HP3901 Cultural Psychology

Lessons:
2 hr lecture + 1 hr tutorial

Assessment:
Class Participation 10%
Mid-term 15%
Group Presentation 15%
Finals 60%

Exam Format:
Midterms - MCQs
Finals - MCQs + Essays

Description:

This module is about the differences between different cultures with respect to various psychology topics such as interpersonal attraction, morality, perception, etc.

Readings are quite heavy, with each chapter ranging from 30 to 50 pages. But similar to all other psychology modules, it is a MUST to read the textbook.

Lectures come in handy because it provides a good summary for the textbook, thus, giving you an idea of what to focus on for your exams. There are also a few content in the lecture that is not covered in a textbook. Also, demonstrations of experiments and videos will also be shown during the lecture.

Tutorials include extensions of the content taught in lectures, and also discussion questions and simple hands-on for the experiments. The content taught in the tutorial are not tested in the finals, but it does give you a more complete view for the topic.

For the group project, each group will have to think of a phenomenon that is different between cultures. You will have to do thorough research on it and present it in the final tutorial class. The presentation format will be in the form of a research poster.

For the mid-terms, because it is MCQs, not much memorising needed. It is more important to understand the concepts. For the finals, the essays are actually short-answer questions. Memorising may be required, but I do feel that understanding is more important. This is because most of the content rest upon the underlying principle of individualism VS collectivism so you can actually understand the rest of the content much better. However, what you do need to memorise may be the experiment procedures and results, definitions. Do note that you do need to read BOTH textbook and lecture slides for the exams, especially finals.