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10 January 2019

Implicit Motivation and Development across cultures

This course provides an examination of the rapidly growing field of cross-cultural psychology for students who have had at least some prior academic training in psychology and related disciplines, and who seek to extend their knowledge of the relationship between culture and behavior. The course consists of four parts. The introduction orients the students toward the field by providing a general framework. Part II critically surveys a few empirical studies in important areas of human behavior that have long been treated in psychology: these include developmental and motivation. Part III provides essential information on the methodological and theoretical issues of cross-cultural psychology. Part IV builds upon the knowledge and principles established earlier on to consider how cross-cultural psychology can contribute to areas such as acculturation, ethnic and minority groups, organizations and work, communication and training, health behaviour, and the role of psychology in the developing world.

Lecturer Athanasios Chasiotis

Athanasios Chasiotis, born 1964 in Greece, Dr. rer. nat. (1998) and Habilitation (2006) at the University of Osnabrück, Germany, Head of the Cross-Cultural Lifespan Psychology Group at the University of Osnabrück (2000-2007), since 2007 Associate Professor at Tilburg University (NL). Research visits in Cameroon, Costa Rica, and France (ENS, Paris). Over 100 Publications in Cross-cultural, Developmental, Evolutionary, and Personality Psychology and in Evolutionary Anthropology. Co-editor of: Grandmotherhood – The evolutionary significance of the second half of female life (2005, Rutgers University Press, 2nd ed. 2014), and Fundamental Questions in Cross-cultural Psychology (2011, Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed. forthcoming); Co-author of: Cross-cultural Psychology - Research and Applications (2011, 3rd ed., Cambridge University Press, Korean, Chinese and Turkish ed. 2017, Greek ed. forthcoming).