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About Study Course

ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Laima Dance
Study type:Part-Time, Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Psychology
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Part-Time, Full time
Branch of science:Psychology

Objective

To deepen students’ understanding of the connection between culture and psychology and to improve the ability to analyse the possible effects of culture on various individual and group mental states, processes, characteristics, individual and group behaviour.

Prerequisites

General Psychology. Cognitive Psychology. Personality and Developmental Psychology. Social Psychology. Clinical Psychology.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Analyses, compares and critically evaluates the concepts of intercultural psychology, respecting methodological considerations and using appropriate terminology.

Skills

1.Analyses and explains the potential effects of different cultures on different aspects of psychological research and counselling, including the psychiatric conditions, processes, characteristics, behaviour of the individual and group individually and in the group.

Competence

1.Able to obtain, select and analyse information and use it to explain concepts of Starcultural psychology on various aspects of psychological research and counselling, including the psychiatric conditions, processes, characteristics, behaviour of the individual, interpret published research in intercultural psychology on its research subject and formulate issues and strategies for addressing them based on research results.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2025, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Psychology 5BachelorLimited choiceLaima Dance
Planning period:Year 2026, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Psychology6BachelorLimited choiceLaima Dance