Advances in Culture and Psychology [electronic resource] : Volume 3
Gelfand, Michele J.
Chiu, Chi YueContributor
Hong, Ying YiContributor
With applications throughout the social sciences, culture and psychology is a rapidly growing field that has experienced a surge in publications over the last decade. From this proliferation of books, chapters, and journal articles, exciting developments have emerged in the relationship of culture to cognitive processes, human development, psychopathology, social behavior, organizational behavior, neuroscience, language, marketing, and other topics. In recognition of this exponential growth, Advances in Culture and Psychology is the first annual series to offer state-of-the-art reviews of scho
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: The Role of Language and Culture in Universality and Diversity of Human Concepts; I. Introduction; II. Linguistic/Cultural Universals and Diversity in the Construal of Objects and Substances (Research Program 1); III. Conceptual Relations among Objects (Research Program 2); IV. Learning to Label Objects and Actions (Research Program 3); V. Language-Specific Lexicalization Patterns, Culture, and Attention to Background (Research Program 4)
VI. Theoretical Implications and Future Directions for Research on Universality and Cultural DiversityVII. Conclusion; Chapter 2: Development; I. Introduction; II. The Ecocultural Model of Development; III. Implications for Developmental Pathways; IV. Conclusion; Chapter 3: From Chinese to Cross-cultural Personality Inventory; I. Introduction; II. Stages of Cross-cultural Personality Assessment; III. Combined Emic-Etic Approach to the Study of Personality in Culture; IV. Development of the Chinese Personality Assessment Inventory; V. Comparisons of the CPAI to Western Models of Personality
VI. Cross-cultural Comparisons of the CPAIVII. Conclusion; Chapter 4: Cultural Unity and Diversity in Compensatory Control Processes; I. Introduction; II. A Theory of Compensatory Control; III. Empirical Evidence for Compensatory Control Theory; IV. Compensatory Control Patterns Across Cultures; V. Conclusion; Chapter 5: Creating Cultures Between Arctics and Deserts; I. Introduction; II. Climato-economic Theory of Culture; III. Methodological Considerations; IV. Empirical Evidence; V. Remaining Puzzles; Chapter 6: Macro Cultural Psychology; I. Introduction
II. Historical Background of Macro Cultural Psychology and Key AssumptionsIII. Macro Cultural Factors and Psychology Are Organically Related; IV. Psychological Phenomena Are Barometers of Culture; VI. Culturally Organized Psychological Phenomena Are Necessary to Promulgate a Social System; VII. Performativity; VIII. Epistemology and Methodology; IX. Future Directions and Political Implications of Macro Cultural Psychology; V. Culture Is Political, and Cultural Politics Shape the Content and Socialization of Psychology; Index
With applications throughout the social sciences, culture and psychology is a rapidly growing field that has experienced a surge in publications over the last decade. From this proliferation of books, chapters, and journal articles, exciting developments have emerged in the relationship of culture to cognitive processes, human development, psychopathology, social behavior, organizational behavior, neuroscience, language, marketing, and other topics. In recognition of this exponential growth, Advances in Culture and Psychology is the first annual series to offer state-of-the-art reviews of scho
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ethnopsychology.
Culture.