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Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

2009

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The Ibadan Conference And Beyond, Harry C. Triandis Oct 2009

The Ibadan Conference And Beyond, Harry C. Triandis

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The Founding Of Jccp In 1970 And Its Early Development, Walter J. Lonner Oct 2009

The Founding Of Jccp In 1970 And Its Early Development, Walter J. Lonner

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The Directories Of Cross-Cultural Psychology (1968-1970): Building A Network, John W. Berry Oct 2009

The Directories Of Cross-Cultural Psychology (1968-1970): Building A Network, John W. Berry

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The 1971 Istanbul Conference: First Face-To-Face Meeting Of Many Cross-Cultural Psychologists, Pieter J. D. Drenth Oct 2009

The 1971 Istanbul Conference: First Face-To-Face Meeting Of Many Cross-Cultural Psychologists, Pieter J. D. Drenth

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Out Of The Lab And Into The World: How One Psychologist Became Cross-Cultural, Marshall H. Segall Sep 2009

Out Of The Lab And Into The World: How One Psychologist Became Cross-Cultural, Marshall H. Segall

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The Climate For And Status Of Cross-Cultural Psychology In The 1960s, Gustav Jahoda Sep 2009

The Climate For And Status Of Cross-Cultural Psychology In The 1960s, Gustav Jahoda

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Catalogue Of Acculturation Constructs: Descriptions Of 126 Taxonomies, 1918-2003, Floyd W. Rudmin Jun 2009

Catalogue Of Acculturation Constructs: Descriptions Of 126 Taxonomies, 1918-2003, Floyd W. Rudmin

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Acculturation refers to the processes by which individuals, families, communities, and societies react to inter-cultural contact. Advances in communication and transportation technologies, and increasing migration pressures due to demographic, economic, environmental, human rights, and security disparities, make acculturation one of the most important topics for applied research in cross-cultural psychology. However, progress in acculturation research has been frustrated by our inabilities to pit theories against each other in meaningful ways, to summarize results by meta-analytic methods, or to improve constructs and scales all because we have been unaware of the interdisciplinary breadth of acculturation research and its historical depth. This …


Types Of Comparative Studies In Cross-Cultural Psychology, Fons J. R. Van De Vijver Mar 2009

Types Of Comparative Studies In Cross-Cultural Psychology, Fons J. R. Van De Vijver

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From a methodological perspective cross-cultural studies in psychology differ in three dimensions. First, cross-cultural psychological studies can be exploratory or test specific hypotheses. Second, some cross-cultural studies compare countries or ethnic groups while other cross-cultural studies relate specific characteristics of a country or ethnicity (e.g., socialization patterns or religiosity) to psychological variables. Third, studies can compare either constructs (e.g., do Chinese and Kenyans mean the same when they say that a person is intelligent?) or score levels (e.g., are Americans more extravert than Italians?). A classification of cross-cultural psychological studies, based on the three dimensions, is presented and examples are …