Cultural Psychology and Globalization Course

Lesson 1 • Core Theoretical Frameworks

Surveys ecocultural, sociocultural, and meaning-making frameworks used to explain culture-behaviour links. Provides analytical tools applied throughout the course.

Lesson 2 • Research Methods in Cultural Psychology

Covers emic, etic, and mixed-method approaches for studying culture and psychology. Equips students to evaluate research designs encountered in later chapters.

Lesson 3 • Historical Roots of the Field

Traces the intellectual lineage from Wundt's Volkerpsychologie to contemporary cultural psychology. Contextualises current debates within their historical origins.

Lesson 1 • Memory and Narrative Across Cultures

Investigates how cultural scripts and narrative conventions shape autobiographical and collective memory. Links cognitive patterns to cultural identity formation.

Lesson 2 • Cultural Influences on Perception

Analyses how cultural exposure shapes visual perception and attention allocation. Demonstrates that perception is not a universal, culture-free process.

Lesson 3 • Language, Thought, and Culture

Evaluates the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and contemporary linguistic relativity research. Shows how language mediates cognitive processes across cultural settings.

Lesson 4 • Reasoning, Logic, and Problem-Solving

Compares formal and informal reasoning styles across cultural groups. Builds on perception and categorisation sections to explain divergent problem-solving strategies.

Lesson 1 • Social Identity and Group Membership

Examines how group memberships—ethnic, national, religious—shape psychological identity. Extends self-construal concepts to intergroup dynamics.

Lesson 2 • Independent and Interdependent Self-Construals

Introduces Markus and Kitayama's framework distinguishing independent from interdependent selves. Establishes the chapter's central analytical lens.

Lesson 3 • Identity Development Across the Lifespan

Traces how cultural contexts shape identity formation from childhood through adulthood. Integrates developmental perspectives with cultural psychology frameworks.

Lesson 4 • Bicultural and Multicultural Identities

Analyses identity processes in individuals navigating multiple cultural frameworks. Prepares students for globalisation topics introduced in later chapters.

Lesson 1 • Emotional Regulation Across Cultures

Examines how cultures prescribe strategies for managing and expressing emotions. Connects regulation patterns to self-construal frameworks from Chapter Three.

Lesson 2 • Universal and Culture-Specific Emotions

Contrasts Ekman's universality thesis with constructivist accounts of emotion. Establishes the debate that frames the chapter's subsequent sections.

Lesson 3 • Cultural Variation in Wellbeing

Compares subjective wellbeing, happiness, and life satisfaction across cultural groups. Challenges Western-centric models of psychological flourishing.

Lesson 1 • Cultural Models of Child Development

Contrasts Western developmental norms with indigenous and non-Western models of child growth. Challenges universalist assumptions in developmental psychology.

Lesson 2 • Moral Development and Cultural Values

Compares Kohlberg's moral stages with Shweder's ethics of autonomy, community, and divinity. Situates moral reasoning within cultural value systems.

Lesson 3 • Parenting Styles Across Cultures

Evaluates Baumrind's parenting typology and its cross-cultural applicability. Connects parenting practices to cultural values of autonomy and relatedness.

Lesson 4 • Schooling, Literacy, and Cognitive Development

Analyses how formal schooling and literacy practices shape cognitive development differently across cultures. Extends cognitive frameworks from Chapter Two.

Lesson 1 • Defining Globalisation Psychologically

Frames globalisation as a psychological phenomenon affecting identity, cognition, and behaviour. Establishes the conceptual bridge between cultural psychology and global processes.

Lesson 2 • Cultural Hybridisation and Creolisation

Examines how cultures blend and create new hybrid forms under global contact. Extends bicultural identity concepts from Chapter Three to collective cultural processes.

Lesson 3 • Technology, Media, and Cultural Spread

Investigates how digital media and technology accelerate cultural diffusion and reshape local identities. Prepares students for applied globalisation topics ahead.

Lesson 4 • Cultural Convergence and Divergence

Evaluates evidence for and against cultural homogenisation under globalisation. Applies cultural dimensions from Chapter Three to predict convergence patterns.

Lesson 1 • Acculturative Stress and Mental Health

Analyses stressors arising from cultural transition and their mental health consequences. Connects wellbeing concepts from Chapter Four to acculturation contexts.

Lesson 2 • Intercultural Competence Development

Defines intercultural competence and traces its developmental trajectory. Provides a skills framework students apply in subsequent applied chapters.

Lesson 3 • Acculturation Theory and Models

Introduces Berry's four-strategy acculturation model and its empirical support. Establishes the theoretical foundation for the chapter's applied sections.

Lesson 4 • Sojourner and Expatriate Adaptation

Analyses adaptation challenges specific to temporary migrants, students, and expatriates. Applies acculturation and competence frameworks to professional global mobility.

Lesson 1 • Education in Multicultural Global Settings

Analyses culturally responsive pedagogy and its application in diverse global classrooms. Extends socialisation and development frameworks from Chapter Five to educational practice.

Lesson 2 • Designing Culturally Informed Interventions

Guides students through a systematic process for designing, adapting, and evaluating culturally grounded programmes. Serves as the capstone applied section of the course.

Lesson 3 • Cultural Psychology in Global Organisations

Applies cultural frameworks to leadership, teamwork, and communication in multinational organisations. Synthesises identity, cognition, and acculturation concepts for workplace use.

Lesson 4 • Conflict, Peace, and Cultural Psychology

Applies cultural psychology to understanding intergroup conflict and designing peace-building interventions. Integrates social identity and acculturation frameworks for conflict analysis.