Glossary C
Glossary C
Cultural pluralism is defined as mutual appreciation and understanding of various cultures in society; cooperation of diverse groups; co-existence of different languages, religious beliefs, and lifestyles ; autonomy for each group to work out its own social purposes and future without interfering with the rights of other groups.
Deutsch: Kulturpsychologie / Español: Psicología cultural / Português: Psicologia cultural / Français: Psychologie culturelle / Italiano: Psicologia culturale
Cultural psychology is a branch of psychology that focuses on how cultures shape and are shaped by human psychological processes. It seeks to understand the ways in which thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the cultural contexts in which individuals live.
Cultural relativity refers to the idea that behavior must be judged relative to the values of the culture in which it occurs. In the context of conformity oriented definitions of abnormal behavior, Cultural relativity is the fact that judgments about the abnormality of a particular behavior may vary from culture to culture or subculture to subculture.