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1 Sep 2 |
Course Outline & Syllabus |
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2 Sept 9 |
Overview & Introduction & History of Psychology and Culture
- Berry, Poortinga, Brugelmans, Chasiotis & Sam (2011) - Chapter 1 Introduction to Cross-Cultural psychology. In J.W.Berry, Y.H. Poortinga, S. Brugelmans, A. Chasiotis & D.Sam Cross-cultural psychology: Research and applications (3rd edition). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Jahoda, G. & Krewer, B. (1997). History of cross-cultural and cultural psychology. In J. Berry, et al. (Eds.) Handbook of cross-cultural psychology. 2nd Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
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3 Sept 16 |
Perspectives, Theories and Methods Across Psychology & Culture
- Shweder, R.A. (1991). Cultural Psychology: What is it? In R.A. Shweder's Thinking through cultures: expeditions in Cultural Psychology. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
- Kim, U. Yang & Hwang (2006). Ch1 Contributions to Indigenous and cultural psychology: Understanding people in contexts. In Kim, Yang & Hwang (eds.) Indigenous and Cultural psychology: Understanding people in Context. New York: Springer.
- Tonks, R.G. (2014). Cross-Cultural psychology: Overview. In T. Teo (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology. Springer Reference.
- Tonks, R.G. (2018). Finding Depth in Cultural Psychology: Exploring cultural waters. Paper presented to the Western Canadian Theoretical Psychology annual meeting St, Albert Alta, Sept, 14, 2018.
- Huaman, E.S. & Martin, N.D. (2020). Indigenous research: Methodologies of resilience and adaptation. In E.S Huaman,. & N.D Martin (Eds.) Indigenous knowledge systems and research methodologies. Toronto: Canadian Scholars.
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4 Sept 23 |
Self and Identity across Culture
- Paranjpe, A.C. (1998). The self and identity in Indian and western thought. New York: Plenum. Chapter 2 Person, Self and Identity.
- Prechtel, M. (1999). The secretes of the talking jaguar: Memoirs from the living heart of a Mayan village. London: Thorsons. Chapter 7 - The Village.
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5 Sept 30 |
Self, Identity & Personality
- Triandis, H. (1995). The self and social behaviour in Differing Cultural Contexts. In N.R. Goldberger & J.B. Veroff (Eds.) The culture and psychology Reader. NY: NYU Press.
- Tonks, R.G. (2019). Ethos and self in the I Ching and Erikson's psycholgy. In K.Murakami, J. Creswell, T. Kono & T. Zittoun Eds. The ethos of theorizing. Concord ON; Captus Press
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6 Oct 7 |
Mythology
- Campbell, J. (1972). Ch 3 The Importance of Rites. Myths to live by: How we re-create legends in our daily lives to release human potential. New York: Penguin.
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7 Oct 14 |
Mythology
- Hedva, B. (2001). Chapter 1 Journey from Betrayal to trust: A universal rite of passage. In Betrayal, trust, and Forgiveness: A guide to emotional healing and self-renewal. Celestial Arts: Berkeley.
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Report 1 due |
8 Oct 21 |
Introduction to Acculturation
- Sam, D. (2006) Acculturation: Conceptual background and core components. Chapter 2 In J.W. Berry & D.L. Sam (Eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Mythology Assignment due |
9 Oct 28 |
Acculturation Continued
- Phinney, J.S., Berry, J.W., Vedder, P. & Leibkind, P.(2006). Ch 4 The acculturative experience: Attitudes, identities and behaviours of Immigrant Youth. In J.W. Berry, J.S. Phinney, D.L. Sam & P.Vedder (Eds.) Immigrant Youth in Cultural Transition: Acculturation, identity and Adaptation across national contexts. New York: Lawrence Earlbaum & Associates.
- Bhatt, G., Tonks, R.G. & Berry, J.W. (2013). Culture in the History of Psychology in Canada. Canadian Psychology: Special Issue on History of Psychology in Canada. 54 (2) 115-123.
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10 Nov 4 |
Acculturation and Health
- Aboud, F.E. (1998). Introduction to Health psychology in global perspective. Thousand Oaks, Sage.
- Geddes, G. (2017). Medicine unbundled: A journey through the minefields of indigenous health care. Victoria: Heritage House.
Part One: Joanie’s people: Discarding the masks of shame
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11 Nov 11 |
Health Psychology Across Cultures
- Karazian, S. & Evans, D. (2001) Ch 1 Health Psychology from a cultural perspective: Theoretical Considerations. In Kazarian, S. & Evans, D. (Eds.) Handbook of Cultural Health Psychology. New York: Academic Press.
- Prechtel, M. (1999). The secretes of the talking jaguar: Memoirs from the living heart of a Mayan village. London: Thorsons. Chapter 8 - Priests and Shamans: Remembering the umbilicus of the earth.
- Zhu, H. Z. (2001) CH 1 - A tree with ancient roots: defining traditional Chinese Medicine. Building a Jade Screen: Better Health with Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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12 Nov18 |
Culture and Psychological Disorders
- Marsella, A.J. & Yamada, A.M. (2007). Culture and psychopathology: Foundations, issues , directions. In J.Valsiner (Ed.) Oxford handbook of culture and psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 797-818.
- Kirmayer, L.J., Tait, C.L. & Simpson, C. (2009). The mental health of aboriginal peoples in Canada: Transformations of identity. In L.J. Kirmayer & G.G. Valaskakis (Eds.) Healing traditions: The mental health of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Vancouver: UBC Press.
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Term Paper due |
13 Nov 25 |
Multicultural Counselling & Intergroup Relations
- Draguns, J. (2002) Ch 2 Universal and Cultural Aspects of Counselling and Therapy. Counselling Across Cultures. New York: Sage.
- Amir, Y. (1998) The contact hypothesis in intergroup relations. Chapt 33 in W.Loner & R.Malpass (Eds.) Psychology and Culture. Allyn & Bacon.
- Bhatt, G., Safdar, S., Berry, J.W., Yampolsky, M. A., & Tonks, R.G. (2020). “Psychology Works” Fact Sheet: Racism. Fact sheet report from the International/Cross-Cultural Section of the Canadian Psychological Association. https://cpa.ca/psychology-works-fact-sheet-racism/
- Paranjpe, A.C. (1986). The identity Theory of Prejudice: A perspective from the intellectual tradition of India. In A.C. Paranjpe (Ed.) Ethnic Identities and Prejudices: Perspectives from the Third World. New York: Brill.
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14 Dec 2 |
Music, Culture, Technology & Expression
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Exam Period |
Report 2 Due
Culture Log Due |
Dec 5th
Dec 8th |