Carl Ratner

Cultural Psychology

Theory and Method

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book seeks to deepen our understanding of the cultural aspects of human psychology. These are aspects of psychology that originate in, are formed by, reflect, perpetuate, and modify social processes and factors outside the individual mind. My motivation in pursuing cultural psychol ogy is both scientific and political. I believe that construing psychology as a cultural phenomenon is the scientifically correct way to understand psychology; a cultural analysis of psychology can also provide crucial insights for political action to improve human life. The scientific and political aspects of cultural psychology are inter dependent and reciprocally reinforcing. The scientific identification and explanation of cultural aspects of psychology can identify societal changes that will enhance human psychology-to help people become more intel ligent, far-sighted, logical, harmonious, helpful, moral, and secure, and less stressful, disturbed, prejudiced, competitive, aggressive, lonely, insecure, depressed, mystified, and irrational. Conversely, the political orientation of cultural psychology to enhance psychological functioning through comprehending and improving the social fabric advances the scientific understanding of psychology as a cultural phenomenon. Social goals direct cultural psychology to devise special theories and methods that investigate cultural origins, formation, characteristics, and functions of psychology. Traditional theories and methods are not necessarily appli cable because they are informed by a vision of psychology as individual, biological, or universal. The scientific study of cultural psychology is a check on political analyses.

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Produktdetails

• Path in Psychology
• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• 2002 edition
• Seitenzahl: 217
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 151mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9780306466601
• ISBN-10: 0306466600
• Artikelnr.: 21773616

Inhaltsangabe

1: Theory.- 1. Cultural Psychology from the Perspective of Activity Theory.- 2. Individualistic Approaches to Agency: A Critique.- 2: Method.- 3. Implications of Activity Theory for Cultural Psychological Research.- 4. Interviewing Techniques for Eliciting Cultural-Psychological Information.- 5. A Procedure for Analyzing Cultural Themes in Verbal Accounts.- 6. An Empirical Investigation into the Cultural Psychology of Children's Moral Reasoning.- References.

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Contents: Preface. Part I: Psychology, Culture, Politics, Science.
Introduction to Macro Cultural Psychology. Macro Culture. Part II:
Principles of Macro Cultural Psychology. The Dialectical Integration of
Psychological Phenomena and Macro Cultural Factors. Part III: Applications
of Macro Cultural Psychology to Research Methodology, Social Reform, and
Personal Growth. Research Methodology for Macro Cultural Psychology. Macro
Cultural Psychology, Social Reform, and Psychological Change. Macro
Cultural Psychology and Personal Growth. Scientific and Political
Deficiencies of Psychological Theories/Constructs That Minimize Macro
Culture. Epilogue: A Philosophy of Science and a Social Philosophy for
Macro Cultural Psychology.