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The sociocultural perspective is a theory used in fields such as psychology and education and is used to describe awareness of circumstances surrounding individuals and how their behaviors are affected specifically by their surrounding, social and cultural factors. According to Catherine A. Sanderson (2010) “Sociocultural perspective: A ...
There has been a recent effort by researchers to explore how concepts of Positive Psychology differ between cultures, as well as how culture influences how individuals view the good life. For example, Snyder's chapter (2009) [27] explores the way in which culture affects positive psychology. More specifically, Snyder acknowledges the fact that ...
Cultural psychology is often confused with cross-cultural psychology.Even though both fields influence each other, cultural psychology is distinct from cross-cultural psychology in that cross-cultural psychologists generally use culture as a means of testing the universality of psychological processes rather than determining how local cultural practices shape psychological processes. [12]
Several scales have been developed to capture different types of discrimination, with over 90% of scales designed by researchers in the U.S. [25] Racism, for example, is most often measured using the Perceived Racism Scale, the Schedule of Racists Events, the Index of Race Related Stress, and the Racism and Life Experiences Scale. [6] [26]
Cultural competence is a practice of values and attitudes that aims to optimize the healthcare experience of patients with cross cultural backgrounds. [6] Essential elements that enable organizations to become culturally competent include valuing diversity, having the capacity for cultural self-assessment, being conscious of the dynamics inherent when cultures interact, having ...
It is a blended health belief system of both biological and supernatural causes to illnesses. Generally, Filipinos consider multiple factors that contribute a particular illness and rarely believe in a sole cause of disease. [27] An individual may consider a natural over a non-natural cause for an illness depending on their socio-cultural ...
"Belief in a religion helps one understand the meaning of life;" "Religious faith contributes to good mental health." [3] Fate control: "...a belief that life events are determined by grand external forces, but reassuringly, there are some ways for people to influence the impact of these forces."
Cross-cultural psychology is differentiated from (but influences and is influenced by), cultural psychology, which refers to the branch of psychology that holds that human behavior is strongly influenced by cultural differences, meaning that psychological phenomena can only be compared with each other across cultures to a limited extent. In ...