Topics about Multiculturalism in Psychology

Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge of portuguese and english.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical explanation; Debates with guest researchers; Group work; Cultural products (such as cinema and / or music) as starting points for the analysis of human contexts.

Learning Outcomes

To understand the cultural roots of behavior;

Recognize the geographical, historical, social, cultural origins of each person in order to discuss frames of human interaction;

Reframe thinking tools to enable questioning community mental health problems;

Acknowledge the relationship between Human Rights and Multiculturalism;

Portugal as a multicultural country;

Recognize the importance of Psychology in defining the concept of Human Dignity and Cultural diversity;

Understand the intersection between politics, justice, ethics, religion, ideology and human development; Experience in interdisciplinary research.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Part 1

Socially Constructed Behavior

Part 2

The Brain as a Culture Shaper

Part 3

Understanding (and Questioning) Dignity, Diversity and Development in Psychology.

Portugal as a multicultural country.

Part 4

School as Place of Development (Discussing Inequality).

a) Human Rights (at school and in the community daily life)

b) Multiculturalism (at school and in the community daily life)

Part 5

Projects on Multiculturalism.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Jorge Santos Almeida Rama Ferro

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 50.0%
Project: 50.0%

Bibliography

Lee, D.B.; Peckins, M.K.; Heinze, J.E.; Assari, S.; & Zimmerman, M.A. (2018). Psychological Pathways from Racial Discrimination to Cortisol in African American Males and Females. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 42,2, 208-220.

Singer, T.; Seymour, B.; O’Doherty, J. P.; Stephan, K. E.; Dolan, R. J.; & Frith, C. D. (2006). Empathic neural responses are modulated by the perceived fairness of others. Nature 439, 466-469.

Smith, A. (2015). Rethinking the “Everyday” in “Ethnicity and everyday life”. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38, 7, 1137-1151.

Sue, D. W. (2010). Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.

Sue, D. W.; Sue, D.; Neville, H. A.; & Smith, L. (2019). Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice. 8th Ed. Hoboken, NJ:JW and Sons.

Vala, J.; Brito, R.; & Lopes, D. (2015). Expressões dos Racismos em Portugal (2ª Ed.). Lisboa: ICS. https://repositorio.ul.pt/bitstream/10451/22539/1/ICS_JVala_Racismos_LAN.pdf