Introduction to Macro-psychology: On Cultural, Economic and Political Context of Human Behaviors

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Course ID:	WF-PS-ZEMOJTEL-ER
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Course title:	Introduction to Macro-psychology: On Cultural, Economic and Political Context of Human Behaviors
Name in Polish:	Introduction to Macro-psychology: On Cultural, Economic and Political Context of Human Behaviors
Organizational unit:	Institute of Psychology
Course groups:	Courses at UKSW Courses in foreign languages in the Institute of Psychology
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Subject level:	advanced
Learning outcome code/codes:	PS_W02 PS_W03 PS_K03
Short description:	The aim of classes is to present up-to-date knowledge about analysis of human behaviors in the cultural, political and economic contexts. The coverage of topics will be related to cross-cultural psychology and political psychology. I focus on presenting issues related to dimensions of culture, cultural values and inter-group relations. During classes I plan to present the most popular theories related to cross-cultural psychology including the newest findings in the field, like belief in life in zero-sum game or collective NARC model. As cross-cultural and political psychology researcher I will discuss also the findings from three international projects conducted by our team on entitlement and values (carried out in 28 countries), entitlement and subjective well-being (carried out in 42 countries) and entitlement, narcissism and self-esteem (carried out in 54 countries).
Full description:	1. Introduction to macropsychology. Outline of basic concepts and terms. How to examine the human behaviors on macro-level? Citizen scores, cross-level isomorphism, measurement invariance. 2. Eco-cultural model of John Berry. 3. Dimensions of cultures: Hofstede model versus GLOBE project. 4. Social axioms theory of Bond and Leung. 5. Cultural values: Schwartz theory of values and Welzel-Inglehart Human Development Theory. 6. Interplay between nature and culture: Evolutionary psychology versus cross-cultural psychology. 7. Happiness of nations, happiness of individuals and its cultural diversification: the role of economic development, social inequalities, genes, and values. 8. Democracy, culture and values: on diversification of political culture across nations. 9. Culture and human mind: social cognition, time perception, concepts of human nature among the Westerners and the East. 10. Personality and culture: are nations has their own character? Narcissism, entitlement and self-esteem across cultures. Person-culture fit theory: where religious people feel (un)happy? Where the narcissists flourish? 11. Intergroup relations 1: prejudice, national stereotypes and national attitudes (patriotism, nationalism, messianism). 12. Intergroup relations 2: conflict and cooperation. Unresolvable political conflict, social orientations, genocides as extreme case of inter-group competition. 13. Collective narcissism: its interpersonal and intrapersonal consequences. 14. Psychological entitlement: cultural adaptation to scarce resources or individualization? 15. Polish culture in the macro context.
Bibliography:	Diener, E. & Biswas-Diener, R. (2008). Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth. Blackwell: Oxford. Gebauer, J., Sedikides, C., et al. (2016). The Religiosity as Social Value Hypothesis: A Multi-Method Replication and Extension Across 65 Countries and Three Levels of Spatial Aggregation. JPSP. Nisbett, G. (2004). The geography of thought: How Asians and Westerners think differently… and why. Free Press. Matsumoto, D., Juang, L. (2013) Culture and psychology. Wadsworth. van de Vijver, F. ( 2016) Test adaptations. In: Leong, F. T. L., Bartram, D., Cheung, F. M., Geisinger, K. F. & Iliescu, D. (eds.) The ITC international handbook of testing and assessment . Oxford University Press, p. 364-376 Żemojtel-Piotrowska, M. et al. (2015). Measurement of psychological entitlement in 28 nations. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. Advance online.
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	Student is familiar with basic concepts related to macropsychology. Student is able to analyse and discuss the importance of cultural context in predicting human behaviors. Student is able to differentiate between individual-level and country-level factors responsible for human functioning.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Discussions during classess Exam in the test form: students will get points for answering test questions. Maximum number of points that could be obtained equals 20. Grades will be given according to number of points achieved: up to 10: 2.0 11-12: 3.0 13-14: 3.5 15-16: 4.0 17-18: 4.5 19-20: 5.0

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