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1 The Future of Cross-cultural Psychology

2 Questions  What essentials have you learned in this class? * What did you learn about culture? * What did you learn about psychology?  Is there anything you perceive differently after this class?  Which aspects - do you think – should cross- cultural psychologists work on in the future?

3 Issues and Overarching Themes  Controversy between relativistic and universalistic orientations * Positions that allow for both cultural communality and cultural differences  Use of the notion of cultures in empirical studies * Low emphasis on cross-cultural similarities * Use of culture as an explanatory label * How to define a culture as distinct from other cultures

4 Issues and Overarching Themes  Future themes and trends * Cross-cultural data spanning larger ranges of behaviour * Integration of findings from non-Western societies * Increase in research on human development in cultural context  Application of cross-cultural expertise * Problems of economic and social inequality * Contribution to human well-being * Moral and social justification and social responsibility

5 Future Issues to Deal With  Methodological approaches * Cultural appropriateness * Integration of indigenous methods * Cultural and cross-cultural validity and reliability * Equivalence of scales and tests  Assessment tools and test material * Personality assessment * Diagnostic tools * Intelligence testing * Assessment of skills and abilities

6 Future Issues to Deal With  Applications * Therapy * Health * Education * Politics  Intercultural Contact * Biculturalism * Multiculturalism  Missing themes * Gender * Language

7 Final Statements  There is a strong need for multinational and multidisciplinary co-operation among cultural experts in research and application!  Thank you very much for your interest, your ideas and your contributions!

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