Culture as A Psychology Research Study

Psychological science has many branches that can be learned, one of which is inter-cultural psychology.

Psychological science has many branches that can be learned, one of which is inter-cultural psychology. Research in this field has often been done because it can be related to various other branches of psychology. On this basis, Psychology Village: BATIC (Being Aware to Indonesian Culture) organized ?Call for Papers?, an arena for students to present research results on cross-cultural psychology.

There were 15 speakers selected from various universities, both public and private sector throughout Indonesia, to present research results on Tuesday (06/04). They were divided into three classes, namely in MYC Student Lounge, room E302, and room B610 Universitas Pelita Harapan, Lippo Village.

In the first class, the core of the research topic is how local communities still uphold their cultural values derived from a common ancestor and how they are opening up to multiculturalism. For example, Jeshua Manuel et al from UPH concluded that Balinese high commitment to the values of Hinduism and Muthia Sari et al from Universitas Muhammadiyah, Surakarta said the importance of understanding and acculturation as a middle way to overcome cultural differences within a family.

Still in the realm of cross-cultural psychology, in the second class, Sebastian Partogi from Universitas Katolik Atma Jaya raised Intercultural sensitivity as a measurement for Indonesian students who involved in student organizations. He said the measuring instrument was valid to measure their ability to manage conflicts caused by cultural differences. Ratriana Yuliastuti from UKRIDA discussed sexuality values in Javanese society, that sex is not a taboo topic which was never disclosed publicly in the Java community.

Andrian Liem from Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta revealed the importance of rites of passage; ritual transition for adolescents that aims to take teenagers into adulthood and become fully mature person. Besides Andrian, there was also Rafiqa Alfi from Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Psikologi Harapan Bangsa Banda Aceh on the third class. He took the topic of resilience; person’s ability to face and accept a difficult experience and then be able to change the unpleasant conditions becomes their strength. Rafiqa doing her research on Aceh adolescent tsunami-affected.

Zainal Abidin as the moderator at the first class admitted impressed with the studies conducted. “They’re still in students? level but they can do an interesting and profound research. Each topic has appointed its own uniqueness,” he said.

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       Rafiqa Alfi

The participants were satisfied with their hard work too. As disclosed by Ardian Agil from Diponegoro University, Semarang, “What a coincidence that this topic is the result of my research for one of the subjects. It’s great because in addition to getting the score, I also received an appreciation in this event.” (cyn)

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