Psychological Characteristics of “Policultural Society”

Authors

  • О.А. Мельник (V.A. Melnik), старший преподаватель State Institution of Education «Academy of Postgraduate Education», Minsk, Republic of Belarus

Keywords:

culture, society, globalization, socialization, intercultural dialogue, cultural dimensions, intercultural differences, psychological health

Abstract

In modern society there are traced very serious cultural transformations. This is due to the diversity of cultures and, in general, the process of globalization. People in a multicultural society are exposed daily to thinking about behavior that is different from their own. Against this background, this article discusses how knowledge from the research and practice of other cultural societies can be useful to individuals in a multicultural space. Identified various theoretical positions in understanding human behavior. The article discusses how approaches to ethnicity and differences in cultural origin can become a source of health problems in a multicultural society, and in conclusion, theories of study from the psychological point of view of various dimensions of cultures are presented, which will eliminate the disadvantages of cultural globalization.

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Published

2020-06-03

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Section

Philosophical sciences