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Cross-cultural Psychology of Health and Illness

Course
2016-2017

Entry requirements

Personality, Clinical and Health Psychology or similar course. For admission requirements, please contact your study advisor.

Description

This course looks at culture, health, disease and health care from a psychological perspective and at cultural aspects of core psychological concepts and models.

Course objectives

After completion of the course, students are able to:

  • Interpret cultural aspects of personality, psychopathology, stress, pain and illness,

  • Describe cultural differences in health beliefs, lifestyles and health; and

  • Understand communication between health care professionals and migrant patients and the use of healthcare facilities.

Timetable

For the timetables of your lectures, workgroups, and exams, select your study programme.
Psychology timetables

Lectures
Exams

Registration

Course

Students need to register for lectures and exams.
Instructions for registration in courses for the 2nd and 3rd year

For information on registration periods consult the bachelor course registration

Elective

Elective students have to enroll for each course separately. For admission requirements contact your study advisor.

Exchange/Study abroad

For admission requirements, please contact your exchange coordinator.

Examination

Students are not automatically enrolled for an examination. They can register via uSis from 100 to 10 calendar days before the date; students who are not registered will not be permitted to take the examination.
Registering for exams

Mode of instruction

This course consists of 8 2-hour lectures.

Assessment method

Written exam with 5 open questions, 4 of which are chosen.
Regulation on grade calculation.

The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences has instituted that instructors use a software programme for the systematic detection of plagiarism in students’ written work. In case of fraud disciplinary actions will be taken. Please see the information concerning fraud.

Reading list

  • Heine, S.J. (2016). Cultural psychology (International student edition), 3rd edition. New York NY: Norton & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-393-26398

  • A set of articles available via Blackboard.

Contact information

Dr. Chris Verhoeven
verhoeven@fsw.leidenuniv.nl