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Social psychology of culture
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Psychology Press
Publication Date
2006
Language
English
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Ch. 1. What is culture? : Culture in the news : The concept of culture in historical context ; Categories of culture ; Definition of culture ; Organization of the book ; What is social about culture and psychology
Ch. 2. Strategies for describing culture : Culture in the news and fairy tales ; Describing cultural variations ; The global approach ; The focal approach ; Summary and conclusion
Ch. 3. Psychological foundation of culture : culture in the news ; Ape cultures ; Human culture ; Cognitive foundation of human cultures ; Social psychological foundation of human culture ; Nature, culture, and mind
Ch. 4. What is culture for? : Fact or hoax? ; Biological and cultural evolution ; What does culture do for the survival of the species? ; What does culture do for the survival of the society? ; What does culture do for the individual? ; Conclusion
Ch. 5. Culture as mental habits: shared unintended thoughts : Culture travelers' journal ; Taxonomy of knowledge ; Interpretive cautions ; Mental habits as procedural knowledge ; The linguistic relativity hypothesis ; Conclusion
Ch. 6. Culture, self, and others: who am I and who are they? : Culture and architecture ; Person representations ; Representations of other people ; Representation of the self ; Representations of groups ; Conclusion
Ch. 7. Events and norms: how events unfold and what should we do? : Cultural psychology in public bathrooms ; Event representations ; Norm representations ; Conclusion
Ch. 8. Organization and application of cultural knowledge : Cultural icons ; Organization of cultural knowledge: Is culture a coherent meaning system? ; Multiple determinants of cultural behavior ; Relative influence of different determinants ; The context of cultural knowledge ; Conclusion.
Ch. 9. Reproduction of culture and cultural change : Cultural change across the globe ; Media of cultural transmission ; How are shared representations constructed and reproduced? ; Cultural change ; Conclusion
Ch. 10. Intercultural contacts: Implications for cultural competence : The rice storm and the butterfly effect ; Nature of cultural competence ; Psychological benefits of intercultural contacts ; Psychological costs of intercultural contacts ; Conclusion
Ch. 11. Globalization and multicultural identities : Tsunami and globalization ; Migration and globalization ; Will globalization lead to homogenization of cultures? ; Globalization and cultural diversity ; Migration and management of multicultural identities ; Colonization and identity negotiation ; Conclusion
Ch. 12. Scientific study of cultural processes : Studying culture in coffee shops ; Beyond description of cultural differences ; Explaining cultures ; Psychic unity and cultural relativity ; What is social about social psychology of culture?
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9781841690865
9781841690858
9781841690858
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