ABSTRACT
The literature does contain references to the training of members of minority groups in multicultural societies, including the original inhabitants of countries that were settled, or perhaps more accurately described as conquered, by technologically superior colonisers. Training is an established component of applied psychology, where it is used systematically to improve the effectiveness of workers in industry and commerce. Most of the early psychological literature dealt with orientation programmes aimed at persons travelling to new cultures. Leading the field and setting the pattern for subsequent work in cross-cultural orientation was the massive effort surrounding the development of the American Peace Corps. The literature does contain references to the training of members of minority groups in multicultural societies, including the original inhabitants of countries that were settled, or perhaps more accurately described as conquered, by technologically superior colonisers. Most of the early psychological literature dealt with orientation programmes aimed at persons travelling to new cultures.
