Sentences with phrase «cultural psychological theories»

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At the same time, he rejects those theories, «more or less tinged with behaviouristic psychology,» which assume» that human nature has no dynamism of its own and that psychological changes are to be understood in terms of the development of new «habits» as an adaptation to new cultural patterns.»

When such schools are located in a cultural context marked by the «triumph of the therapeutic,» [19] there is a strong tendency, to construe those conditions in psychological and sociological categories and to equate the requisite knowledgeabilitv with counseling skills and related psychoanalytical and social - psychological theory.

Additionally, service learning programs and cultural immersion experiences in international settings such as Guyana, Haiti and Kenya will enhance students» sensitivity to diversity and difference, promote learning and sharing of cross-cultural experiences, enhance students» competence in building therapeutic relationships with diverse populations, increase students» awareness of ethics and standards appropriate to professional practice with culturally diverse populations, and expand students» global perspectives of psychological theories and their application to culturally diverse groups.

Seamlessly blending pop cultural imagery, color theory, and psychology, Yuskavage draws on classical and modern painterly techniques and, in particular, marshals color as a conduit for complex psychological constructs.

This would be consistent with theories of gene — culture interaction that posit there are genetic influences creating psychological predispositions that favor the adoption of particular cultural content in a process of biased transmission (Richerson and Boyd, 2005; Henrich and McElreath, 2007).

Given the importance attributed to maternal care in cultural ideals1 and psychological theories, 2 and the working role assumed by the majority of mothers with very young children, there has been widespread concern about effects of non-maternal child care for young children, and for infants in particular.

The knowledge base of clinical social work includes theories of biological, psychological, and social development; diversity and cultural competency; interpersonal relationships; family and group dynamics; mental disorders; addictions; impacts of illness, trauma, or injury; and the effects of the physical, social, and cultural environment.

Terror - management theory proposes that humans face a unique psychological conflict: we desire to live but realize the inevitability of death, which induces terror that we alleviate by ensuring immortality through cultural (e.g. belief in an afterlife) and biological (e.g. reproducing) means [5,6].