This class will dive into the cultural aspects of behavior of various ehtnic groups from around the world. In this class, you will examine how the affects of socio-economics, race and class effect groups and how they try to move along with there lives. Other themes included in this class are; culture and development, self and identity, interaction and interpretation, speech and language, personality, cognition, emotion, physical health, mental health and socail behavior.
We will be reading the book, Post Tramatic Slave Syndrome, by Dr Joy DeGruy. Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (P.T.S.S.) is a theory that explains the etiology of many of the adaptive survival behaviors in African American communities throughout the United States and the Diaspora.
This class will analyze various texts, read and review case stuides and follow up with several historical/scientific research based theories from various culture groups.