KHA112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Kinesics, Chronemics, Proxemics
30 Jun 2018
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Psychology B week 12: Cross-cultural Psychology
Humanitarian migration: well founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race,
religion, rationality, membership of a particular social group or opinion, is outside the
country of his nationality and is unable, or owing to such fear, to avail himself of the
protection of that country
UNHCR: 3 durable solutions
- voluntary repatriation
- local integration in the country of asylum
- resettlement in a third country
- most people come from horrific backgrounds, traumatic experiences
Traumatic experiences common for migrants:
- Pre-migration:
oreligious, political persecution
oloss of property
oloss of loved ones
oviolent/sexual assault and torture
- En-route:
oViolence
oUnsanitary conditions
oPoverty
oInstability
- Differentiation of what is called of war vs. conflict, but most of migrants come
from these areas
oMost are declarations of wars
oMexico drug wars
- Resettlement challenges:
oLearning new language; more difficult or easy depending on education
and previous experiences
oUnfamiliar technologies and bureaucracies
oHousing; how people live and organize living
oEmployment and education
oFamily separation
oAdjusting to cultural differences (family, relationships and gender
roles)
oRacism and discrimination
oPre-migration list these as most traumatizing experiences (Schweitzer
et al (2006)
Forced family separation
Murder of a close relation
Lack of water and food
Combat
oFollowing migration: Schweitzer et al 2006
Worry about family back home
Employment difficulties
Cultural adjustment
- Cultural competence in psychological practice:
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Document Summary
Unhcr: 3 durable solutions voluntary repatriation local integration in the country of asylum resettlement in a third country. Most people come from horrific backgrounds, traumatic experiences. Pre-migration: religious, political persecution, loss of property, loss of loved ones, violent/sexual assault and torture. En-route: violence, unsanitary conditions, poverty, instability. Differentiation of what is called of war vs. conflict, but most of migrants come from these areas: most are declarations of wars, mexico drug wars. Combat: following migration: schweitzer et al 2006. Communication: cultural difference all of the processes in interaction, sender, message, medium and receiving stages, examples: Sender: how formal you dress, posture, wording. Message: what is appropriate to say, different according to culture itself. Medium: culturally determined, loss formal vs. formal english, posture (words and non-verbal) Tested the angle and distance of the interview. Caucasian: similar to asian, though a greater angle. Hall (1986): zones of social interaction: intimate: physical contact can take place.
