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Uten et kulturelt perspektiv blir psykologers praksis etnosentrisk. Vi trenger bevissthet om eget kulturelt ståsted og strategier for håndtering av forskjellighet.

Traditionally, psychology has assumed the existence of a gold standard – an appropriate way of behaving – against which all others are measured. Unfortunately these theories have been developed among middle class white college students who differ substantially from the large majority of the societies they serve.