Capella University Chinese Immigrants Cultural Psychology PPT

This assignment gives you the opportunity to step into the role of a professional reaching out to an underserved population.

SCENARIO

Imagine that you work at a mental health clinic. To help encourage immigrants to seek psychological services, your employer has asked you to speak at a local meeting of immigrants. You are aware that new immigrants to the United States often view psychology and mental health services as purely Western concepts.

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ASSIGNMENT PREPARATION

For this assignment, you will want a minimum of four resources. To prepare for this presentation, choose one of the articles below as one of the regions you wish to focus on. You may also use these resources on your assignment as a source for this assignment and as your topic population: (PICK ANY TOPIC FROM BELOW)

Middle East

• Haque, A. (2004). Psychology from Islamic perspective: Contributions of early Muslim scholars and challenges to contemporary Muslim psychologists. Journal of Religion and Health, 43(4), 357–377.
• Simonton, D. K. (2018). Intellectual genius in the Islamic golden age: Cross-civilization replications, extensions, and modifications. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts,12(2), 125–135.

Central and South America

• Sosa, J. J. S., & Valderrama-Iturbe, P. (2001). Psychology in Latin America: Historical reflections and perspectives. International Journal of Psychology, 36(6), 384–394.
• García, L. N. (2016). Before the “boom”: Readings and uses of Vygotsky in Argentina (1935–1974). History of Psychology, 19(4), 298–313.

Asia

• Ching, C. C. (1980). Psychology in the People’s Republic of China American Psychologist, 35(12), 1084–1089.
• Gao, Z. (2019). Forging Marxist psychology in China’s Cold War geopolitics, 1949–1965. History of Psychology, 22(4), 309–327.

Eurasia

• González Rey, F. L. (2014). Advancing further the history of Soviet psychology: Moving forward from dominant representations in Western and Soviet psychology. History of Psychology,17(1), 60–78.
• Dobroczyński, B., & Gruszka, A. (2019). Generations of “wasted chances”: Władysław Heinrich and psychology in Poland. History of Psychology, 22(2), 163–185.

In addition, locate at least two additional scholarly articles through the Capella library databases (see this week’s What you Need to Know for a tip to help your searches).

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

In your presentation, do the following:

• Describe the cultural psychology of a selected group (include key figures, central concerns, and theoretical conflicts).
• Describe the historical development of the cultural psychology you chose.
• Compare it to developments in Western psychology.
• Contrast it to developments in Western psychology.
• Explain how modern psychology offers culturally similar perspectives for a recent immigrant from that culture.
• Explain how psychology offers culturally similar perspectives for a recent immigrant from that culture seeking mental health services.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Create a PowerPoint presentation to accompany your talk. Requirements include the following:

• Length: 5–7 slides (not including title slide or references); each slide should contain 3–4 paragraphs of notes.
• Written communication: Must be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• Resources and citations: Use a minimum of three scholarly sources. A maximum of one credible but nonscholarly source is acceptable in addition to the three scholarly sources. Format according to current APA guidelines.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.