PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cultural Psychology, Enculturation, Acculturation
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Shared system of meaning that provide the standards for perceiving believing, evaluation communicating, and acting among those who share a language, a historic period, and a geographic location. The way people understand their world and make sense of it through a shared system of meaning. Cultural differences also are termed cultural variations; are almost entirely learned, not innate. Enculturation: the process of socialization through which an individual acquires his native culture, mainly early in life. Acculturation: the process of partially or fully acquiring a new cultural outlook. Discover whether concepts of personality that are prevalent in one culture are also applicable in other cultures. Discover whether cultures differ in the levels of particular personality traits. Discover the factor structure of personality traits varies across cultures. Discover whether certain features of personality are universal. Approaches to the psychological study of culture: conceptual &
