Introduction to Macro-psychology: On Cultural, Economic and Political Context of Human Behaviors WF-PS-ZEMOJTEL-ER
1. Introduction to macropsychology. Outline of basic concepts and terms.
How to examine the human behaviors on macro-level? Citizen scores, cross-level isomorphism, measurement invariance.
2. Eco-cultural model of John Berry.
3. Dimensions of cultures: Hofstede model versus GLOBE project.
4. Social axioms theory of Bond and Leung.
5. Cultural values: Schwartz theory of values and Welzel-Inglehart Human Development Theory.
6. Interplay between nature and culture: Evolutionary psychology versus cross-cultural psychology.
7. Happiness of nations, happiness of individuals and its cultural diversification: the role of economic development, social inequalities, genes, and values.
8. Democracy, culture and values: on diversification of political culture across nations.
9. Culture and human mind: social cognition, time perception, concepts of human nature among the Westerners and the East.
10. Personality and culture: are nations has their own character? Narcissism, entitlement and self-esteem across cultures. Person-culture fit theory: where religious people feel (un)happy? Where the narcissists flourish?
11. Intergroup relations 1: prejudice, national stereotypes and national attitudes (patriotism, nationalism, messianism).
12. Intergroup relations 2: conflict and cooperation. Unresolvable political conflict, social orientations, genocides as extreme case of inter-group competition.
13. Collective narcissism: its interpersonal and intrapersonal consequences.
14. Psychological entitlement: cultural adaptation to scarce resources or individualization?
15. Polish culture in the macro context.
(in Polish) E-Learning
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Learning outcomes
Student is familiar with basic concepts related to macropsychology.
Student is able to analyse and discuss the importance of cultural context in predicting human behaviors.
Student is able to differentiate between individual-level and country-level factors responsible for human functioning.
Assessment criteria
Discussions during classess
Exam in the test form: students will get points for answering test questions. Maximum number of points that could be obtained equals 20. Grades will be given according to number of points achieved:
up to 10: 2.0
11-12: 3.0
13-14: 3.5
15-16: 4.0
17-18: 4.5
19-20: 5.0
Bibliography
Diener, E. & Biswas-Diener, R. (2008). Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth. Blackwell: Oxford.
Gebauer, J., Sedikides, C., et al. (2016). The Religiosity as Social Value Hypothesis: A Multi-Method Replication and Extension Across 65 Countries and Three Levels of Spatial Aggregation. JPSP.
Nisbett, G. (2004). The geography of thought: How Asians and Westerners think differently… and why. Free Press.
Matsumoto, D., Juang, L. (2013) Culture and psychology. Wadsworth.
van de Vijver, F. ( 2016) Test adaptations. In: Leong, F. T. L., Bartram, D., Cheung, F. M., Geisinger, K. F. & Iliescu, D. (eds.) The ITC international handbook of testing and assessment . Oxford University Press, p. 364-376
Żemojtel-Piotrowska, M. et al. (2015). Measurement of psychological entitlement in 28 nations. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. Advance online.
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