PSYC 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Color Blindness, Ethnocentrism, Inferior Parietal Lobule
29 Jul 2015
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Psychological processes are shaped by experiences: london cab drivers develop larger-than-average posterior hippocampus, because the learning of streets has impact on the brain (neuroplasticity) Information acquired from other members of a species, through social interaction, and has impact on individual behaviour: a group of people who have a shared context (geographical, historical, linguistic, etc. ) Low-context cultures (straight-forward messages) vs. high-context cultures (implicit implications) The understanding of other cultural perspectives is required to process information from other cultures correctly. Unfolds itself in the subconscious (we fall into the mindset specific to our culture without awareness, not operating on the conscious level without mindfulness) What are some challenges in defining cultures : cultures are dynamic and change over time, cultural boundaries are not distinct and often unclear, much within-culture variation exists just as much between-culture variation exists. 1921: wilhelm wundt"s volkerpsychologie: recognized that cultural products (e. g. , language and customs) have an effect on mental processes.
