TOPIC:  CONSULTATION: Who Needs Psychological Expertise Around the World and Why?

Assigned Reading/s: CHAPTER 3, pp. 59 - 74 [Shealy, Bullock, & Kapadia (Eds.) (2023)]

Supplementary Materials:

• All psychologies are indigenous psychologies: Reflections on psychology in a global era
  (Author: Dr. Anthony Marsella)
  Link: http://www.apa.org/international/pi/2013/12/reflections.aspx
  Understanding psychology as indigenous to the contexts in which is developed and in which it operates may help forge a new conception of the role of culture.
• VIDEO: "Are Asians Smarter?"
  Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIkvuDABvw8
  This is from 60 minutes New Zealand and was titled "Breeding Brainiacs Tiger Mums in New Zealand".
  Critically think about the contents/messages from this video. What constitutes "Asian"? Are cultural stereotypes in play here? To what extent to do you think culture influences academic achievement? How so?
• VIDEO: Cultural Dimension: ME or WE
  Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW7aWKXB5J4
  Some cultures focus on the individual as a unique, independent person, properly operating for his or her own benefit. Others focus primarily on the group, assuming that the group's well-being comes first, and the individual is expected to conform to the group's needs.
• Other supplementary readings...
  http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-44-summer-2013/feature/i-am-asian-american
  http://www.tolerance.org/toolkit/toolkit-i-am-asian-american