Screen LibrarySocial psychology of culture
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Psychology Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Principles of social psychology |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 388 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
1841690856 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781841690858 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1841690864 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781841690865 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | C912 |
| CLC: | C912.6 |
| Call Number: | C912.6/C543 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-365) and indexes. 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? |