PSY 2042 Psychology & Culture

This course introduces students to the area of cultural psychology, a sub-discipline of psychology that focuses on how culture influences how people think and behave. Students will examine the ways in which culture influences cognition, development, emotion, the self, personality, cultural values, and psychological orientations, morality, concepts of gender, and mental health. In addition, the course will focus on the processes of globalization, immigration, and intergroup conflict and social change and how they pertain to our understanding of culture. Prerequisite: PSY 1004 Fundamentals of Psychology

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Credits

3

Notes

Prerequisite or Corequisite: PSY 1004