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Advances in Culture and Psychology, Volume 4 [electronic resource]

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With applications throughout the social sciences, culture and psychology is a rapidly growing field that has experienced a surge in publications over the last decade. From this proliferation of books, chapters, and journal articles, exciting developments have emerged in the relationship of culture to cognitive processes, human development, psychopathology, social behavior, organizational behavior, neuroscience, language, marketing, and other topics. In recognition of this exponential growth, Advances in Culture and Psychology is the first annual series to offer state-of-the-art reviews of scho

Title Advances in Culture and Psychology, Volume 4 [electronic resource].
Publisher Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA
Creation Date 2013
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
English
Content Cover
Contents
Foreword
Contributors
Chapter 1 Cultural Neuroscience: Understanding Human Diversity
I. Introduction
II. Historical Issues in the Gap Between Cultural and Biological Sciences
III. A Theory of Cultural Neuroscience
IV. Cultural Neuroscience: An Overview
V. The Cultural Neuroscience Toolbox
VI. Cultural Influences on Brain Structure and Function
VII. Candidate Psychological Process for Future Cultural Neuroscience Research
VIII. A Model for Studying Culture-Gene Interactions in Brain and Behavior
IX. Multiple Timescales for Culture-Brain Interactions
X. Mechanisms for Mutual Constitution of Culture and BrainXI. Links to Other Areas Within Cultural and Biological Sciences
XII. Implications of Cultural Neuroscience
Chapter 2 Economics, Sex, and the Emergence of Society
II. Life History Theory and Ecological Variation
III. Fundamental Motives and Human Life History
IV. Some Examples Linking Life History and Varying Cultural Norms
V. Life History Research can Reveal Links Between Different Aspects of Human Culture
Vi. Flexible Decision Biases and the Dynamical Emergence of Norms
Vii. Culture Through the Lens of Life History TheoryViii. Conclusion
Chapter 3 Entries into Meaning: Socialization via Narrative in the Early Years
II. A Partial History of the Study of Socialization
III. Studying Socialization via Narrative Practices: A Personal History
IV. Personal Storytelling in Taipei and Longwood
V. Conclusion
VI. Into the Future
Chapter 4 Culture and Epistemologies: Putting Culture Back Into the Ecosystem
II. Study Samples and Methodological Issues
III. Folkecological thought in Cultural Perspective
IV. Taking Multiple Perspectives on Cultural DifferencesV. The Systems-Level Perspective: Cultures as Ecosystems
VI. Conclusion
Chapter 5 What Values Can (and Cannot) Tell Us About Individuals, Society, and Culture
II. What are Values?
III. Is the Circular Structure of Values Universal?
IV. Correlates of Values at the Individual Level: A Different Take on the Circular Structure
V. Do Values Capture Cultural Differences?
VI. The Search for Cultural Value Structures
VII. Substituting the Individual with the Country Level Structure-Does it Matter?
VIII. ReIntegrating Equivalence and Isomorphism with Human DevelopmentIX. Implications and Future Research
X. Conclusions
Chapter 6 Sacred Values and Cultural Conflict
II. Sacred Values and the Material World
III. Conclusion
Chapter 7 Asian American Psychology: Individuals and Families in Global and Historical Contexts
II. Historical Context and Intellectual Roots
III. Cultural Psychology of Asian American Individuals and Families
IV. Conclusion
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Series Advances in Culture and Psychology
Extent 1 online resource (384 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010710316605171
MARC RECORDS

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