PSYCH 33400
Cultural Psychology · 3 credits · Spring 2027
Requirements
Prerequisites: ENGL 12000 and PSYCH 24800 and (PSYCH 24900 or PSYCH 25000) and PSYCH 23000. Only open to PSYCH BA, MHC PSYCH BA majors.
About this course
As our society becomes more multi-cultural, the question of how culture impacts psychological processes is increasingly important. The goal of this course is to expose students to the ways that cultural meanings, practices, and institutions influence and reflect individual human psychologies, with an emphasis on cultural variability in psychological theories and research findings. Topics include but are not limited to: a) What is cultural psychology; b) Research methods in cultural psychology; c) Historical and conceptual issues in cultural psychology d) cross-cultural models of self, attention, perception, morality, memory, human development and health, e) cultural differences in gender effects and f) policy implications of cultural psychology.
Seat status as of Oct 3, 5:51 AM ET. Seats can change between refreshes.