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Fundamental Questions in Cross-Cultural Psychology

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Editors:
Fons J. R. van de Vijver, Universiteit van Tilburg, The Netherlands
Athanasios Chasiotis, Universiteit van Tilburg, The Netherlands
Seger M. Breugelmans, Universiteit van Tilburg, The Netherlands

Fons J. R. van de Vijver, Athanasios Chasiotis, Seger M. Breugelmans, Gustav Jahoda, Walter J. Lonner, John W. Berry, Dianne A. van Hemert, Johnny R. J. Fontaine, Ronald Fischer, Alison Karasz, Мichael Cole, Boris G. Meshcheryakov, I. V. Ponomariov, Çiğdem Kağitçibaşi, Heidi Keller, James Georgas, Lutz H. Eckensberger, Michael Harris Bond, Shalom H. Schwartz, Peter B. Smith, Chi-yue Chiu, Young-hoon Kim, Ype H. Poortinga

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Date Published: March 2011
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format: Hardback
isbn: 9780521760157

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Cross-cultural psychology has come of age as a scientific discipline, but how has it developed? The field has moved from exploratory studies, in which researchers were mainly interested in finding differences in psychological functioning without any clear expectation, to detailed hypothesis tests of theories of cross-cultural differences. This book takes stock of the large number of empirical studies conducted over the last decades to evaluate the current state of the field. Specialists from various domains provide an overview of their area, linking it to the fundamental questions of cross-cultural psychology such as how individuals and their cultures are linked, how the link evolves during development, and what the methodological challenges of the field are. This book will appeal to academic researchers and post-graduates interested in cross-cultural research.
- An introductory chapter provides an overview of the fundamental questions at the heart of the field of cross-cultural psychology
- Subsequent chapters relate models and findings in specific domains of cross-cultural psychology to the fundamental questions outlined in the introduction, linking perspectives from many fields to the same set of questions
- Devotes a complete section to the relationship between individuals and cultures, asking whether we have adequate models to understand how individual functioning and cultural factors are interrelated
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'Fundamental Questions in Cross-Cultural Psychology is an excellent, superbly written edited book. The editors and the internationally acclaimed authors give an insightful, informative and sophisticated state-of-the-art, along with future directions of the field. This is a 'must have' book.' David Lackland Sam, University of Bergen, Norway

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- Date Published: March 2011
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521760157
- length: 602 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 161 x 40 mm
- weight: 1.06kg
- contains: 25 b/w illus. 10 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction Fons J. R. van de Vijver, Athanasios Chasiotis and Seger M. Breugelmans
Part I. Setting the Stage:
1. Fundamental questions of cross-cultural psychology Fons J. R. van de Vijver, Athanasios Chasiotis and Seger M. Breugelmans
Part II. Explanation of Cross-Cultural Differences:
2. Past and present of cross-cultural psychology Gustav Jahoda
3. The continuing challenge of discovering psychological 'order' across cultures Walter J. Lonner
4. The ecocultural framework: a stocktaking John W. Berry
5. Frameworks for explaining cross-cultural variance: a meta-analytic examination of their usefulness Dianne A. van Hemert
6. The relationship between individual and culture Seger M. Breugelmans
Part III. Methods for Studying Culture:
7. A fourfold conceptual framework for cultural and cross-cultural psychology: relativism, construct universalism, repertoire universalism, and absolutism Johnny R. J. Fontaine
8. About chicken and eggs: four methods for investigating culture-behaviour links Ronald Fischer
9. Qualitative and mixed methods research in cross-cultural psychology Alison Karasz
10. Bias and real differences in cross-cultural differences: neither friends nor foes Fons J. R. van de Vijver
Part IV. The Role of Development:
11. Cross-cultural research in the cultural historical activity theory tradition Мichael Cole, Boris G. Meshcheryakov and I. V. Ponomariov
12. Self, family, and culture: what is common, what changes? Çiğdem Kağitçibaşi
13. Biology, culture, and development: conceptual and methodological considerations Heidi Keller
14. Differences and universals in families across cultures James Georgas
15. An epigenetic view on culture: what evolutionary developmental psychology has to offer for cross-cultural psychology Athanasios Chasiotis
Part V. Concepts of Culture:
16. Cross-cultural differences as meaning systems Lutz H. Eckensberger
17. Ulysses returns: lessons from the logbook of a cross-cultural wayfarer Michael Harris Bond
18. Values: cultural and individual Shalom H. Schwartz
19. The cultural contexts of organisational behaviour Peter B. Smith
20. Rethinking culture and the self: some basic principles and their implications Chi-yue Chiu and Young-hoon Kim
Part VI. Conclusion:
21. Research on behavior-and-culture: current ideas and future projections Ype H. Poortinga.
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- Comparative Psychology
- Cross-cultural Psychology
- Cultural Psychology
- Diversity in Organizations
- Morality, Development and Culture
- Multicultural Psychology
- Psychology Across Cultures
- Psychology and Culture
- Understanding human behavior in a global context
Editors
Fons J. R. van de Vijver, Universiteit van Tilburg, The Netherlands
Fons J. R. van de Vijver is Professor of Cross-Cultural Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Tilburg University.
Athanasios Chasiotis, Universiteit van Tilburg, The Netherlands
Athanasios Chasiotis is Associate Professor of Cross–Cultural Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Tilburg University.
Seger M. Breugelmans, Universiteit van Tilburg, The Netherlands
Seger M. Breugelmans is Assistant Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Tilburg University.
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Fons J. R. van de Vijver, Athanasios Chasiotis, Seger M. Breugelmans, Gustav Jahoda, Walter J. Lonner, John W. Berry, Dianne A. van Hemert, Johnny R. J. Fontaine, Ronald Fischer, Alison Karasz, Мichael Cole, Boris G. Meshcheryakov, I. V. Ponomariov, Çiğdem Kağitçibaşi, Heidi Keller, James Georgas, Lutz H. Eckensberger, Michael Harris Bond, Shalom H. Schwartz, Peter B. Smith, Chi-yue Chiu, Young-hoon Kim, Ype H. Poortinga