A person is about to cross the street. What does he do? If there are no cars coming, does he stay at the crosswalk, waiting for the lights to change? Or does he just go for it? Does he look left first before crossing or...
This publication by Harry W. Gardiner dives into various explorations by other authors on how truly distinct cultures are around the world. Yet, are somehow still interconnected to one another. But what exactly is cross-cultural human development? In this paper that question will be assessed....
Introduction Clinical and counseling psychology are big and important fields that support people’s lives and well-being. These two areas keep growing thanks to scientific research, new assessment tools, and treatment options. This essay focuses on three main areas in clinical and counseling psychology: assessment, clinical...
Historical Perspectives on Mental Illness Throughout history, mental illness has been viewed by most cultures across the world in a religious or spiritual context. Mental illness was misunderstood to be possession by the devil, spirit, or as a curse, or as an attack of sorcery...
In the book Cultural Psychology by Steven Heine, Heine explains thoroughly different concepts of culture and how culture shape the norms that we live by today. Heine goes in to describe the different impacts of cultures around the world and how it may be viewed...
Saski J. Y & Kim H. S (2017) Nature and Nurture % their interplay; A review of cultural neuroscience. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48 (1), 4-22. Saski J. Y & Kim H. S (2017) Nature and Nurture % their interplay; A review of cultural neuroscience....
Regardless of what part of the world an individual resides in, sleep is something fundamental that every living being needs. However, for individuals with depression, they are more prone to sleep loss and abnormal sleep/wake patterns, which can affect the trajectory of their depression, along...
The term ‘discourse analysis’ means a lot because the studies on language can be handled from different angles. Because we have a social environment, the feelings, thoughts, opinions and ideas, habits and behaviours that we share are reflected in the texts ‘discourse analysis’ will have different perspectives....
This paper aimed to see how prosocial behavior affects ingroup and outgroup members, focusing on altruism, across different cultures. We think that in individualistic cultures, people will show the same level of altruism whether the beneficiaries are related to them or not. But in collectivistic...
