Year III - Semester II

This course offers a broad overview of cross-cultural psychology, a field that uses methods and theoretical ideas from psychology as tools to help understand cultural effects on human psychology, with a focus on the individual. It will examine psychological diversity and the links between cultural norms and individual behavior. It will also examine the ways in which particular individual human activities are influenced by social and cultural forces. Concepts from psychology, such as cognition, intelligence, emotion and behavior will be investigated and applied to issues in human development, social perception and social interaction. Generally, it will help students to understand the role of culture in shaping mental processes and human behavior.