Study Questions Number 16
Hall & Barongan Preface
Hall & Barongan Chp 1. What is multicultural psychology? (3-31)
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Date due: 11-8-04
Psychology 360
Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D.
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1. Who is an American? According to Toni Morrison, what is our national identity? (3)
2. Why is it that cultural variables have received so little attention in mainstream theory and research in psychology? (4-5)
3. What criticism does Carol Gilligan (1982) make of Kohlberg's (1981) stages of moral development? What are the differences Gilligan observed? (5)
4. Define multicultural psychology. Explain why group differences are sociopolitical as well as cultural. (9)
5. Explain how differences between the sexes are in fact stereotypes. (11-12)
6. "Persons do not need to be consciously or intentionally exist to perpetuate gender role stereotypes." Explain why. (12-13)
7. What groups of people in the United States tend to espouse collectivist values? What kinds of cultures are these? What is the goal of collectivist cultures? (16-17)
8. Describe the four stages of Cross's model of stages of racial identity. (18-19)
9. Why is socioeconomic status (SES) an important factor to discuss as it applies to gender and culture? (20-21)
10. Name and describe each of LaFromboise's (1993) five models of acculturation. (22-24)
11. Contrast multiculturalism to monoculturalism. (24-25)