What is Culture and Why Should Psychologists be Interested?

What is Culture and Why Should Psychologists be Interested?

What is Culture and Why Should Psychologists be Interested?

Based on your review of the Learning Resources, post your responses to the following questions.

  • What are some definitions of culture that researchers have utilized?
  • What is a definition of culture that resonates with you and why?
  • Why should psychologists be interested in understanding culture?

Please use the required resources I uploaded to help with this. Please cite & use APA Format

Be sure to support your work with specific references to the Learning Resources and identify current relevant literature to support your work.

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Required Readings

Arnett, J. (2009). The neglected 95%, a challenge to psychology’s philosophy of science. American Psychologist, 64(6), 571–574.

Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Abi-Hashem, N. (2015). Revisiting cultural awareness and cultural relevancy. The American Psychologist, 70(7), 66–661.

Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Hwang, K. K. (2013). Linking science to culture: Challenge to psychologists. Social Epistemology, 27(1), 105–122. DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2012.760665

Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Benjamin, L., & Baker, D. (2012). The internationalization of psychology: A history. In D. Baker (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of the history of psychology: Global perspectives (pp. 1–30). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Credit Line: The Internationalization of Psychology: A History by Benjamin, L. and Baker, D. Copyright 2012. Oxford University Press. Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press via the Copyright Clearance Center.

 

Ratner, C. (2008). Cultural psychology, cross-cultural psychology, indigenous psychology [electronic resource]. New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

  • Chapter 1: “Cultural Psychology” (pp. 1–11)

Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Guest, K. (2014). Culture. In K. Guest (Ed.), Cultural anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age (2nd ed., pp. 35–46). New York, NY: W.W. Norton.

Credit Line: Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age, 2nd Edition by Guest, K.  Copyright 2014 by W. W. Norton & Company. Reprinted by permission of W. W. Norton & Company via the Copyright Clearance Center.

 

Henrich, J., Heine, S. J., & Norenzayan, A. (2010). The weirdest people in the world? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33, 61–83. doi:10.1017/S0140525X0999152X2055073310.1017/S0140525X0999152X2010-14802-001.

Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

van de Vijver, F. J. R. (2013). Contributions of internationalization to psychology: Toward a global and inclusive discipline. American Psychologist, 68(8), 761–770.

Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

 

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