Culture and Human Development (eBook, ePUB)

The Importance of Cross-Cultural Research for the Social Sciences
Redaktion: Friedlmeier, Wolfgang; Schwarz, Beate; Chakkarath, Pradeep

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This timely book offers an interdisciplinary exploration of key developmental processes, combining psychological and sociological approaches with crosscultural research to examine phenomena such as the transfer of culture between generations and the universality of attachment theory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135420925
• Artikelnr.: 47890950

Autorenporträt

Wolfgang Friedlmeier is Assistant Professor for Cross-Cultural Psychology at Grand Valley State University Pradeep Chakkarath is Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Beate Schwarz is Assistant Professor at the University of Konstanz

Inhaltsangabe

Biographical Notes. Preface. Introduction. Part I. Theory and Methods in
Cross-Cultural Research. W.J. Lonner, The Psychological Study of Culture:
Issues and Questions of Enduring Importance. P. Chakkarath, What can
Western Psychology Learn From Indigenous Psychologies? - Lessons From Hindu
Psychology. M. Cole, Using Cross-Cultural Psychology to Design Afterschool
Educational Activities in Different Cultural Settings. Part II: On the
Development of Developmental Theories. K.E. Grossmann, K. Grossmann, A.
Keppler Universal and Culture-Specific Aspects of Human Behavior: The Case
of Attachment. F. Rothbaum and G. Morelli, Attachment and Culture: Bridging
Relativism and Universalism. Wolfgang Friedlmeier, Emotional Development
and Culture: Reciprocal Contributions of Cross-Cultural Research and
Developmental Psychology. R.C. Mishra, P.R. Dasen, Spatial Language and
Cognitive Development in India: An Urban/Rural Comparison. Part III:
Intergenerational Relationships. Bernhard Nauck, Changing Value of
Children: An Action Theory of Fertility Behavior and Intergenerational
Relationships in Cross-Cultural Comparison. B. Schwarz, E. Schäfermeier and
G. Trommsdorff, Relations between Value Orientation, Child-Rearing Goals,
and Parenting: A Comparison of German and South Korean Mothers. R. Seginer
, Adolescent Future Orientation: Intergenerational Transmission and
Intertwining Tactics in Cultural and Family Settings. Part IV: Social
Change. Çigdem Kagitçibasi, Modernization Does Not Mean Westernization:
Emergence of a Different Pattern. Helmut Klages, Modernization and Value
Change. Part V: Acculturation. J. W. Berry, Acculturation. A. Thomas,
Long-Term Effects of International Student Exchange Programs. Makoto
Kobayashi, Collective Self-Esteem and Acculturation: A Case Study of
European and Japanese Internship Students. Subject Index