Cross-Cultural Counselling in Perspective with Recommended Areas for Training

1983 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryse Rinfret-Raynor ◽  
Thomas E. Raynor
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
North American ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Counselling Services ◽  
Process And Outcome ◽  
Counselling Process ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

Based on a review of the literature, this article presents different elements one must be sensitive to when entering into a counselling relationship with individuals who do not share North American cultural heritage and values. More specifically, the authors review ten factors and attitudes which they believe have a significant impact on the counselling process and outcome. In addition, the article recommends training areas for professional counsellors planning to provide counselling services to ethnics and minorities. Finally, the article stresses that providing services to cultural and minority groups is a complicated and involved process. Not only is it necessary to provide services in the language of the clients but it is also essential to examine and possibly change counsellor attitudes and behavior in order to provide efficient counselling services.

The systematic study of how subtle forms of bias related to prosocial behavior operate in racial and gender relations

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-121
Author(s):  
Silvia Abad-Merino ◽  
John F. Dovidio ◽  
Carmen Tabernero ◽  
Ignacio González
Keyword(s):  
Gender Relations ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Behavior

Psychological research and theory have traditionally focused on bias and conflict between separate groups. Our central thesis is that the processes that shape hierarchical group relations within a society are distinctive and typically operate in ways that are frequently subtle rather than blatant. The challenges of detecting new subtle forms of bias are receiving considerable attention in the field of social psychology, internationally. Although explicit hostility toward minority groups seems to have faded in modern societies, cross-cultural data show that the status, resources, and the power of women and ethnic/racial minorities remain unequal. The present literature review integrates the findings of cross-cultural research showing the role of paternalistic legitimizing ideas and behavior for establishing, maintaining, and reinforcing group hierarchy and the disadvantage of members of traditionally underrepresented groups. Specifically, we explain how intergroup helping relations can be used as a mechanism to maintain social advantage in racial and gender relations. These theoretical and experimental insights help illuminate the dynamics of relations between socially linked groups and the nature of contemporary bias. We also highlight how this perspective suggests novel and productive directions for future research.

The Provenience, Reinterpretation, and Persistence of an American Archaeological Derogation

1963 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 555-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gifford S. Nickerson
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
New World ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
American Archaeology ◽  
North American Archaeology ◽  
Per Se ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
Scientific Attitudes

AbstractThe designation pot-hunter, as used by American archaeologists, is examined with respect to both its provenience in England and its relatively recent reinterpretation in the New World. Rather than being coined in American archaeology to designate “a hunter of pots,” this appellation, with its explicit derogatory connotation, clearly has its roots in various sporting events of 16th-century England. The essence of its meaning, then, does not relate to pots or vessels, per se, but to non-scientific attitudes and behavior toward antiquities. Pot-hunter has been reinterpreted in North America to signify the archaeological vandal or spoiler and, although specific definitions of the term often lack precision, there is a remarkable consensus among North American archaeologists as to its import. The functional utility of pot-hunter, in categorizing a segment of individuals interested in antiquities, is clearly demonstrated by its tenacious persistence in North American archaeology.

scholarly journals LITERASI MULTIKULTURAL KOMUNITAS ETNIK KAMPUNG RAMA KECAMATAN PANAKUKANG KOTA MAKASSAR

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Tuti Bahfiarti ◽  
Arianto Arianto ◽  
Jeanny Maria Fatimah ◽  
Muhammad Farid
Keyword(s):  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Posttest Score ◽  
Training Activities ◽  
Majority Groups ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
Multicultural Literacy

Komunitas etnik Kampung Rama dominan beretnik Toraja terletak di Kecamatan Panakukang Kota Makassar. Permasalahan mitra komunitas etnik Kampung Rama Kelompok mayoritas adalah etnik Toraja dan kelompok minoritas adalah etnik Bugis, etnik Makassar, etnik Mandar, dan etnik Jawa. Kelompok mayoritas dan minoritas berbeda agama, nilai, kepercayaan, dan adat istiadat harus saling memahami. Tujuannya memaksimalkan pengetahuan, sikap dan perilaku dalam menerima perbedaan sebagai keberagaman bangsa. Metode ini dapat meningkatkan karakter sikap demokratis, pluralis, dan humanis pada masyarakat komunitas Etnik Kampung Rama. Tahapan metode yakni, pertama, pembuatan karya audio visual pendidikan multikultural; kedua, kegiatan pengajaran dan pelatihan; ketiga, pemutaran audio visual multikultural, dan keempat : hasil pretest dan postest literasi multikultural. Nilai postest lebih tinggi dari pretest, seperti pemahaman dan keterbukaan masyarakat terhadap perbedaan suku, agama, dan ras. Cara pengambilan keputusan dan peran aktif pada perbedaan suku mengalami peningkatan hasil dari pretest dan postest. Persepsi dan pandangan masyarakat terhadap kebebasan beragama menunjukkan hasil sama yakni 100%.Kata kunci: Literasi Multikultural; Etnik Toraja; Kampung Rama; Kecamatan Panakukang; Kota Makassar.AbstractThe dominant ethnic Rama village of Toraja ethnic is located in Panakukang District, Makassar City. Problems with the Rama Kampung Rama ethnic community majority groups are Toraja and minority groups are Bugis, Makassarese, Mandarese and Javanese. Majority and minority groups with different religions, values, beliefs and customs must understand each other. The aim is to maximize knowledge, attitudes and behavior in accepting differences as a diversity of nations. This method can improve the character of democratic, pluralist and humanist attitudes. The stages of the method are, first, the making of audio visual works in multicultural education; second, teaching and training activities; third, multicultural audio-visual playback, and fourth: multicultural literacy pretest and posttest results. The posttest score is higher than the pretest, such as people's understanding and openness to differences in ethnicity, religion, and race. The method of decision making and the active role in tribal differences have increased the results of the pretest and posttest. Public perceptions and views on religious freedom show the same results, namely 100%.Keywords: Multicultural Literacy; Toraja Ethnic; Kampung Rama; Panakukang District; Makassar city.

scholarly journals Turning the Analytic Gaze on “Us”

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leda Blackwood ◽  
Nick Hopkins ◽  
Steve Reicher
Keyword(s):  
Minority Groups ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Critical Question ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Group Members ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

What leads to the alienation and political (dis)engagement of minority groups is a critical question for political psychologists. Recently, research has focused attention on one particular minority group – Muslims in the West – and on what promotes “anti-Western” attitudes and behavior. Typically, the research focus is on factors internal to the individuals or the minority communities concerned. However, we argue this overlooks the ways in which the perspective and practices of the majority group affect minority group members’ understandings of who they are and how they stand in relation to the majority. In this paper we examine the social-psychological processes through which authorities’ surveillance and intervention affects minority group members’ sense of themselves, their relationship to authorities and the wider community. In doing so, we discuss a number of hitherto neglected psychological processes that may contribute to alienation-namely, processes of misrecognition, disrespect, and humiliation. We draw on research conducted with British Muslims to illustrate our argument for widening our analytic focus to give a more dynamic account of alienation and (dis)engagement.

scholarly journals VALIDATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL AFFECTIVE PICTURE SYSTEM (IAPS) IN SERBIA: COMPARISON OF A SERBIAN AND A HUNGARIAN SAMPLE

1970 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-137
Author(s):  
Beata Grabovac ◽  
Anita Deák
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
North American ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
International Affective Picture System ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
The North ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Cultural Comparisons

The purpose of this study was to extend the International Affective Picture System to Serbia, which is worldwide workrelated to the ratings. A total of 158 students participated in the study, which in- cluded ninety Hungarian students and sixty-eight Serbian students. The participants were required to rate sixty pictures from the IAPS database on the dimensions of valence, arousal and dominance. One of our main aims was to compare the results from Serbia and the North American ratings. We found a signifi group difference on the dimension of arousal between the North American and the Hungarian group. Additionally, we found differences between the two groups from Serbia: in Serbian and Hungarian students, as majority and minority groups, there were differences on a dimen- sion arousal. The differences that were statistically signifi in relation to the ratings from Hungary were the ones between the Hungarian group from Hungary and the North American ratings, as well as between the Hungarian group from Hungary and our Hun- garian group, on the dominance dimension. Sex differences were also found signifi regarding arousal and dominance. These differences were in line with other cross-cultural comparisons. We also correlated the results from the USA, Hungary, Bosnia, and our two subgroups, and we found the highest correlations between the two groups from Serbia. Based on the overall results we could conclude that the affective evaluations were similar in Serbia and in other countries, and that the IAPS database could be used for the research purposes in Serbia.

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