Indigenous Psychology

Learning Outcomes:

describe how culture influences human behavior; explain how the creation of theories of Psychology and the identification of problems and issues is culturally determined;formulate concept of intelligence, creativity, self, etc. within/between cultures;discuss ethical issues within multiculturality research in Psychology.

Topics:

1. Contributions to Indigenous and Cultural Psychology: Understanding People in Context
2. The Scientific Foundation of Indigenous and Cultural Psychology: The Transactional Approach
3. The Importance of Constructive Realism for the Indigenous Psychologies Approach
4. Constructive Realism and Confucian Relationalism: An Epistemological Strategy for the Development of Indigenous Psychology
5. From Decolonizing Psychology to the Development of a Cross-Indigenous Perspective in Methodology
6. Family and Socialization: Indigenous Psychological Perspective
7. Cognitive Processes: Indigenous Psychological Perspective
8. Self and Personality: Indigenous Psychological Perspective