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Child Rearing Practices In Multicultural Setting - Coggle Diagram
Child Rearing Practices In Multicultural
Setting
Cross-Cultural Psychology
The
systematic study
of relationships between
cultural context of human development
and the
behaviors
that become established in the
repertoire of individuals growing up in a particular culture (Pandey, 1997).
Goals for the field
1)
Testing
or extending the
generalizability
of existing theories and findings.
2)
Exploring
other cultures in order to discover
variations in behaviour
3)
Integrating
findings in such a way as to generate a more universal psychology
Culture
Cluster of learned and shared
beliefs, values
,
practices
,
behaviours
,
symbols
, and
attitudes
that are characteristic of a
particular group of people
and that are communicated from one generation to another.
EMIC VS ETIC
Emic
Emphsizes
differences
between cultures
Behaviour patterns
unique
to a culture
Subjective
Etoro boys participate in rituals that turn them into men - ritual = unique = emic
Inner
perspective
Etic
Emphasizes
similarities
between cultures
Assumes behavior patterns are
common
Outsider
perspective
Objective
Etoro boys are sexually abuse - sexual abuse = etic
Developmental Niche
A framework for understanding how
various aspects
of a culture
guide the
developmental process
by focusing on the
child as the unit of analysis
within his or her sociocultural setting or context.
An Ecological Model
