Special Topics in Social Psychology: Cultural Psychology and Ethnocultural Perspectives on Psychopathology

In this seminar we will initially examine a wide range of basic psychological processes (including social cognition, emotion, self-concept, and personality traits) from a cultural perspective by drawing on a wide range of cultural and cross-cultural studies. We will then focus on how cultural variables impacts on both the presentation and incidence of psychopathology. Other more general topics of relevance to the study of psychopathology from a cultural lens will also be examined (e.g., cross-cultural research methods, acculturation, biculturalism, and ethnic identity). Prerequisite: Psychology 170