Transcript Cultural Psychology Thesis Ideas

Master Thesis
Ideas
February 1st 2006
Project Areas
• 4.5 Different Research Projects
– 4 Senior Researchers & 2 Doctoral Students
• Areas of Psychology
– Positive, Social, Cultural, Developmental
• Topics: Virtues & Identity, Attitudes &
Immigration, Care-Giving, Ideology of
Multiculturalism
• Mixed Methodologies
Positive Psychology &
Virtues
• Hilde Nafstad, Rolv Blakar, & Sissel
Finholt
• Identity and Virtues
– Possible Selves (Markus & Nurius, 1986)
– ”Dyder”: Positive strengths or character
traits
• Interviews
– Qualitative Design
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Attitudes Toward Illegal
Immigration
• Reidar Ommundsen
• What social and psychological factors
are related to or influence attitudes
toward illegal immigration and
immigrants in ”receiving” countries?
• Correlational or Experimental Studies
• Social Psychology
• Quantitative Methodology
– Scales & Surveys and/or Experiments
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Norwegian Attitudes
Toward Integration of
Immigrants
• Reidar Ommundsen and Josh Phelps
• Scale to Measure Attitudes toward
Integration
– Mutual Adaptation/Gjensidig tilpasning
– Partially influenced by Berry Integration
Strategy
– Contemporary Issue in Norwegian Politics
• Quantitative Methodology
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Karsten Projects
• Care-giver/ing Project
• Disadvantaged Groups in Norway
& Abroad
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• Developmental & Cultural
Psychology
• [email protected]
• Ragnhild Dybdahl
– Potential Supervisor
Ideology of
Multiculturalism
• Rolv Blakar, Hilde Nafstad, & Josh
Phelps
• Longitudinal Ideological Analysis,
Content Analysis & Focus Groups
• Ethnic Norwegian (etnisk norsk) and the
Multicultural Society (flerkulturelt
samfunnet)
• Mixed Methodologies
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Conclusion
• Final words…
• Support Group
• Best of Luck!!!