Cultural processes

Cultural processes: a social psychological perspective

by Chiu, Chi-yue Hong, Ying-yi Leung, Angela K.-y

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With the rapid growth of knowledge concerning ethnic and national group differences in human behaviors in the last two decades, researchers are increasingly curious as to why, how, and when such differences surface. The field is ready to leapfrog from a descriptive science of group differences to a science of cultural processes. The goal of this book is to lay the theoretical foundation for this exciting development by proposing an original process model of culture. This new perspective discuss…

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  • Full title :Cultural processes : a social psychological perspective / edited by Angela K.-y. Leung, Chi-yue Chiu, Ying-yi Hong.

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With the rapid growth of knowledge concerning ethnic and national group differences in human behaviors in the last two decades, researchers are increasingly curious as to why, how, and when such differences surface. The field is ready to leapfrog from a descriptive science of group differences to a science of cultural processes. The goal of this book is to lay the theoretical foundation for this exciting development by proposing an original process model of culture. This new perspective discusses and extends contemporary social psychological theories of social cognition and social motivation to explain why culture matters in human psychology. We view culture as a loose network of imperfectly shared knowledge representations for coordinating social transactions. As such, culture serves different adaptive functions important for individuals' goal pursuits. Furthermore, with the increasingly globalized and hyper-connected multicultural space, much can be revealed about how different cultural traditions come into contact.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2011.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xv, 320 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0511915454, 9780511915451, 9780511779374, 0511779372
  • oclc:ocn761356648
  • LC Classification:HM621
  • Dewey Decimal:306.01

Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction -- 1. Cultural processes: an overview / Chi-yue Chiu, Angela K.-y. Leung and Ying-yi Hong -- Part II. Representational Theories of Culture -- 2. Culture as lay personal beliefs / Karl Dach-Gruschow, Evelyn W.M. Au and Hsin-Ya Liao -- 3. Culture as intersubjective representations of values / Ching Wan and Chi-yue Chiu -- 4. Culture as norm representations: the case of collective responsibility attribution / Melody Manchi Chao and Chi-yue Chiu -- Part III. Psychological Functions of Culture -- 5. Epistemic functions of culture / Melody Manchi Chao and Chi-yue Chiu -- 6. Existential functions of culture: the monumental immortality project / Pelin Kesebir -- 7. Self-definitional functions of culture / Ching Wan, Karl Dach-Gruschow, Sun No and Ying-yi Hong -- Part IV. Manifestations of Cultural Processes -- 8. Culture and self-enhancement / Young-Hoon Kim -- 9. Cultural processes underlying subjective well-being / Young-Hoon Kim and William Tov -- 10. Cultural processes in teams: the development of team mental models in heterogeneous work teams / Jing Qiu, Zhi-Xue Zhang and Leigh Anne Liu -- 11. Harmony, illusory relationship costs, and conflict resolution in Chine…

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Subjects

Culture -- Étude et enseignement Culture -- Psychological aspects Culture -- Study and teaching

Writers

Chiu, Chi-yue Hong, Ying-yi Leung, Angela K.-y

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