Cultural Bias in Psychology

Cultural Bias in Psychology

Abstract of Article 1

To deeply analyze our reactions or our learned behaviors, we find that our personalities are rooted in cultural values. We learn to be a human particular way within a particular set of cultural values. To understand this concept set of cultural values, imagine a drawer that contains a number of folders, each part of an established category. This drawer (our value system) allows us to organize and categorize experiences and information. If thing is not in one of these categories, we tend to eliminate summarily. It is important to understand that the value system that underpins our reactions and behaviors acquired is relatively small, given the wide range of responses that can be observed in the world cultures. Our values ??are instilled from birth. Somehow, our values ??are our prejudices. The bias is inherent in the human condition. Every human being "sane" is predisposed to have an automatic preference for certain clothing styles, political values, some food, etc.

Reference:

Douglas, M. (2002). "Cultural Bias,” London: Routledge & Kegan Paul; 183-254.

Abstract of Article 2

In the present article, the reader finds confront a psychological perspective and the perspective of socio-cultural research on stereotypes and prejudice. Renowned authors recruited not only from psychologists and sociologists, but also social anthropologists and philologists. The book is an academic in the sense that it does not avoid making fundamental theoretical problems (concerning the nature of stereotypes, models of change, etc.). However, due to the nature of the problems, and the way they approach, the book is addressed to a wider audience (humanistic intelligence). It may also be useful in teaching university in areas such as psychology, sociology, pedagogy, philosophy, social anthropology, political science, encouraging the expansion of intellectual horizons of students and breaking - undoubtedly still exist, barriers between the different directions of the social sciences.

Reference:

Seidner, S. (2005). Ethnicity, Language, and Power from a Psycholinguistic Perspective. Bruxelles

Abstract of Article 3

This paper presents theoretical discussion of culture, cultural bondage, and bias and communication styles in cultural overlap situations. Based on a survey examines how businesses experience their situation, as they perceive the culture of the host country and judge by what cultural problems they face and how they handle it. It turns out that most expatriates overemphasize the cultural homogeneity and are culturally biased. They adapt themselves to one side and avoid the negotiation of practices and rules for cooperation with the locals.

Culture is seen as a symbolic and narrative internal and complex (network) which transposes the identity of a person in a matrix of shared meanings processes. Culture is not defined by "groups of people" forming a static entity, but rather by shared meanings and practice contexts. Culture is fluid, it evolves. Understanding culture requires an understanding unique and personalized the experience and contexts nested in this cultural expression. Psychology culture has evolved from the "cultural sensitivity" and understanding of "cultural differences" to practice recognizes that more and more the role of context. It is itself within a framework of ...