Cultural psychology : theory and method /

There are aspects of psychology which originate in, are formed by, and reflect social processes and factors outside the individual mind. This cultural analysis of psychology is twofold: it is a scientifically correct way to a deeper understanding of psychology and it can provide crucial insights for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ratner, Carl (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2002.
Series:PATH in psychology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cultural psychology from the perspective of activity theory
  • Individualistic approaches to agency : a critique
  • Implications of activity theory for cultural-psychological research
  • Interviewing techniques for eliciting cultural-psychological information
  • A procedure for analyzing cultural themes in verbal accounts
  • An empirical investigation into the cultural psychology of children's moral reasoning.