Running head: CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology
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PSY/450
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Professor
, Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology
Culture is the knowledge and values that are shared by a society at a given
time. Psychology is the science of mental health. Therefore, cultural psychology is the
science of mental health as affected by the specific society. The comparative and
critical study of cultural affects of the human psychology in different cultures is known
as cross-cultural psychology, while cultural psychology seeks to understand how
culture affects an individual’s behavior (Shiraev & Levy, 2010). This paper will examine
cross-cultural and cultural psychology and analyze the connection between the two. It
will also discuss the use of critical thinking in cross-cultural psychology. It will also
examine the methodology used with cross-cultural psychology.
Cultural and Cross-Cultural Psychology Relationship
Cross-cultural psychology and cultural psychology are closely connected yet there
are differences also (Stambulova, & Alfermann, 2009). Cross-cultural society consists of
comparing the differences and similarities between differing societies or cultures.
According to Lu and Kao (2002), the implications of the differences between collectivism and
individualism concern the connection between the individual and the group. Cultural
Psychology is concerned with a single society and the features that make up the society. It
studies the factors of culture, race, society, and ethnicity. It understands that no culture is
completely homogeneous. Every culture has been studied down to the beginning of that
culture including biology, evolution, motivations, neurology, and cognitive foundations (Berry,
2004). The researchers in cross-cultural psychology take features of two or more cultures to
examine the similarities and the differences that exist to determine the core concepts
of the society in general. Cross-cultural psychology is focused more on the
development of the individual in a particular society based on his or her behaviors
and the way the view his or her own behavior. In the earliest studies of cross-cultural
Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology
Name
PSY/450
Date
Professor
, Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology
Culture is the knowledge and values that are shared by a society at a given
time. Psychology is the science of mental health. Therefore, cultural psychology is the
science of mental health as affected by the specific society. The comparative and
critical study of cultural affects of the human psychology in different cultures is known
as cross-cultural psychology, while cultural psychology seeks to understand how
culture affects an individual’s behavior (Shiraev & Levy, 2010). This paper will examine
cross-cultural and cultural psychology and analyze the connection between the two. It
will also discuss the use of critical thinking in cross-cultural psychology. It will also
examine the methodology used with cross-cultural psychology.
Cultural and Cross-Cultural Psychology Relationship
Cross-cultural psychology and cultural psychology are closely connected yet there
are differences also (Stambulova, & Alfermann, 2009). Cross-cultural society consists of
comparing the differences and similarities between differing societies or cultures.
According to Lu and Kao (2002), the implications of the differences between collectivism and
individualism concern the connection between the individual and the group. Cultural
Psychology is concerned with a single society and the features that make up the society. It
studies the factors of culture, race, society, and ethnicity. It understands that no culture is
completely homogeneous. Every culture has been studied down to the beginning of that
culture including biology, evolution, motivations, neurology, and cognitive foundations (Berry,
2004). The researchers in cross-cultural psychology take features of two or more cultures to
examine the similarities and the differences that exist to determine the core concepts
of the society in general. Cross-cultural psychology is focused more on the
development of the individual in a particular society based on his or her behaviors
and the way the view his or her own behavior. In the earliest studies of cross-cultural
