Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

What Can Psychology Offer in Cross-Cultural Dialogue: A Psychological Approach to Intercultural Competence

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Cross-Cultural Dialogue as a Conflict Management Strategy

Abstract

Psychology, as a field of an applied social science, could offer theories, procedures and trainings in solving some basic problems (e.g. fear, injustice) in security studies. This chapter was inspired by SALTO report (Bortini and Behrooz in SALTO Youth, 2012). The work presented ‘working’ definition of intercultural competence, focused on theories of acculturation and emotional-cognitive processes involved in the creation and preservation of the bias of intercultural skills approach. The process of the development of basic skills such as: coping with insecurity, critical thinking, tolerance of ambiguity, communication were described. The review of the literature and some applications of this subject were presented as a step to use them in everyday practice. Having a framework of intercultural competence such as these presented and discussed above, it can be helpful in ensuring a more comprehensive, integrated approach in everyday work and life and promoting a better cross-cultural dialogue.

Cross-Cultural Dialogue as a Conflict Management Strategy. Edited by J. Martín Ramírez, and Gracia Abad. © 2018 Springer International. Submitted: November, 21 2017; Accepted: December, 17 2017.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 99.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Arasaratnam, L. (2016). Intercultural competence. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. Retrieved November 17, 2017 from http://communication.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228613-e-68.

  • Arnett, J. J. (2007). The long and leisurely route: Coming of age in Europe today. Current History, 130–136. Retrieved from: http://www.jeffreyarnett.com/articles.htm.

  • Baltes, P. B., Lindenberger, U., & Staudinger, U. (2006). Life span theory in developmental psychology. In W. Damon & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Handbook of child psychology. Vol. 1. Theoretical models of human development (6th ed., pp. 569–664). Hoboken, NJ, US: Wiley Inc.

    Google Scholar 

  • Barrett, H. C., & Kurzban, R. (2006). Modularity in cognition: Framing the debate. Psychological Review, 113, 628–647.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bennett, M. (1986). A developmental special issue on intercultural training. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 10, 65–72.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bennett, M. (1993). Toward ethnorelativism: A developmental model of intercultural sensitivity. In R. Michael Paige (Ed.) Education for the intercultural experience (pp. 21–71). Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Berry, J. W. (2013). Achieving a global psychology. Canadian Psychology, 54(1), 55–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0031246.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Berry, J. W., Poortinga, Y. H., Breugelmans, S. M., Chasiotis, A., & Sam, D. L. (2011). Cross-cultural psychology: Research and applications. UK: Cambridge University Press.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Berzonsky, M. D. (2009). Forming a personal sense of identity in the contemporary world: Challenges and difficulties. Psychologia Rozwojowa, 14(4), 9–20.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bortini, P., & Behrooz, M.-A. (2012). SALTO Youth. Intercultural Competence Research Report, UE. http://ec.europa.eu/youth.

  • Buzan, B., & Hansen, L. (2009). The evolution of international security studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Byram, M. (1997). Teaching and assessing intercultural communicative competence. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.

    Google Scholar 

  • Convay, M., Singer, J. A., & Tagini, A. (2004). The self and autobiographical memory: Correspondence and coherence. Social Cognition, 22(5), 134–146.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cunnigham, A., Zelazo, P. D., Packer, D. J., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2007). The iterative reprocessing model: A multilevel framework for attitudes and behavior. Social Cognition, 25(5), 736–760. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2007.25.5.736.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • David, Ch-Ph. (2000). La guerre et la Paix: approches contemporaines de la sécurité et de la stratégie (pp. 87–121). Paris: Presses de Sciences.

    Google Scholar 

  • Deardorff, D. K. (2006). The identification and assessment of intercultural competence as a student outcome of internationalization at institutions of higher education in the United States. Journal of Studies in International Education, 10, 241–266.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Deardorff, D. K. (2008). Intercultural competence: A definition, model and implications for education abroad. In V. Savicki (Ed.), Developing intercultural competence and transformation: Theory, research, and application in international education (pp. 32–52). Sterling, VA: Stylus.

    Google Scholar 

  • Deardorff, D. K. (2009). Implementing intercultural competence assessment. In: D. K. Deardorff (Ed.), The SAGE handbook of intercultural competence (pp. 477–491). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

    Google Scholar 

  • Deardorff, D. K. (2010). A comparative analysis and global perspective of regional studies on intercultural competence. Paris: UNESCO.

    Google Scholar 

  • Erikson, E. H. (1950). Childhood and society. New York: Norton.

    Google Scholar 

  • Erikson, E. H. (1968). Identity: Youth and crisis. New York: Norton.

    Google Scholar 

  • Farnicka, M. (2014). Future perspectives as a condition of positive adaptation of young adults after traumatic experience. Current Issues in Personality Psychology, 2(3), 164–170. https://doi.org/10.5114/cipp.2014.46232.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Farnicka, M. (2016). Mobility: Social (pp. 1–5). The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119085621.wbefs480.

  • Farnicka, M., & Liberska, H. (2016). Stages and paths of aggression development—Knowledge that awaits being uncovered. In: H. Liberska & M. Farnicka (Eds.), Aggression as a challenge (pp. 15–31). Frankfurt am Main—Bern—Bruxelles—New York—Oxford—Warszawa—Wien, Germany: Peter Lang GmbH.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gierszewski, J. (2017). Personal security within the human security paradigm, security dimensions. International and National Studies, 23, 51–66. https://doi.org/10.24356/SD/23/2.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Heyward, M. (2002). From international to intercultural: Redefining the international school for a globalized world. Journal of Research in International Education, 1(1), 9–32.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kowalik, S. (2015). Globalisation as a psychological context in human functioning [Globalizacja jako kontekst funkcjonowania psychologicznego ludzi]. Science [Nauka], 1, 7–37.

    Google Scholar 

  • Leung, K., Ang, S., & Tan, M. L. (2014). Intercultural competence. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology & Organizational Behavior, 1, 489–519. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2414417 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-031413-091229.

  • Lindhard, T. (2016). Security and defense. In J. M. Ramirez & J. C. Fernandez (Eds.), Security in infrastructures (pp. 2–26). Cambridge: Scholars Publishing.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lomas, T. (2015). Positive cross-cultural psychology: Exploring similarity and difference in constructions and experiences of wellbeing. International Journal of Wellbeing, 5(4), 60–77. https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v5i4.437.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Marcia, J. E. (1980). Identity in adolescence. Handbook of Adolescent Psychology, 9(11), 159–187.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mayer-Schoenberger, V. (2015). Big data—Eine revolution, die unser Leben Veraendem wird. Bundesgesundheitsblatt—Gesundheitsforschung—Gesundheitsschutz, 58 (8), 788–793.

    Google Scholar 

  • McLeod, S. A. (2013). Erik Erikson. Retrieved from www.simplypsychology.org/Erik-Erikson.html.

  • McLuhan, M. (1962). Gutenberg galaxy. Toronto: University of Toronto Mess.

    Google Scholar 

  • McLuhan, M. (1964). Understanding media. Oxon: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Morin, E. (2008). On complexity. New York: Hampton Press Inc.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nieman, M. D. (2011). Shocks and turbulence: Globalization and the occurrence of civil war. International Interactions, 37(3), 263–292.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pagani, C. (2014). Violence as a complexity. In C. Pagani, M. Farnicka, H. Liberska, & J. M. Ramirez (Eds.), Conflict and aggression: Developmental and social conditions (p. 100). Warszawa: Difin.

    Google Scholar 

  • Perloff, R. M. (2016). The dynamics of persuasion: communication and attitudes in the twenty-first century. New York, London: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Piwowarski, J. (2015). Three pillars of security culture, security dimensions. International and National Studies, 14, 10–16. https://doi.org/10.24356/SD/14/1.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ramirez, J. M. (2017). The limits of science and the benefit of unified values. In: Earth’s environmental crisis and the role of science (pp. 7–30). Hyo Jeong International Foundation for the Unity of the Sciences Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Salzman, M. B. (2001). Globalization, culture, and anxiety: Perspectives and predictions from terror management theory. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 10(4), 337–352. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011676025600.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sampson, E. E. (1989). The challenge of social change for psychology: Globalization and psychology’s theory of the person. American Psychologist, 44(6), 914–921. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.44.6.914.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Seligman, M. E. P., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). Positive psychology: An introduction. American Psychologist, 55(1), 5–14. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.55.1.5.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Shiraev, E. B., & Levy, D. A. (2017). Cross cultural psychology: Critical thinking and contemporary approaches (6th ed.). London and NY: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Spitzberg, B. H., & Chagnon, G. (2009). Conceptualizing intercultural competence. In D. K. Deardorff (Ed.), The SAGE handbook of intercultural competence (pp. 2–52). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

    Google Scholar 

  • Urbanek, A. (2017). Personal security: Current state and development prospects for the reflection on security of individuals and human collectivities, security dimensions. International and National Studies, 23, 30–50. https://doi.org/10.24356/SD/23/1.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • https://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/30482_1.pdf.

  • Yee, S., Tang, F., & Choi P. L. (2004). The development of personal intercultural and professional competence in international field experience in initial teacher education. Asia Pacific Education Review, 5(1), 50–63.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland

    Marzanna Farnicka

  2. University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal

    Margarida Pocinho

Authors
  1. Marzanna Farnicka
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Margarida Pocinho
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Marzanna Farnicka .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Nebrija University, Madrid, Spain

    J. Martín Ramírez

  2. Nebrija University, Madrid, Spain

    Gracia Abad-Quintanal

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Farnicka, M., Pocinho, M. (2018). What Can Psychology Offer in Cross-Cultural Dialogue: A Psychological Approach to Intercultural Competence. In: Ramírez, J., Abad-Quintanal, G. (eds) Cross-Cultural Dialogue as a Conflict Management Strategy. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77231-8_7

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation