Final Paper Plan Cultural Psychology

Cultural Psychology

Final Paper Plan

In the space below, please list the course concepts that you plan on applying in your analysis of your chosen target. For each concept you choose, please indicate:

· Relevant reading(s) from the course syllabus

· Some idea about how you might apply the concept in your analysis. You don’t need to write your paper here. Just a couple (or 3…or 4…) sentences to give me an idea of what you’re thinking is all I need.

Feel free to add as many concepts as you’d like. I’ve prepared space for four but there is no magic number.

Concept #1:

Personal and collective culture

Relevant reading(s):

Valsiner (2007) Personal culture and the conduct of value. Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 1 (2), 59-65.

How will this concept be applied?

I will be using the concept to understand human behavior in relation to their culture since the diversity of human behavior usually depends on a particular, they belong to and therefore this concept will be important for me to understand the transmission of traditions and gain knowledge about different groups of people. I will employ my knowledge about culture and the human mind as concurrent entities to appreciate the human values, symbols, and traditions of different persons I interact with. This information will provide insights into emotion, human behavior, cognition, and motivation relevant to individuals within a society.

Concept #2:

Cross-cultural psychology

Relevant reading(s):

Valsiner, J. (2007). Culture in Minds and Societies: Foundations of Cultural Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

How will this concept be applied?

This concept will be essential in understanding the similarities and differences in behavior amongst individuals from different cultures. Through this concept, will reveal the relationship as well as the differences brought about by cultural differences that affect how people feel, think, and act in society. This concept will apply to help me rectify the biases that exist in the current society and determine how phenomena are shared within different cultures.

Concept #3:

Culture transmission and internalization.

Relevant reading(s):

Valsiner, J. (2007). Culture in Minds and Societies: Foundations of Cultural Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

How will this concept be applied?

The concept will be applied in understanding and conceptualizing culture as an integrated element that involves the integration of attitudes, values, and standards into personal identities. The passing on of cultural elements between individuals and groups will drive my understanding of human behavior within society. The concept will be applied in the understanding of what makes human environments specific so that they influence the human mind’s development.

Concept #4:

The semiotic basis for culture: Signs and sign complexes

Relevant reading(s):

Valsiner, J. (2007). Culture in Minds and Societies: Foundations of Cultural Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

How will this concept be applied?

The concept can be applied to technologies including music, art, science, and literature that aid culture approach reality. Some cultures are indeed necessary for the survival of man

Human symbolic activity and sign creation have a way of giving meaning to things surrounding humanity. The concept will help me understand how culture incorporates a system of symbols or meaningful signs to define it.