UNIVERSIDAD PRIVADA SAN JUAN BAUTISTA

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD

ESCUELA PROFESIONAL DE PSICOLOGIA

CURSO
INGLÉS TÉCNICO II
TEMA
Cultural Psychology
Collectivist, high-context culture, Individualist, low-context culture, Prejudice.

DOCENTE:
MENDOZA LARICO LUCIA BEATRIZ
CLASS N° 06
 Psychology Cultural
How people
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different
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 EPICS

Objective :

Learning about definitions related to Cultural

Psychology and Cross-cultural psychology.
Reading
The Challenges of Cross-Cultural
Psychology
 READING
The main task of cross-cultural psychology is comparing cultures. However, it
differs from standard cultural psychology. Cultural Psychologist compare culture to
identify their differences. On the other hand, cross cultural psychologists seek
commonalities between cultures. This is challenging because cultures do differ in a
number of important ways.
One major difference between cultures is communication style. For instance, high-
context cultures, often rely heavily on non-verbal methods of communication. Low-
context cultures, on the other hand, do not. Cultures around the world also place
different levels of importance on time. In a monochromic culture, following a
schedule is of the almost importance. However, in a polychromic culture, people
place minimal emphasis or timetables or deadlines. Yet another important
difference between culture is how they define individuals. Individualist cultures
define people based on personality traits and descriptions of the individual person.
In a collectivist culture, individuals are defined by their roles in the community.
But the complexity of individual cultures isn’t the only challenge. Cross-cultural
psychologist must also battle their own stereotypes prejudices. It can be difficult to
overcome one’s own ethnocentrism. Additionally about other cultures can lead to
mistaken assumptions. A psychologist must overcome these obstacles to conduct a
fair, unbiased cultural study.
 Get ready
A. Before you read the passage, talk about these questions
1. What is the difference between cultural psychology and cross-
cultural psychology?
Cultural psychology and cross-cultural psychology both study how cultures
affect the behaviors and mental processes of their members. However, the
two branches of psychology have different objectives. The main goal of
cultural psychology is to find out how different cultures affect their
members differently. The goal of cross-cultural psychology is the opposite.
Cross- cultural psychology examine how all cultures affect their members in
the same ways. So, cultural psychologist look for differences, while cross-
cultural psychologists look for similarities.
2. What are some significant ways that cultures differ from each other?

Cultures differ from each other in many general and significant ways. For
instance, monochromic cultures place a great deal of importance on time,
whereas polychromic cultures do not. Similarity, the members of high-context
cultures pay close attention to nonverbal methods of communication and assume
that people have shared histories and attitudes. They differ from the members of
low-context cultures, who emphasize the importance of verbal communication
and assume that people come from different cultural backgrounds.
 Reading

Read the article. Then mark the following statements as true (T) or
false (F).

1 ___
T Cultural psychology and cross-cultural psychology both compare cultures.
2 ___
F According to the article, high-context cultures are usually polychromic.
3 ___
T Ethnocentrism is an obstacle in cross-cultural psychology.
 Vocabulary
• Match the words or phrases (1-7) with the definition (A-G)
1 Collectivist B 3 C 5 Low-context culture 7. cross-cultural
culture
Ethnocentrism G Psychology
2 individualist D 4 Polychronic 6 Cultural psychology
culture culture E F

a) A branch of science that focuses on cultural similarities.

b) Emphasizing the roles of people in groups.
c) The belief that one’s own group is better than all others.
d) Emphasizing each person’s unique personality traits.
e) People who place little emphasis on schedules and deadlines.
f) A branch of science that focuses on cultural differences.
g) A group of people who rely mostly on verbal communication.
Read the sentence pair. Choose the words best.

1. Sterotypes/ high-context cultures

High- contexttend to communicate more with
A. Members of ________
gesture.
B. Many people believe ___________
sterotypes that are inaccurate, or
exaggerated.

2. Monochronic culture / Prejudice

A. In a modern ___________
Monochronic c , meeting deadlines is very
important.
prejudice
B. Many people feel __________towards a group without ever
meeting someone from that group.
 Listening
Listen to a conversation between a professor and a student. Then
choose the correct answer.

1. What is the conversation mostly about ?

A. The difference between low-and high-context cultures.
B. Common stereotypes from around the world.
C. How ethnocentrism affects psychological studies.
D. A comparison of cultural and cross-cultural psychology.
 Listening
Listen to a conversation between a profesor and a student. Then
choose the correct answer.

2. What example does the woman use to demostrate her

argument?
A. Collectivist cultures.
B. Polychronic cultures.
C. Individualist cultures.
D. Low-context cultures.
 Listen again and complete the conversation
Professor: Well, I’ll give you an
example. Remember our Professor: See, that’s a
Polycronic cultures
discussion about 1______ 5_________________.you
Cultural prejudice just
applied your own ethnocentrism to
Student: Yeah, they’re the ones another culture.
2.___________about
Who don’t time.
worry Student oh, I see what you’re getting
Professor: Right. 3 at. With that attitude, I can´t possibly
An objective study
conduct 6__________________
______________of
What do you think that practice?

Student : A disregard for

schedules? It’s 4.____________.
Pretty weird
I mean, how does anyone get
anything done?.
 Speaking
With a partner, act out the roles below based in the conversation.
Then, swith roles
 Homework

Students should form groups of 5 people and develop a mind map of

cross-cultural psychology and cultural psychology.
oral presentation and must use the camera to present homework.
 EPICS

1. What do you think about culture?

2.What does cross-cultural psychology do?
3.What are three main differences between
cultures?