AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Cross-cultural psychology is a branch of psychology that looks at how cultural factors influence human behavior.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cross-culture psychologists have used the emic/etic distinction for some time. The emic approach studies behavior from within the culture, and mostly is based on one culture; the etic approach studies behavior from outside the culture system, and is based on many cultures.

Detailed explanation-3: -The sociocultural approach looks at how a person’s experiences, influences and culture help shape why they act the way they do. The theory was developed by Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky in the 1930s. Vygotsky claims that there are three cultural tools which children use to inform their cognitive abilities.

Detailed explanation-4: -These approaches to social psychology are sometimes called perspectives. A few common perspectives in social psychology are social cognition, sociocultural, evolutionary, and social learning.

Detailed explanation-5: -These are biological, psychodynamic, behavioural, cognitive and humanistic. Each approach attempts to explain human behaviour differently.