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Chapter 17 - Teaching about Cultural Differences in the Correspondence Bias

from Social Psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2018

By
Anne M. Koenig  and
Kristy K. Dean
Edited by
Kenneth D. Keith
Kenneth D. Keith
Affiliation:
University of San Diego
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Summary

Modern conceptualizations of psychopathology or psychological disorders are derived primarily from Western perspectives. However, there is widespread awareness that culture and psychology are inextricably linked. The field of cultural clinical psychology is very diverse. There is no consensus on how a course in this field should be taught, and there is no single course that can capture the full range of cultural variation in human behavior and functioning. Consequently, course syllabi will vary in their objectives, contents, and method of instruction. Nevertheless, all courses in cultural clinical psychology share a common purpose, and that is to increase the students’ cultural awareness and knowledge and to prepare them to be culturally sensitive, if not competent, in their work and their daily life.  
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Culture across the Curriculum
A Psychology Teacher's Handbook
 , pp. 371 - 390
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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