Overview: Throughout your coursework and professional career, it is extremely im

Overview:
Throughout your coursework and professional career, it is extremely important that you write in your
own words. You will often be tasked with reading psychological materials and then to incorporate the
content into a paper or other type of written or oral presentation. At times, the material you are
reading might be quite technical, and it may be challenging for you to present these ideas in your own
words. This is your opportunity to practice this important skill.
Review the following websites to learn about summarizing:
• Purdue Owl: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
• Example of a Summary
Instructions:
For this assignment, you will:
• Read the passage (below) from your textbook.
• Think about the main ideas contained in the passage.
• Make a list of four (4) main ideas contained in the passage.
• In your own words, summarize the main ideas in paragraph form with a minimum of four (4)
complete sentences.
• Do not quote directly from the passage.
Textbook Passage:
Paul Pedersen (1990, 1991), a leading multicultural psychologist, proposed that multiculturalism is
the fourth force in psychology. What does he mean? In psychology, the term force is used to describe
a theory that has a huge influence on the field and precipitates a paradigm shift, or major change, in
the way people think about human behavior.
The notion that multiculturalism is the fourth force suggests that this perspective will have just as big
an impact on the field of psychology as the first three -forces—-psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and
humanism (Table 1.2). Pedersen (1990, 1991) does not see multiculturalism as replacing the other
three theories, but as adding a fourth dimension to psychology to supplement and, ideally, to
strengthen the other three. According to Pedersen, labeling multiculturalism the fourth force “explores
the possibility that we are moving toward a generic theory of multiculturalism that recognizes the
PSY220 – Multicultural Psychology
Summarization Assignment
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psychological consequences of each cultural context, where each behavior has been learned and is
displayed . . . and calls attention to the way in which a culture-centered perspective has changed the
way we look at psychology across fields and ­theories” (1999, p. xxii).
In other words, calling multiculturalism the fourth force challenges us to acknowledge that (a) all
behavior occurs in and is impacted by a cultural context; (b) until recently, this fact has virtually been
ignored by the field; and (c) once we understand the nature and contribution of culture, this
understanding will dramatically alter and expand the way we study and understand behavior.
Pedersen and other multicultural psychologists believe it is no longer possible for psychologists to
ignore their own culture or the cultures of their clients and research participants. A multicultural
perspective makes our understanding of human behavior more clear and meaningful, rather than
more obscure and awkward. According to Pedersen (1999), “The main goal of [multicultural
psychology] is to convince general psychology that culture is an important contributor to the
development of human behavior, and to our understanding and study of it” (p. 6). Thus, identifying
multiculturalism as the fourth force in psychology attempts to place it at the center of the field.
Summarize this paragraph in your own words and include the following reference citation for your
textbook below your summary:
Mio, J. f., Barker, L. A., Domenech Rodriguez, M. M., & Gonzalez, J. (2020). Multicultural psychology:
Understanding our diverse communities (5th ed.). Oxford University Press.
Requirements:
• Incorporate all main ideas into your own words.
• Use appropriate APA placement and style for in-text citations and the reference.
• Complete your work in a Microsoft Word document.
Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again
after you write.