SUMMARY CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
ISABELLE L. MEIJER
Lily Meijer
[BEDRIJFSNAAM] [Bedrijfsadres]
,Inhoud
Video Lecture 1.1 – What is culture?...........................................................................................................8
Goals of cross-cultural psychology...........................................................................................................8
Theoretical approaches...........................................................................................................................8
Video Lecture 1.2 – WEIRD culture..............................................................................................................9
Educated vs non-educated Americans...................................................................................................11
Video Lecture 1.3 – Conceptualizing culture.............................................................................................11
Hierarchy of interpretations (Poortinga)...............................................................................................11
Video Lecture 2.1 – Methods and bias......................................................................................................12
Types of studies.....................................................................................................................................12
Features of studies................................................................................................................................12
Ecological fallacy....................................................................................................................................12
Cultural essentialism..............................................................................................................................12
Bias in research......................................................................................................................................12
Mixed methods......................................................................................................................................13
Bias and equivalence.............................................................................................................................13
The goal is equivalence..........................................................................................................................14
Video Lecture 2.2 – Everyday biases and fallacies.....................................................................................14
Ethnocentrism.......................................................................................................................................14
Language – evaluative bias....................................................................................................................15
Assimilation bias/belief perseverance effect.........................................................................................15
Fundamental attribution error...............................................................................................................15
Self-fulfilling prophecies........................................................................................................................15
Video Lecture 3.1 – Cultural transmission.................................................................................................16
Socialization and enculturation.............................................................................................................16
Family structure.....................................................................................................................................16
Norms, customs, child care: parental ethnotheories.............................................................................17
Culture and temperament.....................................................................................................................17
Bias in constructs and methods.............................................................................................................17
Video Lecture 3.2 – Cultural change..........................................................................................................18
Ageing societies.....................................................................................................................................18
Video Lecture 3.3 – Parenting styles..........................................................................................................18
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, Cultural differences................................................................................................................................19
Video Lecture 3.4 – Prototypical parenting behavior................................................................................20
Prototypic eco-social contexts...............................................................................................................20
Socialization goals..................................................................................................................................20
Independent parenting strategy............................................................................................................20
Interdependent strategy........................................................................................................................20
Autonomous related strategy................................................................................................................20
Co-sleeping............................................................................................................................................20
Video Lecture 3.5 – Mirror self-recognition...............................................................................................21
Video Lecture 4.1 – The self.......................................................................................................................21
Assessment examples............................................................................................................................21
Self-esteem and self enhancement.......................................................................................................22
Better than average effect.....................................................................................................................22
Identity..................................................................................................................................................22
Ethnic identity formation.......................................................................................................................22
Partial identities.....................................................................................................................................22
Video Lecture 4.2 – Biculturalism and priming..........................................................................................23
Biculturalism – Framboise (1993)..........................................................................................................23
Multiple cultural references..................................................................................................................23
Bicultural Identity integration................................................................................................................25
Video Lecture 5.1 – Language....................................................................................................................25
Self-other referents...............................................................................................................................25
Gestures.................................................................................................................................................26
Video Lecture 5.2 – Bilingualism................................................................................................................26
What is the effect of speaking two languages?......................................................................................26
Video Lecture 5.3 – Business blunders......................................................................................................26
Who benefits from intercultural competence?.....................................................................................26
Video Lecture 5.4 – ICC Approaches, Assessment and training.................................................................27
Approaches............................................................................................................................................28
Development and testing......................................................................................................................28
Tools......................................................................................................................................................29
Video Lecture 6.1 – Acculturation – general..............................................................................................29
What is acculturation?...........................................................................................................................29
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, Acculturating groups..............................................................................................................................29
Dimensions and models: maintenance and adoption............................................................................29
Acculturation framework.......................................................................................................................30
Video Lecture 6.2 – Assessment of acculturation......................................................................................31
Video Lecture 6.3 – Acculturation conditions............................................................................................31
Plural societies.......................................................................................................................................31
Immigrant acculturation orientations....................................................................................................33
Immigrant x Host perspective................................................................................................................33
Importance of intergroup perception and perceived cultural distance.................................................34
Video Lecture 6.4 – Multiculturalism.........................................................................................................34
Stability of multiculturalism...................................................................................................................34
What part of multiculturalism is most relevant in NL?..........................................................................35
Video Lecture 6.5 – Return Migration........................................................................................................35
Transnationalism...................................................................................................................................35
Video Lecture 6.6 – Multiculturalism vs Feminism....................................................................................36
Who benefits from multiculturalism?....................................................................................................36
Video Lecture 6.7 Remote Acculturation and enculturation.....................................................................37
Remote Acculturation:...........................................................................................................................37
Remote Enculturation:...........................................................................................................................37
Video Lecture 7.1 – Personality (overview)...............................................................................................38
What is personality?..............................................................................................................................38
Five-factor model / Big Five...................................................................................................................38
Etic approach (trait approach)...............................................................................................................38
Trait approach / Etic / Imposed Etic Approach......................................................................................39
The Emic approach................................................................................................................................40
The combined Emic-Etic Approach........................................................................................................40
Video Lecture 7.2 – South African Personality Inventory (SAPI)................................................................41
South Africa and psychological testing..................................................................................................41
The first phase (Culture-specific or emic)..............................................................................................41
The second phase (Item development or etic)......................................................................................42
The third phase (cross-cultural or emic & etic)......................................................................................42
Can all trait dimensions be valid?..........................................................................................................42
Video Lecture 8.1 – Culture and Cognition (overview)..............................................................................43
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ISABELLE L. MEIJER
Lily Meijer
[BEDRIJFSNAAM] [Bedrijfsadres]
,Inhoud
Video Lecture 1.1 – What is culture?...........................................................................................................8
Goals of cross-cultural psychology...........................................................................................................8
Theoretical approaches...........................................................................................................................8
Video Lecture 1.2 – WEIRD culture..............................................................................................................9
Educated vs non-educated Americans...................................................................................................11
Video Lecture 1.3 – Conceptualizing culture.............................................................................................11
Hierarchy of interpretations (Poortinga)...............................................................................................11
Video Lecture 2.1 – Methods and bias......................................................................................................12
Types of studies.....................................................................................................................................12
Features of studies................................................................................................................................12
Ecological fallacy....................................................................................................................................12
Cultural essentialism..............................................................................................................................12
Bias in research......................................................................................................................................12
Mixed methods......................................................................................................................................13
Bias and equivalence.............................................................................................................................13
The goal is equivalence..........................................................................................................................14
Video Lecture 2.2 – Everyday biases and fallacies.....................................................................................14
Ethnocentrism.......................................................................................................................................14
Language – evaluative bias....................................................................................................................15
Assimilation bias/belief perseverance effect.........................................................................................15
Fundamental attribution error...............................................................................................................15
Self-fulfilling prophecies........................................................................................................................15
Video Lecture 3.1 – Cultural transmission.................................................................................................16
Socialization and enculturation.............................................................................................................16
Family structure.....................................................................................................................................16
Norms, customs, child care: parental ethnotheories.............................................................................17
Culture and temperament.....................................................................................................................17
Bias in constructs and methods.............................................................................................................17
Video Lecture 3.2 – Cultural change..........................................................................................................18
Ageing societies.....................................................................................................................................18
Video Lecture 3.3 – Parenting styles..........................................................................................................18
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, Cultural differences................................................................................................................................19
Video Lecture 3.4 – Prototypical parenting behavior................................................................................20
Prototypic eco-social contexts...............................................................................................................20
Socialization goals..................................................................................................................................20
Independent parenting strategy............................................................................................................20
Interdependent strategy........................................................................................................................20
Autonomous related strategy................................................................................................................20
Co-sleeping............................................................................................................................................20
Video Lecture 3.5 – Mirror self-recognition...............................................................................................21
Video Lecture 4.1 – The self.......................................................................................................................21
Assessment examples............................................................................................................................21
Self-esteem and self enhancement.......................................................................................................22
Better than average effect.....................................................................................................................22
Identity..................................................................................................................................................22
Ethnic identity formation.......................................................................................................................22
Partial identities.....................................................................................................................................22
Video Lecture 4.2 – Biculturalism and priming..........................................................................................23
Biculturalism – Framboise (1993)..........................................................................................................23
Multiple cultural references..................................................................................................................23
Bicultural Identity integration................................................................................................................25
Video Lecture 5.1 – Language....................................................................................................................25
Self-other referents...............................................................................................................................25
Gestures.................................................................................................................................................26
Video Lecture 5.2 – Bilingualism................................................................................................................26
What is the effect of speaking two languages?......................................................................................26
Video Lecture 5.3 – Business blunders......................................................................................................26
Who benefits from intercultural competence?.....................................................................................26
Video Lecture 5.4 – ICC Approaches, Assessment and training.................................................................27
Approaches............................................................................................................................................28
Development and testing......................................................................................................................28
Tools......................................................................................................................................................29
Video Lecture 6.1 – Acculturation – general..............................................................................................29
What is acculturation?...........................................................................................................................29
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, Acculturating groups..............................................................................................................................29
Dimensions and models: maintenance and adoption............................................................................29
Acculturation framework.......................................................................................................................30
Video Lecture 6.2 – Assessment of acculturation......................................................................................31
Video Lecture 6.3 – Acculturation conditions............................................................................................31
Plural societies.......................................................................................................................................31
Immigrant acculturation orientations....................................................................................................33
Immigrant x Host perspective................................................................................................................33
Importance of intergroup perception and perceived cultural distance.................................................34
Video Lecture 6.4 – Multiculturalism.........................................................................................................34
Stability of multiculturalism...................................................................................................................34
What part of multiculturalism is most relevant in NL?..........................................................................35
Video Lecture 6.5 – Return Migration........................................................................................................35
Transnationalism...................................................................................................................................35
Video Lecture 6.6 – Multiculturalism vs Feminism....................................................................................36
Who benefits from multiculturalism?....................................................................................................36
Video Lecture 6.7 Remote Acculturation and enculturation.....................................................................37
Remote Acculturation:...........................................................................................................................37
Remote Enculturation:...........................................................................................................................37
Video Lecture 7.1 – Personality (overview)...............................................................................................38
What is personality?..............................................................................................................................38
Five-factor model / Big Five...................................................................................................................38
Etic approach (trait approach)...............................................................................................................38
Trait approach / Etic / Imposed Etic Approach......................................................................................39
The Emic approach................................................................................................................................40
The combined Emic-Etic Approach........................................................................................................40
Video Lecture 7.2 – South African Personality Inventory (SAPI)................................................................41
South Africa and psychological testing..................................................................................................41
The first phase (Culture-specific or emic)..............................................................................................41
The second phase (Item development or etic)......................................................................................42
The third phase (cross-cultural or emic & etic)......................................................................................42
Can all trait dimensions be valid?..........................................................................................................42
Video Lecture 8.1 – Culture and Cognition (overview)..............................................................................43
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