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Cultural Psychology

Course Description: This course covers the definition of cultural psychology, its origins, historical development, and its future in light of contemporary social and cultural changes. The course also examines the growth of cognition and memory within cultural frameworks, and the understanding of social and historical contexts that influence psychological processes. Additionally, it explores concepts of intelligence and memory within a cultural framework, and evaluates the methodologies used in comparative cultural studies. The course also addresses the stages of transition from comparative cultural psychology to cultural psychology, by reviewing relevant theoretical, cultural, and historical approaches.
Credits: 2
Objectives of the course :

The course aims to enable students to understand cultural psychology and its basic concepts, trace its historical development, comprehend comparative cultural studies, and explore the relationship between cognitive processes such as intelligence and memory and different cultural contexts.

Course outputs :

The student knows what cultural psychology is, its goals, and its subjects.
To describe the historical developments of cultural psychology.
to clarify the different theoretical perspectives of cultural psychology
To possess the ability to understand manifestations of cultural bias in the interpretation of growth and personality.
To analyze the relationship between psychology and culture
To compare the historical stages of the development of cultural psychology
To explain the relationship between cognitive processes such as intelligence, perception, memory, and culture. .

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