Cross-cultural psychology

3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023464ANR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

Department

Klinische- en Levenslooppsychologie

Educational team

Amelia Peeters
Veerle Soyez (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

20 contact hours Lecture
20 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

This course consists of two parts: in a first part, the metropolitan context is discussed. In the second part we will critically examine the importance of culture and intercultural processes. We explore how cultural identities are shaped in everyday live and how cultural identity influences the way people enact.

General themes that are discussed include:
- (Super)diversity (different 'forms' of cultural differences)
- Intersectionality
- Metropolitan challenges (social inclusion and exclusion; poverty)
- Culture and intercultural communication

Themes related to clinical psychology are a.o.
- Fair diagnostics
- Psychological impact of migration

Additional info

Study material: text bundle

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

Students learn to to analyze underlying assumptions in cross-cultural psychology
Students are aware of the consequences that underlying assumptions have for research and practice.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Written exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Written exam: mainly multiple choice questions. A take-home test is also provided, in which the students prepare an assignment prior to the actual exam that is submitted no later than the day of the exam. The assignment counts as an exam question and is on 15 out of 100 points.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context