Cultural Psychology

My niece just turned one and has been babbling and starting to talk, she understands a ton of what my sister says to her. It was mind-blowing that when she said to get her shoes on, she went and found her shoes. An episode for Babies on Netflix was Language, which discusses how babies are able to understand a language so quickly and able to pick it up. In the episode, it is seen in one family that children at a young age are able to pick up language extremely fast if they have emerged in that culture. This was seen in the parents where one only spoke English and the other only spoke French. At a young age, I was adopted from China, I always found it so interesting how I was able to pick up English after fully being immersed in Chinese and my parents knowing no Chinese. A study was also done in the video that looked at putting words together and sounds that frequently were heard. The findings were that  babies looked to the natural side more quickly and paid more attention to the n...

Over the years, society has seen significant cultural change, from cultures becoming more diverse, the impact of social media, careers changing, intelligence and technology. It has been super interesting to see how culture has been changing by looking back in the past. As our textbook said interconnections are increasing and it has been seen that "Starbucks is being drank worldwide." When my family and I went to Spain last spring we were able to get Starbucks. Instead of having a bagel at their Starbucks, they had pastries, we are seeing that big companies are able to adapt to the culture they are put into. Not only are big companies adapting but people are adapting, we have seen an increase in cultures becoming more diverse. This summer I lived in Moncton, New Brunswick and I’ve always visited as I have family there, and I’ve always noticed there wasn’t much of a diverse population but this summer I noticed there has been a big increase in the diversity of Moncton. As well s...

Travelling changed my cultural perspective. All my life I can remember travelling which is something I will cherish and thank my parents for doing. Taking my siblings and I to travel has allowed us to experience many different cultures. From state to state the cultures I have been exposed to have been very eye-opening. Travelling also has allowed me to immerse myself into these cultures for example when I went to China, I was able to go to school for a week. In the mornings calisthenics occurred with the whole school, then we would be released to class which we would be in for the majority of the morning. During those classes, we would have mind breaks, where we would play games, do exercises, go on mini adventures etc. Being in school in China was very different than school in Canada, as the education system does not look the same, the teaching methods and the expectations were different which allowed me to get a contrasting perspective on how culture shapes education. I was also able...

  What is culture? Defined in the textbook “culture is a group of people who are existing within some kind of shared context.” Cultures are everywhere there is no getting away from cultures. I specifically took this course because I want to become a teacher, and culture is something that is important. I also wanted to learn more about diversity as teachers often see lots of students from different backgrounds. The textbook also talks about how “members exist within a shared context, communicate with each other, have some norms that distinguish them from other groups” and being a teacher will allow me to have a better cultural awareness which is a critical factor in understanding students’ diverse backgrounds, learning styles and behaviours. Travelling has also allowed me to gain a better grasp on culture, being on something like a plane exposes me to different languages, for example when going to Spain they had the safety demonstration in English, French and Spanish, customs and b...