SOCIAL INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATION IN MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING
Marssel M. Sengkey, Mint. H. R. Aditama & Tellma Mona Tiwa

a. Departmen of Psychology, Manado State University. 081340863448 mmsengkey[at]unima.ac.id
b. Departmen of Guidance and Counseling, Manado State Universiti. 081226655116 husenmint[at]unima.ac.id
c. Department of Psychology, Universitas Negeri Manado,
tellmatiwa[at]unima.ac.id

Abstract

This paper discusses the relevance of social interaction and student communication theories with a culture inherent to the students personal. An idealism born from an early culture affects how communication and interaction of one person is. The problems in cultural bias that arise in student interaction and communication are a major concern in seeing how the early cultural roles of the globalization era still affect ones interactions and communication. This paper helps us understand how cultures that are owned on self-counsellors influence the concept of problem solving in the counseling process. The arguments that support these aspects of cultural theory will be explained through the three concepts of a comparative study approach, namely communication in cross-cultural counseling, culture in the organization, and assimilation of cultural/cultural constructions.

Keywords: communication in culture, cross-cultural counseling, cultural psychology

Topic: Other Areas of Education