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Course Description
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Course Name
Are Individuals the Same in the East and West? Cultural Differences in Social Psychological Processes
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Host University
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
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Location
Milan, Italy
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Area of Study
Psychology, Sociology
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Prerequisites
A background in Social Psychology and Research Methods may prove helpful, but it is not compulsory.
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Course Level Recommendations
Upper
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ECTS Credits
6 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits3
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units4
Hours & Credits
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Overview
We live in a world defined by cultural diversity, and, thus, multicultural experiences and identities have become a regular component of many individuals? lives. Cultural psychology has uncovered that culture plays crucial roles in psychological processes: patterns of individual behavior and underlying psychological processes are shaped within specific cultural contexts.The course aims to examine how topics fundamental to psychology?identity and social relations, the self, cognition, emotion and motivation, and development?are influenced by cultural meanings and practices. The goal is to explain the ways in which human cultural constructions organize and direct human acting, feeling, and thinking in different social contexts.
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