Advances in culture and psychology. Volume 1 / edited by Michele J. Gelfand, Chi-yue Chiu, Ying-yi Hong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gelfand, Michele J.

Chiu, Chi-yue, 1963-

Hong, Ying-yi, 1964-

Series:

Advances in Culture and Psychology

Advances in culture and psychology ; vol. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture.

Interpersonal relations and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (383 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With applications throughout the social sciences, culture and psychology is a rapidly growing field that has experienced a boom in publication over the last decade. Comprising chapters from internationally renowned culture scholars, this book represents diversity in the theory and study of culture within psychology.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 Human Culture in Evolutionary Perspective; I. Introduction; II. Ape and Human Cooperation; III. Ape and Human Cultural Transmission; IV. Ape and Human Social Cognition; V. An Evolutionary Fairy Tale; VI. Conclusion; Chapter 2 Culture, Emotion, and Expression; I. Introduction; II. A Theoretical Preview: The Cultural Calibration of Emotion; III. Overview of the Research Program; IV. Judgment Studies; V. Production Studies; VI. Conclusion; Chapter 3 Infectious Disease and the Creation of Culture; I. Introduction

II. Pathogen Prevalence and the Prediction of Cross-Cultural DifferencesIII. Deeper Consideration of Underlying Causal Processes; Chapter 4 Attachment, Learning, and Coping: The Interplay of Cultural Similarities and Differences; I. Introduction; II. Attachment Theory; III. Research Highlighting Cultural Differences in Attachment; IV. Research on Cultural Differences in Learning; V. Attachment and Coping; VI. Implications and Conclusion; Chapter 5 Culturally Situated Linguistic Ecologies and Language Use: Cultural Tools at the Service of Representing and Shaping Situated Realities

I. IntroductionII. A Functional Approach to the Language-Cognition-Culture Interface on the Situated Interaction Level; III. Interlude: From Language in Dialogue to Omnipresent Language; IV. The Linguistic Ecology of Cultures and Its Impact on the Shape of Psychological Realities; V. Summary and Conclusion; Chapter 6 Micro-Macro Dynamics of the Cultural Construction of Reality: A Niche Construction Approach to Culture; I. Introduction; II. Illustrations: What Makes Individuals in a Collectivist Culture Behave in a Collectivist Manner?

III. The Core Idea: Individuals' Behaviors Collectively Create a Social NicheIV. Research Agendas; V. Conclusion: Mutual Construction of Mind and Ecology; Chapter 7 Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism: Implications for Understanding Psychological Processes; I. Introduction; II. Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism; III. Measuring Horizontal and Vertical Forms of Individualism and Collectivism; IV. Who Am I and What Do I Value?; V. How Should I Present Myself?; VI. How Do I Perceive the Social Environment?

VII. Future Directions and Implications for Consumer PsychologyVIII. Conclusion; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Jan. 12, 2011).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-045231-5

1-282-94496-7

0-19-970155-5

9786612944963

OCLC:

922970132