformed White children
-Measure was deemed not valid

-Alice C. Strong (1912)

Mulatto Hypothesis: “Colored children are
mentally younger than the White” and lighter-
complexioned Black Children obtained higher
mental scores

-B.A. Phillips (1914)-

separate educational training

Pyle (1915) –

Negro two-thirds of Whites;
“fractioned” man

Eugenics:

a movement that maintains that only “good
genes” should be passed from generation to
generation and that “undesirable” groups should be
dissuaded from reproducing.