Assignment Number 20 Discussion/Writing Hall & Barongan Chp 4. Theory and multicultural psychology: Developmental psychology and personality (132-153)

Student Name _____________________ Date due: 11-24-04 Psychology 360 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D.

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Please staple the questions to your answers or write out the questions as well as the answers. Having the questions available will facilitate class discussion.

1.	Describe how behavioral and social cognitive theories are useful in understanding many concepts relevant to multicultural psychology. (136)
2.	Criticize the behavioral/social cognitive theories from a multicultural perspective. (136-137)
3.	From a multicultural perspective, humanistic and existential theories' focus on phenomenological experiences has advantages over the etic research that characterizes behavioral and social cognitive theories. What are these advantages? (139-140)
4.	From a multicultural perspective, what are some problems with the humanistic and existential theories? (140)
5.	Criticize the Big Five Model of personality from a multicultural perspective. (140-141)
6.	Evaluate theories of the self from a multicultural perspective. (142-145)