It is important to remember that some symptoms that we as Americans mark as pathological are in fact considered normal in other cultures. For example, in my Abnormal Psychology class we talked about symptoms of schizophrenia. One symptom of schizophrenia is auditory/visual hallucinations. In the United States, we tend to label that as abnormal or maladaptive; however, there are some native tribes in Africa that see hallucinations as completely ordinary. I am of the caucasian race. I first became aware of people of other races in preschool. I had a Mexican-American teacher, and there was an African-American boy and girl, as well as a Hispanic boy, in my class. My neighborhood that I grew up in (which is my neighborhood now) was about 95% white. There were a couple of Asian families, but that’s about
It is important to remember that some symptoms that we as Americans mark as pathological are in fact considered normal in other cultures. For example, in my Abnormal Psychology class we talked about symptoms of schizophrenia. One symptom of schizophrenia is auditory/visual hallucinations. In the United States, we tend to label that as abnormal or maladaptive; however, there are some native tribes in Africa that see hallucinations as completely ordinary. I am of the caucasian race. I first became aware of people of other races in preschool. I had a Mexican-American teacher, and there was an African-American boy and girl, as well as a Hispanic boy, in my class. My neighborhood that I grew up in (which is my neighborhood now) was about 95% white. There were a couple of Asian families, but that’s about