Conférence publique organisée par l’École doctorale en psychologie sociale de l'Institut de Psychologie
Abstract
Cultural contact due to factors such as migration, globalization, and travel (among others) has made cultural diversity experiences an everyday phenomenon and led to unprecedented numbers of individuals who consider themselves bicultural and multicultural. What are the psychological consequences of these acculturative and identity processes? Using a framework that integrates acculturation, social-identity theory, and individual differences approaches, and that relies on laboratory experiments, and survey and social network methodologies, this presentation will review a program of research conducted to examine how multicultural individuals process and respond to dual cultural information (e.g., cultural frame-switching or CFS), how they integrate their different cultural identities into a cohesive sense of self (e.g., Bicultural Identity Integration, BII), how they maintain competing loyalties between different cultural groups, and the socio-cognitive and adjustment consequences of this type of experiences and identities. These studies, which are conducted with bicultural samples varying in culture/ethnicity, enclave, age, and generational status reveal that:
Invitée par l'Ecole doctorale en psychologie sociale pour animer un module, Prof. Benet-Martínez animera une conférence publique ouverte à tous et toutes qui sont interessé·e·s sur le sujet.
Selon le dispositif sanitaire en vigueur à l’Université de Lausanne, la participation au séminaire est réservée aux personnes disposant d’un certificat COVID.