PYC4802 – Psychopathology
Assignment 02 [2021]
Aim of Assignment 02
To familiarise yourself with alternative worldviews to western aetiology models, in
addition to a different view on mental health, mental wellness and abnormal
psychology
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1. According to Burke et al. (2019), ethnocentrism…
(a) refers to judging other people from within one’s own cultural perspective.
(b) encourages cultural diversity and sensitivity.
(c) is an important challenge in understanding the role of culture, ethnicity and race in
the socio-political and economic development of diverse ethnic and cultural populations.
(d) is problematic when one views one’s own culture as superior to other cultures.
Choose the correct answer:
(1) (a), (b) and (c)
(2) (a), (b) and (d)
(3) (a), (c) and (d)
(4) (b), (c) and (d)
2. According to African Personality Theory…
(a) A person exists because of other people.
(b) There is a powerful being that supersedes all of us.
(c) Ancestors play a crucial role in people’s lives by communicating with God on
behalf of the living.
(d) The ‘spirit principle’ represents a soul that dies once outside the existence of the
body.
Choose the correct answer:
(1) (a), (b) and (c)
(2) (a), (b) and (d)
(3) (a), (c) and (d)
(4) (b), (c) and (d)
Additional Reading
Question 1
Ethnocentrism is defined as the evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions
originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture. In psychology,
Ethnocentrism refers to a tendency to use your own culture as the standard by which to
judge and evaluate other cultures. Ethnocentrism also encompasses the belief in the
inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group of culture, in other words, thinking your culture
is better than the rest. An example of ethnocentrism in culture is the Asian cultures where
the preferred way of eating is to use chopsticks with every meal, as opposed to using forks.
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Assignment 02 [2021]
Aim of Assignment 02
To familiarise yourself with alternative worldviews to western aetiology models, in
addition to a different view on mental health, mental wellness and abnormal
psychology
, PREVIEW PAGE
1. According to Burke et al. (2019), ethnocentrism…
(a) refers to judging other people from within one’s own cultural perspective.
(b) encourages cultural diversity and sensitivity.
(c) is an important challenge in understanding the role of culture, ethnicity and race in
the socio-political and economic development of diverse ethnic and cultural populations.
(d) is problematic when one views one’s own culture as superior to other cultures.
Choose the correct answer:
(1) (a), (b) and (c)
(2) (a), (b) and (d)
(3) (a), (c) and (d)
(4) (b), (c) and (d)
2. According to African Personality Theory…
(a) A person exists because of other people.
(b) There is a powerful being that supersedes all of us.
(c) Ancestors play a crucial role in people’s lives by communicating with God on
behalf of the living.
(d) The ‘spirit principle’ represents a soul that dies once outside the existence of the
body.
Choose the correct answer:
(1) (a), (b) and (c)
(2) (a), (b) and (d)
(3) (a), (c) and (d)
(4) (b), (c) and (d)
Additional Reading
Question 1
Ethnocentrism is defined as the evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions
originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture. In psychology,
Ethnocentrism refers to a tendency to use your own culture as the standard by which to
judge and evaluate other cultures. Ethnocentrism also encompasses the belief in the
inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group of culture, in other words, thinking your culture
is better than the rest. An example of ethnocentrism in culture is the Asian cultures where
the preferred way of eating is to use chopsticks with every meal, as opposed to using forks.
PREVIEW PAGE
