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.
In this course, we will critically examine the importance of culture for psychological processes. We explore how cultural identities are shaped in everyday live and how cultural identity influences the way people enact. Also, we will examine the relationship between culture / cultural processes play within metropolitan contexts and with regard to clinical psychology.
General themes that are discussed include:
• Culture and (super)diversity (different 'forms' of cultural differences); intersectionality
• Culture and emotions; acculturation; de-colonization
• Migration
• Metropolitan challenges (social inclusion and exclusion; poverty)
Themes related to clinical psychology (collaboration with vzw Solentra and OTA vzw) – are a.o.
- Culture and education
- Dealing with trauma & ethnopsychiatry (PACCT method: Psychiatry Assisting the Cultural diverse Community in Creating healing Ties)
Study material: syllabus
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.
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: multiple choice and open questions.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Work and Organisational Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Initial track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Work & Organisational Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Adult Education: Profile Cultural Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Psychology: Traject van 90 studiepunten met Profiel Arbeids- en Organisatiepsychologie (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Psychology: Profile Profile Work and Organisational Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical Psychology (only offered in Dutch)