Cultural psychology : theory and method /
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| Author / Creator: | Ratner, Carl. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum, c2002. |
| Description: | ix, 217 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | PATH in psychology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4684756 |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Theory
- Introduction
- 1.. Cultural Psychology from the Perspective of Activity Theory
- The Influence of Cultural Activities on Psychological Phenomena
- The Influence of Cultural Artifacts on Psychological Phenomena
- The Influence of Cultural Concepts on Psychological Phenomena
- The Dialectical Relationship Among Cultural Activities, Artifacts, Concepts, and Psychological Phenomena
- Agency from the Perspective of Activity Theory
- Advantages of Activity Theory for Cultural Psychology
- Notes
- 2.. Individualistic Approaches to Agency: A Critique
- The Individualistic Conception of Agency and Culture
- Critique of the Individualistic View
- The Scientific and Political Value of Conceptions of Agency
- Notes
- Part 2. Method
- 3.. Implications of Activity Theory for Cultural Psychological Research
- The Researcher Must Possess a Comprehensive, Detailed, Profound Understanding of Social Activities, Artifacts, and Concepts to Relate Them to Psychological Phenomena
- To Elucidate the Specific Cultural Character of Psychological Phenomena the Researcher Must Construe Them in Concrete Rather than Abstract Terms
- The Cultural Features of Psychological Phenomena Must Be Gleaned from Investigating the Phenomena Themselves
- Experimental Procedures Are Powerful Tools for Indicating the Association Between Psychology, Activities, Artifacts, and Concepts
- Qualitative Methods Are Necessary for Discerning the Cultural Character of Psychological Phenomena
- The Qualitative Methods that Investigate Cultural Facets of Psychological Phenomena Must Be Rigorous and Systematic in Order to Draw Warranted Conclusions
- Cultural Features of Psychology Must Be Discerned by the Cultural Psychologist Through Skillful, Probing Analysis Because People Are Ordinarily Not Aware of Them
- The Foregoing Principles of Cultural Psychological Research Are Applicable to Studying Cultural Aspects of Psychological Phenomena in All Societies
- Notes
- 4.. Interviewing Techniques for Eliciting Cultural-Psychological Information
- The Value of Interviews
- Formulating Interview Questions
- Conducting the Interview
- 5.. A Procedure for Analyzing Cultural Themes in Verbal Accounts
- A Phenomenological Procedure for Identifying Psychological Themes in Verbal Accounts
- An Application of the Phenomenological Procedure to Cultural Psychology
- A Cultural Analysis of Psychological Themes
- Objective Determination of Meanings
- Quantification
- Notes
- 6.. An Empirical Investigation into the Cultural Psychology of Children's Moral Reasoning
- Theoretical Framework
- Procedure
- Results
- Notes
- References
- Index
