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Intercultural Psychology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:13.02.2024 14:46:49
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VPUPK_130 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology | Target Audience: | Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Edijs Zemvaldis | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppk rsu[pnkts]lv, +37167061587 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | General Psychology. Cognitive Psychology. Personality and Developmental Psychology. Social Psychology. Clinical Psychology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To deepen students’ understanding of the connection between culture and psychology and to improve the ability to analyse the possible effects of culture on various individual and group mental states, processes, characteristics, individual and group behaviour. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept of culture. The link between psychology and culture. Universal and specific in culture. Culture and ethnicity. Intercultural psychology and its history. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Methodological and conceptual considerations and problems in intercultural psychology: equivalence, emic and etic approaches. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Basic concepts of intercultural psychology: cultural dimensions and values. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Intercultural counselling (concept, problem and topicality). Culture competence (common, different aspects in the USA, Europe and Latvia). | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Intercultural research (common, different aspects in research). Specifics of clientele in Latvia. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Ethical considerations and topical issues in consulting and research of representatives of other cultures. The role of gender, religion / spirituality, social status and health in the consultation of other cultures. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Test. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Presentation and project work according to the chosen topic. | Classes | 7.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept of culture. The link between psychology and culture. Universal and specific in culture. Culture and ethnicity. Intercultural psychology and its history. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Methodological and conceptual considerations and problems in intercultural psychology: equivalence, emic and etic approaches. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Basic concepts of intercultural psychology: cultural dimensions and values. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Intercultural counselling (concept, problem and topicality). Culture competence (common, different aspects in the USA, Europe and Latvia). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Intercultural research (common, different aspects in research). Specifics of clientele in Latvia. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Ethical considerations and topical issues in consulting and research of representatives of other cultures. The role of gender, religion / spirituality, social status and health in the consultation of other cultures. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Test. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Presentation and project work according to the chosen topic. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independently read the indicated literature sources, prepare for the test to formulate research problems in the context of their work and their potential solution strategies; create group project work, present it. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Test (50%). Development of project work on the chosen topic and its presentation in a group (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Analyses, compares and critically evaluates the concepts of intercultural psychology, respecting methodological considerations and using appropriate terminology. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Explains the concepts of intercultural psychology on various aspects of psychological research and counseling, including individual and group mental states, processes, characteristics, individual behaviour, interprets published research in intercultural psychology on its research topic and formulates problems and strategies based on research results. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Analyses the potential influences of culture on various aspects of psychological research and counselling, including individual and group mental states, processes, characteristics, individual and group behaviour. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Dragūns, J. & Mārtinsone, K. (2015). Psiholoģija un kultūra. No: K. Mārtinsone, A. Miltuze (Red.). Psiholoģija 2. Personība, grupa, sabiedrība, kultūra. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC. 245 – 287.lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Keith, K.D. (Eds.). (2011). Cross-cultural psychology. Contemporary themes and perspectives. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. | ||||||||
| 3 | Matsumoto, D. & Juang, L. (2013). Culture and psychology (5th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Berry, J.W., Poortinga, Y. H., Breugelmans, S. M., Chasiotis, A., & Sam, D.L. (2011). Cross-cultural psychology: Research and applications (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
| 2 | Cole, M. (1996). Cultural psychology: A once and future discipline. Cambridge: Harvard University Press | ||||||||
| 3 | Hofstede, G., Hofstede, G. J., & Minkov, M. (2010). Cultures and organizations: Software of the mind (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. | ||||||||
| 4 | Kagitcibasi, C. (2007). Family, self, and human development across cultures: Theory and applications (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum | ||||||||
| 5 | Kitayama S. & Cohen D. (Eds.). (2007). Handbook of cultural psychology. New York: Guilford Press. | ||||||||
| 6 | Matsumoto, D. & van de Vijver, F.J. R. (Eds.). (2011). Cross-cultural research methods in psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press. | ||||||||
| 7 | Barrett, K. H., George, W., H. (2005). Race, Culture, Psychology, and Law. SAGE publications. | ||||||||
| 8 | Sue, D. W., Sue, D. (2015). Counseling The Culturally Diverse (7th. edition) Theory & Practice.Willey. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Cross-Cultural Research. | ||||||||
| 2 | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. | ||||||||
| 3 | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. | ||||||||
| 4 | Personality and Individual Differences. | ||||||||
