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What are your thoughts about the applicability of American/Western developmental psychology to non-Western countries and cultures. Explain why developmental psychology has shifted from a Western approach to include diverse settings and groups.

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As you address the applicability of American/Western developmental psychology to non-Western countries and cultures, I feel like there is a certain and strong degree of universality underlying the basic and major theories to explain human thoughts, behaviors, personalities, etc. I feel like the applicability is quite feasible since humans tend to exhibit similar traits regardless of culture.

Experts also support my assertion as they "identified growing trends in Asia toward not only the Western model of conceptualizing, diagnosing, and treating mental illnesses, but in the incidence of the disease patterns themselves. As an example, eating disorders were unheard of in Asia until recently, and are now fast on the rise, as are schizophrenia and several personality disorders. The concepts behind these disorders are very much a product of Western cultural values and ...

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