PSYC 329 Exam Long Essay

key methodological differences in cross-cultural, cultural, and indigenous psychologies

cultural → universality and bias in sampling

cross-cultural → culture acknowledged but method stays the same

indigenous → flip the script (bottom up), understand from within cultures

indigenous psychologies

epistemology → a way to understand cultural and psychological phenomena; emphasizes the need to examine the cultural, historical, and philosophical contexts that shape knowledge

phenomology → emphasizes the importance of integrating first-person (subjective) and second-person (relational) knowledge with third-person (objective) analysis

understand cultural practices and emotions as they are experienced within their natural context, rather than imposing external interpretations

Talanoa

research through conversation

depends on factors like social status, customs, rituals, language, etc.

includes cultural ways of talking → why, where, how we talk, and to whom

getting to researcher and participant being on equal grounds (noa)

common ground through stories

talanoa method vs. methodology 

method → how we go about research

• project interviews

methodology → the whole process

talanoa method → the conversations

talanoa methodology → cultural ways of talking, common ground through stories

acculturation and ethnic identity

acculturation → the process of people adapting to a culture different to their own

• understanding how cultures interact

• migration, globalization, bicultural, multiculturalism

issue 1 → maintenance of heritage culture and identity

issue 2 → relationships sought among groups

ethnic identity builds on acculturation

• can shift with acculturation

adapting to acculturation

psychological and sociocultural

falls into cross-cultural

identification with ethnic group

identification with majority group

disaster mental health 

being able to speak the language is key

state of nation (or person) prior to  disaster dictates recovery after

psych support provided by professionals in preparation for, response to, and recovery from 

SHOCK, not intense MH issues

diaspora helps because family and community important

• is first aid

developed into PFA

psychological first aid

supporting people in the aftermath of crisis

be a fellow human and care

not professional or clinical 

key things → food, shelter, water

listening is key skill