For exam - Shiloh Flashcards

1
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3 characteristics of indigenous people (Martinez)

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  • impact by invading groups
  • struggle, survival, adaption
  • continuity of connection to land
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2
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3 oppression thingies of indigenous

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stigmatisation
resistance
land loss

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3
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what is a cosmology?

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explanation of existence, purpose

crucial for understanding psychology

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4
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what are the 3 stages of Maori cosmology?

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  1. movement from darkness to light
  2. separation of earth and sky
  3. fashioning of natural world
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5
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how is cosmology woven into architecture?

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through the marae - images depict stages of creation

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6
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how does cosmology shape psychology?

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  1. how we respond to environment
  2. offers alternative identities and knowledge that resists colonisation
  3. shapes practises and relationships
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what is colonisation?

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invasion of an area by a new group

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what are the 6 stages of cultural domination?

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  1. loss of language/culture education systems - new implemented
  2. local artifacts destroyed
  3. traditional practises dismissed
  4. practises tolerated limitedly (assimilated)
  5. settlers draw selectively on elements e.g. medicine
  6. settlers exploit culture for economic gain
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9
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what is the chain of being?

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religious hierarchical structure of all matter and life

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10
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what is the significance of chain of being?

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justifies conquering nations? rise of pseudo-science made a hierarchy of race of intelligence

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11
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what is diaspora?

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movement of population from original homeland

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what is acculturation?

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minority group comes to adopt the cultural knowledge, values, practises and language of another dominant group

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what is enculturation

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adapting by learning values, norms and requirements of a culture to fit in - learning your own culture

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what are the 4 strategies of acculturation? (Berry)

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  1. integration
  2. assimilation
  3. separation
  4. marginalisation
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15
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what is integration?

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maintaining cultural identity but participating in host culture

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16
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what is assimilation?

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giving up own culture and absorbing host culture

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17
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what is separation?

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maintaining own culture, rejecting host culture

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18
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what is marginalisation?

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not identifying with own or host culture

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19
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what are 3 critiques of acculturation model?

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  1. oversimplifies responses
  2. ignores context
  3. homogenises cultural groups
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20
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how does indigenous psychology help?

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‘unlearn’ western assumptions
recognise customs
application of cultural concepts to decolonise research

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21
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what are 2 characteristics of psychology in NZ?

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  1. eurocentric - focussing on western culture and excludes wider world
  2. ethnocentric - judging another’s culture based on own
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22
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what is decolonisation?

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recovery and re-establishment of culture and assertion of rights

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23
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what are characteristics of decolonisation?

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  1. revolutionising how people relate to and in a place
  2. process of recovery, culture re-established
  3. self-determination
  4. based on indigenous ways, not eurocentric knowledge
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24
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what is emic?

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developing insights and methods from within one’s culture, giving voice to indigenous

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what is etic?

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indigenous psychologists adapting existing insights and methods from outside their culture to use

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26
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what is symbiotic?

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drawing insights from inside and outside to produce knowledge

27
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what is knowledge?

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  1. common sense understanding through lived experiences
  2. acquisition of skill, experience and education
  3. theoretical and practical understandings of life
28
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what is epistemology?

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understanding the nature of human knowledge and what underpins it

29
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what is social constructionism?

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contextually located interpretations of the world

30
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how are social intepretations violent?

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expressing certain interpretations which have negative consequences for racialised groups e.g. racist research
difficult for racialised groups to challenge

31
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what are the 4 types of research? (Cunningham)

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  1. research not involving maori
  2. research involving maori - maori are some participants
  3. maori centred research - significant participants
  4. kaupapa maori research - research typically all maori
32
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what is kaupapa maori research?

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  1. critical theory

2. legitimacy of maori culture

33
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what is ‘kaupapa’

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principles and ideas which are a basis for action

34
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what are the 8 principles of kaupapa maori research?

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  1. tino rangitiratanga - self determination
  2. taonga tuku iho - aspirations
  3. ako maori - pedagogy
  4. socioeconomic mediation
  5. whanau - family
  6. kaupapa - collectivity
  7. ata - growing respectful relationships
  8. treaty of waitangi
35
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what is resilience?

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the means by which indigenous people make use of individual/community strength to protect themselves

36
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what is resistance?

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collective fight-back, actively opposing uneven distribution of power

37
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what is homelessness

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the absence of a safe, secure, habitable shelter

38
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what is spiritual homelessness?

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displacement from ancestral lands, knowledge, rituals, kinship relationships

39
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what are 4 personal pathways into homelessness?

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  1. relationship breakdowns
  2. family abuse
  3. substance abuse
  4. mental illness
40
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what are 3 structural pathways into homelessness?

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  1. colonisation
  2. poverty
  3. ideology of individual responsibiltiy
41
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what is the psychosocial perspective of homelessness?

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social support and inclusion does not alleviate mental hardship but such interpersonal factors can buffer severe material hardship

42
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how are health and relationships intertwined?

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participation in social networks are beneficial for health

health is shaped by quality of relations in society

43
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what is the cartesian self?

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assumes there is a subjective inner mind and an objective outer world
mind and body are distinct substances

44
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how is the cartesian self different for maori?

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maori see person an environment as being interwoven

45
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what is the looking glass self?

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we see ourselves through the perceptions of others and how we understand these

46
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what is the centre of the cobweb self?

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the self is a cobweb connected to many other people

47
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what is historical trauma?

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emotional and psychological wounding across generations, which emanates from massive group trauma

48
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what is the interconnected self?

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interwoven relationships and situations not independent of context/lives of others
- another way to decolonise psychology

49
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what is dependent origination?

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the idea that one can understand nothing in isolated pieces

  • one’s actions impact others
  • understanding someone requires understanding of their group
50
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what is the I and Me

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I = distinct from others, identity
Me = the self seen by others
51
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what is a refugee?

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someone feeling conflict or persecution

successful asylum seeker

52
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5 reasons we are hostile to migrants?

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  1. media
  2. healthcare
  3. racism
  4. human rights violations
  5. government policies
53
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what is migration?

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movement of people from once place to another, involving a distinct change to everyday life

54
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what is domestic migration?

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rural to urban movement or movement between cities

55
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what is international migration?

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movement between countries

56
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what are the 2 main drivers for migration?

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  1. search of opportunity - voluntary

2. search of safety - involuntary

57
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what are pros from migrants

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opportunity, new start, personal growth, escape from danger

58
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what are cons for migrants

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disruption, loss of identity/status, marginalisation, langauge, unemployment

59
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what are pros for host communities

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diversity, more labour, international connections, new ideas

60
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what are cons for host communities

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competition for jobs/housing/resources, overcrowding, conflict over culture

61
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what is culture shock?

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the disorientation of being in an unfamiliar context

62
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what is the model minority myth?

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a minority group whose members are perceived to achieve a higher degree of socioeconomic success than the population average

63
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what are problems with the model minority myth?

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  1. fosters internalised racism
  2. creates ‘good’ and ‘bad’ immigrants
  3. used to deny racial justice
  4. erases shared histories of oppression