title: Understanding culture and ethnicity: basic rudiments of an "anthropsychological" perspective for understanding human behavior.
abstract: While there appears to be general consensus in the behavioral sciences as to the importance of culture and ethnicity in shaping behavior, the discipline of psychology, a major producer of psychotherapists, is often resistant to the study of the basic concepts; seeing it as the domain of other disciplines. Thus, psychologically trained practitioners may not have rudimentary understanding of these concept; while endorsing and even trying to incorporate ethnically and culturally sensitive practices and techniques. This paper provides a basic reformulation of culture and ethnicity and presents the novel concept of an "anthropsychological" model for understanding individual behavior while being sensitive to ethnicity and culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Rawl Building, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA. CHESTNUTD@Mail.ecu.edu
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Chestnut
mesh_terms: D000884:Anthropology, Cultural / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005008:Ethnopsychology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors