Glossary C

Glossary C

Cultural norms refer to sets of societal expectations that influence behavior.

Cultural pathways is a term used when adults in each culture have values and goals for themselves and for their children that shape and organize the socialization process and activities of daily life.

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 relativism refers to the belief that what is judged to be normal or abnormal may vary from one culture to another.

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.

Cultural Relevance means demonstration that evaluation methods , procedures, and/or instruments are appropriate for the cultures to which they are applied.

Cultural schema refer to beliefs about one’s own culture as it relates to other cultures.