Indigenous and cultural psychology
Subtitle: understanding people in context
By: edited by Uichol Kim, Kuo-Shu Yang, Kwang-Kuo Hwang.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 518
Description: Surveys psychological and behavioral phenomena in native context in various developing and developed countries, with focus on Asia. This work clarifies culture-specific concepts (such as paternalism and the Japanese concept of amae), and models integrative methods of study. It aims to dispel typical misconceptions about the field and its goals.