Extended data for Culture and Thinking

Culture and Thinking

Institution

Eötvös Loránd University

Related programme

Social Integration

Code

SOCM17-116

ECTS

3

ISCED code

0314 Sociology and cultural studies

Language of instruction

English

Academic term

2/2

Title

Culture and Thinking hu

Culture and Thinking en

Compulsory reading list Bond, M.H. (ed.) (2010) The Oxford handbook of Chinese psychology. Oxford University Press Dwairy, M. – Achoui, M. (2006): Introduction to three cross-regional research studies on parenting styles, individuation, and mental health in Arab societies. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 37(3), 221-229. Gregg, G. S. (2005): The Middle East: a cultural psychology. Oxford University Press. Kim, U, Yang, K-S.  & Hwang, K.-K..(eds.) (2006) Indigenous and cultural psychology: Understanding people in context. Springer Series on International and Cultural Psychology. New York: Springer Markus. H. & Kitayama, S. (1991). Culture and the Self: Implications for cognition, emotion and motivation. Psychological Review, 98, 224-253 . Nisbett, R. E. (2003) The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why. The Free Press, New York, NY. Sidanius, J. – Kteily, N., – Levin, S. – Pratto, F., – Obaidi, M. (2016): Support for asymmetric violence among Arab populations: The clash of cultures, social identity, or counterdominance?.Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 19(3), 343-359. Talhelm, T.et al. (2014) Large-Scale Psychological Differences Within China Explained by Rice Versus Wheat Agriculture. Science, 344, 603-608.

Topics of the course -          General introduction. The two cultural areas and the independence and interdependence. -          Perception and thinking across cultures. Analytic and holistic approaches. -          Emotion, motivaton, and control. -          Social behavior. -          Learning, cognitive development and socialization. -          Communication and conflict resolution. Face and morality. -          Psychological well-being and coping. -          Patterns of acculturation of East-Asian and Arabic groups. Learning activities, learning methods Interactive lecture, experiential learning, films, work in groups and dyads.

Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation: requirements ·active participation in the class ·following materials of the course, reading literature mode of evaluation: written tests and written assignments to be uploaded on the elearning platform of the course during the semester, (50%) (dates to be designated at the beginning of the course) oral or written exam (50%): based on lecture materials and readings criteria of evaluation: ·understanding the topics and connections between different topics, concepts discussed in the course, the capacity to place them in a broader background. ·capacity to apply the knowledge acquired in the course