Psychologically literate citizens.

McGovern, Thomas V.; Corey, Laurie; Cranney, Jacquelyn; Dixon, Wallace E.; Holmes, Jeffrey D.; Kuebli, Janet; Ritchey, Kristin A.; Smith, Randolph A.; Walker, Sheila J.

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“…An active learning approach could facilitate the embedding of intercultural competence in various psychology topics, beyond such natural sites as social psychology and cross-cultural psychology. Coverage of cultural diversity knowledge and values, and particularly practical skills, in the senior undergraduate psychology curriculum is vital for developing globally competent, psychologically literate citizens (McGovern et al, 2010) and for preparing graduates for psychologist internships and postgraduate psychologist training.…”

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Embedding Intercultural Competence Development in the Psychology Curriculum

Mak

2012

Psychology Learning & Teaching

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Psychology educators recognize the importance of preparing graduates who are interculturally competent. This article outlines and reflects on teaching practices intended to embed intercultural awareness and skills in a health psychology curriculum. It includes descriptions of activities consisting of tutorials involving a schematic approach to mapping intercultural interactions for stress reduction and health communication and a reflective learning journal on culture and health.Globalization and the need to prepare graduates for work in multicultural work settings have prompted Australian higher education institutions to consider good teaching and learning practices in intercultural competence development (Griffith University, 2011;Mak, 2010). The Australian Psychology Accreditation Council standards (APAC, 2010) also stipulate intercultural diversity to be a core topic in the four-year undergraduate psychology curriculum.In Australia, four-year graduates from APAC-accredited programs are eligible for a psychologist internship or postgraduate professional psychologist training. Either pathway to full psychologist registration (licensing) in Australia requires these graduates to possess well-developed communication and interpersonal skills for working with people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Psychology educators should consider embedding international perspectives and intercultural communication competence development in the undergraduate curriculum, particularly in professional preparatory courses such as health psychology. Teaching Practices to Embed Intercultural Competence DevelopmentThis report outlines teaching practices instituted to embed international and intercultural perspectives and intercultural interaction competence in the curriculum of an elective fourth-year course on health psychology. In particular, the internationalized curriculum aims to develop students' understanding in health care consumers' cultural beliefs and behaviours pertaining to stress and coping, health and illness, and intercultural communication processes in patient-practitioner relationships. The re-designed curriculum involved changes in content coverage, tutorial activities, and assessment tasks. Theme on Culture and HealthThe curriculum renovation began with a statement in the course outline specifying a theme on culture and health psychology and on the importance for health psychologists to maintain an international perspective and to develop cultural competence in their professional practice. I delivered the course face to face with weekly 2-hour lectures over 13 teaching weeks as in the previous year, but re-designed half of the ten 2-hour tutorials.A tutorial group discussion topic previously known as 'biopsychosocial factors and processes in chronic diseases' became 'biopsychosocial and cultural factors and processes in chronic diseases',

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Embedding Intercultural Competence Development in the Psychology Curriculum

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2012

Psychology Learning & Teaching

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“…Does this threaten Psychology as a non-vocational degree, and the university tradition which is essentially, in the Newman tradition, non-vocational? A response is to argue for “psychological literacy” (see McGovern et al, 2009; Cranney and Dunn, 2011). In essence it suggests that knowledge of research and theory in psychology, and the full methodological range advocated by Rees would strengthen this, allows students to detect false argument better, and become better citizens and employees.…”

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The relationship between student employability and student engagement: working toward a more unified theory

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“…Although psychological literacy is a multifaceted concept, one of its core components is a grasp of discipline-relevant terminology, especially "a well-defined vocabulary and basic knowledge of the critical subject matter of psychology" [Roberts et al (2015), p. 2; see also McGovern et al (2010)]. …”

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50 Differences That Make a Difference: A Compendium of Frequently Confused Term Pairs in Psychology

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An adequate understanding of specialized terminology is a prerequisite for the mastery of core concepts across all scientific disciplines, including psychological science. In a previous article (Lilienfeld et al., 2015), we presented an annotated list of 50 widely used psychological terms that should generally be avoided, or at best used judiciously and with qualifications in select cases. Herein, we offer a "sequel" by presenting a list of 50 term pairs in psychology and allied fields (e.g., psychiatry, cultural anthropology, and statistics) that are commonly confused in academic writing, popular writing, or both. We draw these terms from multiple domains of psychology, including Sensation, Perception, Learning, and Memory; Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior; Personality Psychology; Psychopathology; and Research Methodology and Statistics. Many of these terms are frequently confused not merely by beginning psychology students but also by advanced psychology students, psychology instructors, and science journalists. Our list of commonly confused psychological term pairs should hopefully be a modest contribution toward enhancing psychological literacy and critical thinking in psychology more broadly.

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Psychologically literate citizens.

Cited by 104 publications

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Embedding Intercultural Competence Development in the Psychology Curriculum

Embedding Intercultural Competence Development in the Psychology Curriculum

The relationship between student employability and student engagement: working toward a more unified theory

50 Differences That Make a Difference: A Compendium of Frequently Confused Term Pairs in Psychology

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