Sumários
Class 2. Culture & The Human Mind
28 Setembro 2026, 15:30 • Elena Piccinelli
The following topics were covered in this class:
2. How do we study culture? Cultural universals, emic vs. etic perspectives
3. Holistic vs. analytic cognition
4. Group assignment (instructions, definition of groups and topics)
Class 2. Culture & The Human Mind
28 Setembro 2026, 13:00 • Elena Piccinelli
The following topics were covered in this class:
2. How do we study culture? Cultural universals, emic vs. etic perspectives
3. Holistic vs. analytic cognition
4. Group assignment (instructions, definition of groups and topics)
Class 2. What is culture and why psychology needs it
22 Setembro 2026, 15:30 • Emerson Do Bú
Definitions of culture. Culture, nationality, ethnicity and race. Objective and subjective culture. A short history of the discipline. The WEIRD problem. Cross-cultural, cultural and indigenous psychology. Emic and etic approaches.
In-class activity. Show of hands on everyday norms in the students' countries, and the Müller-Lyer illusion tested on a slide.
Readings after class
Henrich, J., Heine, S. J., & Norenzayan, A. (2010). The weirdest people in the world? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33(2–3), 61–83. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X0999152X
Class 1. Introduction
22 Setembro 2026, 13:30 • Emerson Do Bú
Presentation of the teacher, the students and the course. Organisation of the course, assessment and the group assignment.
In-class activity. Each student introduces themselves (name, home country, motivation and one expectation for the course). Groups for the blog assignment are formed at the end of the class.
Readings after class
Heine, S. J. (2020). Cultural psychology (4th ed.). W. W. Norton. Chapter 1, What is cultural psychology?
Class 1. Introduction
21 Setembro 2026, 15:30 • Elena Piccinelli
In the first class, students were provided with an introduction to the UC and got to introduce themselves:
1. General introduction
2. "What's in your name?" - Introduce yourself
3. Co-creation of ground rules for a safe space
4. Overview of the UC (structure, topics, assignments, etc.)
5. The concept of culture
6. History of (cross-)cultural psychology