Essays Tagged: "Cultural psychology"

Contextual Perspective

naware of how they reached that point in their lives.Within this perspective is Lev Vygotsky's sociocultural theory. I love working with children. They are so innocent in everything they do and it ama ... 7, & 8), who are very intelligent, but my youngest blows me away, which is why I think the sociocultural theory sparked my interest. "Vygotsky's sociocultural theory asserts that complex forms of ...

(2 pages) 37 0 0.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

A comparison of the perceptions of Love, Anger, and Guilt in Portugal and the United States and implications for counseling

In recent years, researchers have conducted studies in an emerging field known as “cultural psychology”. This sub-discipline of psychology seeks to examine the various cultural f ... searchers have identified that the ways people evaluate different feelings is largely influenced by cultural factors and may have implications for the counseling process ( Page & O’Leary, 199 ... al experiences, but research has consistently identified three emotions that seem to operate across cultural boundaries. These emotions are love, anger and guilt ( Scheff, 1985). Although similar emot ...

(19 pages) 21 0 0.0 May/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Cross Cultural Psychology

Today there are many fields of psychology but cross cultural psychology is the only one that focuses on the study of human behavior in diverse cultures. ... pe of psychology. This paper will examine the critical thinking and methodology involved with cross cultural psychology.Cross cultural psychology is a field of psychology that has been around since 19 ... since 1972. This branch of psychology is different from any other and has continued to grow. Cross-cultural psychology examines psychological diversity and the underlying reasons for such diversity. ...

(4 pages) 98 0 5.0 Jan/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Cross Cultural Psychology

Cross Cultural � PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT �6� Running Head: CROSS CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGYCross ... LTURAL PSYCHOLOGYCross Cultural PsychologySandra LattinPsy/450Tanya JamesUniversity of PhoenixCross Cultural PsychologyPsychology in whole has many fields in which to study. Cross cultural psychology ... its main focus is on the study of human behavior in diverse cultures. This paper will define cross cultural psychology and examine the critical thinking and methodology involved with it.Cross cultura ...

(5 pages) 28 0 0.0 Sep/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Cross Cultural Psychology

Introduction to Cross-Cultural PsychologyPSY/450�Cross-Cultural PsychologyPsychology in whole has many fields in wh ... SY/450�Cross-Cultural PsychologyPsychology in whole has many fields in which to study. Cross-cultural psychology is one of many and its main focus is on the study of human behavior in diverse c ... its main focus is on the study of human behavior in diverse cultures. This paper will define cross-cultural psychology and examine the critical thinking and methodology involved with it.Relationship ...

(5 pages) 22 0 0.0 Dec/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Introduction to Cross-cultural Psychology Paper

Introduction to Cross-cultural Psychology PaperAs personality is a relatively enduring set of personal traits and unique c ... artin-Santana (2008) proposed that advertising has a cyclical effect on culture-reinforcing certain cultural norms which in turn reinforce cultural characteristics-except that this cyclical action has ... cteristics-except that this cyclical action has no basis in race, religion, or society, but only in cultural background (i.e. Western, Eastern, African, etc…). It should be clear that culture i ...

(5 pages) 6 0 0.0 Sep/2012

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

What is Environmental Psychology

ents, and informational environments (De Young, 1999). Unlike other branches of psychology, such as cultural psychology, environmental psychology does not place emphasis on how the interactions among ...

(3 pages) 2 0 0.0 Jan/2013

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science