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Culture and Psychology

PSY4541 Spring 2006

Information

Time: Tuesday, Wednesday, 11-12:15 Place: Conference RoomInstructor: Dr. William K. Gabrenya, Jr. Language of Instruction: English Phone: x8104 Office Hours: Make appointment - Main office E-mail: gabrenya@fit.edu URL: my.fit.edu/~gabrenya/cultural

Course Goals

1. Sensitize you to cross-cultural and subculturalvariations and issues. It is hoped that this course willencourage you to view psychology in a broadersociocultural perspective, and to appreciate theimportance of culture in understanding the humancondition.

2. Acquaint you with the basic methods and findings of(cross-)cultural psychology and psychologicalanthropology. This information will round out yourknowledge of psychological science, and demonstrate therelationship of psychology to the social sciences.

3. Provide a basic foundation for advanced seminars andresearch on cultural issues, and for graduate studies inthis area.

4. Introduce basic social science concepts and findingsinvolving race, ethnicity and social class in America, anddiscuss the important sociocultural forces, trends andproblems faced by American society in this era.

Projects

Intercultural Interview

I would like you to conduct a brief interview with aninternational student at Florida Tech who is native to aculture different than your own (excluding Canada andUSA). The interview should focus on the respondent'ssubjective experience of being in America, psychologicallyimportant differences between the home and hostsocieties, problems encountered by the person inadjustment, adaptation to American society, acceptanceby others, etc. I would like you to write a short descriptionof your findings (no more than 5 pages). The Gabrenya(1998) article includes details. The interviews will bepresented to the class.

Multicultural Fieldwork

One way to "experience ethnicity" is to participate in theactivities of ethnic groups different than your own. For thisproject, attend a church service associated with a cultureor ethnic group distinctly different than your own.

Females: Visit a church such as an African-Americancongregation; Korean Christians; Haitian Catholics; Jewsfor Jesus; highly fundamentalist/evangical white groups.

Males: Attend Friday Prayers at the Islamic Society ofSouth Brevard Mosque, Florida Avenue.

Write a short description (about one page) of what youdid, how you felt while you were doing it, and what youlearned. Bring back an artifact for show-and-tell. Some ofthe reports will be presented to the class.

Research Proposal

In the end we are scientists and we must generate solid,meaningful research to justify our parasitic relationship tosociety.

Write a brief research proposal in which you develop an

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Grading

Midterm 25%

Final 25%

Seminar readings 25%

Projects 25%

Exams: Take home exams based on the most abstractand confusing material possible.

Extra Credit

Diversity Committee cultural events (TBD)

Write a brief research proposal in which you develop anidea for applying one (or more) of the theories ororientations reviewed in this course to I/O psychology. Becreative! Pretend you have considerable resources foryour research, and you have a couple of years to work onthe project. The proposal should include an Introductionsection and a Method section. You should bring in one ortwo additional articles besides the readings covered in thecourse. The proposal is not meant to be as serious as aproposition or thesis proposal; rather, use yourimagination to think divergently. (You will have a chanceto repeat this project in Multicultural I/O, but after readingthe cultural I/O literature.)

Marx Darwin

Harris Freud

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Schedule V1 Spring 2006

Culture and Psychology - PSY4541

W Date Title Topics Readings Events? DueToday

1 IntroductionWhat this course is about; settingthings up; Why culture? Definingthe fields; indigenous psychology

Lonner 9 (Fernia) Smith - KeynoteGabrenya-Science

Film: Clitorectomy;Video: Shweder

2 CultureDefining culture; Epistemologyand Cultural Psychology;Modernism and Post-modernism

de Munck 1 de Munch 2 Smith- levels intro Triandis AJSP paper

Slide show: Where isthe culture

3 Methodology Cross-Cultural Methods;Anthropological Methods

Chagnon - Yanomamo Segall 2 (methods) Heine et al (2002) - measurement

4 Foundational TheoryBasic Theory: Anthropological,Freudian, Cross-Cultural,materialist models

Bock - Cross-cutlural correlations Gabrenya-levels; Harris '74 Harris '99

5 Modern TheoryEcocultural model, developmentaltheories; an example of a brandnew theory

Berry - Ecocultural model Super & Harkness (in Lonner) -Developmental Niche Nisbett et al. (2001) - holisticthinking

6 Values - General Famous models; a particulartheory

Schwartz & Bardi (2001) Segall 7 Georgas et al. (2004)

Film:The JapaneseVersion

7 Values - Collectivism CollectivismOyserman - main •Bond reply•Fiske reply

8 Social Class Adler et al.; Lott Gabrenya

9 Modernization Marsh - modernization Ingelhart - post-materialism

10 Sex & Gender Hofstede Mas-Fem Hofstede 1Hofstede 5

11 Immigration &Acculturation Immigration patterns

Fredrickson - basic models Phinney (1996) - complexity ofdefining ethinicity Patterson - culturalist approach

Field work reports Field Workdue

12 Ethnicity Theory; immigrant groupsPhinney (2001) - immigrantadjustment Lonner 1 - Duality dilemma

Film:Ethnic Notions

13 Multiculturalism andEthnic Relations Multiculturalism Fowers & Richardson

Huntington (2004) - Hispanics Film:Campus PC Wars

14 CommunicationVerbal and nonverbalcommuniction; interculturalcommunication

Matsumoto 10 more TBD

15 International StudentAdjustment Theory and findings; repatriation Ward 7

Lonner 36 interview reports Interviewdue

Final Exam

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Culture & Psychology Reading ListSpring 2006

Chapters and Articles

Reference

Adler, Nancy E., Boyce, T., Chesney, M. A., Cohen, S., Folkman, S., Kahn, R. L., & Syme, S.L. (1994).Socioeconomic status and health: The challenge of the gradient. American Psychologist, 49(1), 15-24.

Chagnon, N. A., (1968). Yanomamö: The fierce people. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.(Chapter 1: Doing fieldwork among the Yanomamö)

A classic work assigned frequently in anthropology courses.

Berry, John W. (1997). An ecocultural approach to the study of cross-cultural industrial/organizationalpsychology. In P.C. Early and M. Erez (Eds.) New Perspectives on International Industrial/OrganizationalPsychology.

Bock, Philip K. (1999). Rethinking psychological anthropology: Continuity and change in the study of humanaction (2nd ed.). (Chapter 6: Cross-cultural correlations)

de Munck, V. (2001). In the Belly of the Beast: Two Incomplete Theories of Culture and WhyThey Dominate the Social Sciences (Parts 1 and 2). Cross-Cultural Psychology Bulletin, 35(2),14-21; 35(3), 5-7.

Fowers, Blaine, & Richardson, F. C. (1996). Why is multiculturalism good? American Psychologist, 51(6),609-621. (Plus replies to the article)

Fredrickson, George M. (1999). Models of American ethnic relations: A historical perspective. In D. A.Prentice, & D. T. Miller (Eds.), Culture divides: Understanding and overcoming conflict (pp. 23-34). NewYork: Russell Sage Foundation.

Gabrenya, William K. Jr. (1998). The intercultural interview. In T. Singelis (Ed.), Teaching aboutculture, ethnicity, and diversity. Thousand Oaks: Sage

Gabrenya, W. K., Jr. (1999). Psychological Anthropology and the "levels of analysis" problem: We marriedthe wrong cousin. In J.-C. Lasry, J. Adair, & K. Dion (Eds.), Latest contributions to Cross-Cultural Psychology(pp. 333-351). The Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger.

Gabrenya, W. K. Jr. (2003). Research skills for psychology majors: Everything you need to know to getstarted. Chapter Theory-2: Philosophy of science.

Link

Gabrenya, W. K. Jr. (2003). Culture and social class . Unpublished manuscript. Link

Georgas, James et al. (2004) The ecocultural framework, ecosocial indices, andpsychological variables in cross-cutlural research. JCCP 35(1).

Harris, Marvin (1974). Cows, pigs, wars, and witches: The riddles of culture. New York:Random House. (Chapter 1: Mother Cow)Famous essay by the controversial, late University of Florida anthropologist.

Harris, M. (1999). Theories of culture in postmodern times. AltaMira Press: WalnutCreek,CA. (Chapter 11: Cultural Materialism)

Hatfield, Elaine; & Rapson, Richard L. (1996). Love and sex: Cross-cultural perspectives.Needham Heights,MA: Allyn & Bacon. Chapters 4 and 5.

Hofstede, Geert (1998).Masculinity and femininity: The taboo dimension of nationalcultures. Chapters 1, 5

Huntington, Samuel P. (2004). The Hispanic challenge. Foreign Policy Review. link

Heine, S. J. et al.(2002). What's wrong with cross-cultural comparisons of subjective Likert scales?The reference-group effect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82(6), 903-918.

Lonner, W. J., & Malpass, R. (1994). Psychology and culture. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.Chapters: Fernia; Adamopolous; Hickson

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Lott, Bernice (2002). Cognitive and behavioral distancing from the poor. American Psychologist, 57(2), 100-110.

Matsumoto, David, & Juang, Linda. (2004). Culture and psychology: People around theworld (3rd ed.). Wadsworth. Chapter 10

Phinney, Jean (1996). When we talk about American ethnic groups, what do wemean? American Psychologist, 51(9), 918-927.

Phinney, J. S., Horenczyk, G., Liebkind, K., & Vedder, P. (2001). Ethnic identity,immigration, and well-being: An international perspective. Journal of Social Issues,57(3), 493-510.

Oyserman, Daphna, Coon, H. M., & Kemmelmeier, M. (2002). Rethinking individualism and collectivism:Evaluation of theoretical assumptions and meta-analyses. Psychological Bulletin, 128(1), 3-72.

+ Replies by: Bond, Fiske

Bardi, A., & Schwartz, S. H. (2003). Values and behavior: Strength and structure of relations.Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29(10), 1207-1220.

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Segall, Marshall H., Dasen, P. R., Berry, J. W., & Poortinga, Y. H. (1999). Humanbehavior in global perspective (2nd Ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Chapters 2, 3, 7

Smith, Peter B. (2004). Nations, cultures, and individuals: New perspectives and olddilemmas. JCCP 35(1), 6-12.

Nisbett, Richard E., Peng, Kaiping, Choi, Incheol, & Norenzayan, Ara (2001). Culture and systems ofthought: Holistic versus analytic cognition. Psychological Review, 108(2), 291-310.

Ward, Colleen; Bochner, Stephen; & Furnham, Adrian (2001). The psychology of culture shock (2nd ed.).East Sussex, U.K.: Routledge. Chapter 7: Sojourners: International students

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