PSCH 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Psychology, Baby Talk
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Requires: the sharing of information between members of a species, and the sharing of a context by a group of people. The human brain is a computer that works the same for all people. The human brain may be computer-like, but it has different software in different cultures. Culturally universal: the number 2 , the color black , smiling when happy. Culturally variable: numbers beyond 3 , color blue , biting tongue when embarrassed. 68% of p"s are american, 96% are from western industrialized countries, 70% are psych students, but weird countries make up just 16% of the world"s population. When people were asked to do the culturally less-familiar task, they showed more evidence of attentional control. The sambia: believe that femaleness is innate, natural essence. Boys are unnatural and impure, and need to be transformed into men. Transformation requires piercing of the nose, being beaten with sticks, and jerungdu.
