ABSTRACT
Psychology is a theoretical discipline when its principal goals are to describe, predict, and explain events; it becomes an applied discipline when its goals are to control and change events. Cross-cultural psychology has increasingly embraced issues related to social justice. Critical race theory is based on the premise that race is institutionally structural or systemic in nature. Learning about sexism in all areas of life is important both for gaining professional knowledge and for developing good citizenship skills. One of the key points of disagreement in the reproductive rights debate is whether or not abortion is a basic right. LGBTQ+ psychology focuses on and assists individuals whose orientation is gender-variant or transgender. Environmental justice has become a key concern to cross-cultural psychologists. Psychologists using digital technologies (particularly AI) are working to assist individuals with numerous tasks as well as to provide a personalized form of emotional support and companionship. Massive technological innovations have changed the cultural norms related to privacy as well as the barriers that protected privacy in the past. Cross-cultural psychologists work to support positive nationalism (one’s sense of pride in their nation’s cultural past and present) and to reduce negative nationalism (attitudes of superiority, dominance, and belittling other national or ethnic groups). The differences between most cultural groups are generally smaller than the differences within these groups.
