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Klappentext A collection of essays pioneering new concepts in cross-cultural psychology based on the work of Philip E.Vernon, a pioneer of rigorous theory building and careful methodology. It includes empirical studies on aboriginals in Canada and infants in Japan, India, Jamaica and Britain. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays pioneering new concepts in cross-cultural psychology based on the work of Philip E.Vernon! a pioneer of rigorous theory building and careful methodology. It includes empirical studies on aboriginals in Canada and infants in Japan! India! Jamaica and Britain. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; G.K.Verma & C.Bagley - PART 1 THEORY AND MEASUREMENT - The Cross-Cultural Measurement of Personality; P.Kline - Putting Cognitive Theory to the Test: Group Testing Reassessed Using the Cross-Cultural Method; S.H.Irvine, S.Schoeman & W.Prinsloo - Collectivism vs. Individualism: A Reconceptualisation of a Basic Concept in Cross-Cultural Psychology; H.Triandis - Problems in Cross-Cultural Research; G.K.Verma & K.Mallick - PART 2 EMPIRICAL STUDIES - Cognitive and Social Factors in Psychological Adaptation to Acculturation among the James Bay Cree; J.W.Berry - Cognitive Style and Cultural Adaption in Blackfoot, Japanese, Jamaican, Italian and Anglo-Celtic Children in Canada; C.Bagley - Prenatal Cognitive Measures and Maternal Physical Contact in Japan and America; N.Shand, Y.Kosawa & P.Decelles - A Model for Preschool Education of Environmentally Disadvantaged Children in a Divided Society; S.Biesheuval - Index
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Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; G.K.Verma & C.Bagley - PART 1 THEORY AND MEASUREMENT - The Cross-Cultural Measurement of Personality; P.Kline - Putting Cognitive Theory to the Test: Group Testing Reassessed Using the Cross-Cultural Method; S.H.Irvine, S.Schoeman & W.Prinsloo - Collectivism vs. Individualism: A Reconceptualisation of a Basic Concept in Cross-Cultural Psychology; H.Triandis - Problems in Cross-Cultural Research; G.K.Verma & K.Mallick - PART 2 EMPIRICAL STUDIES - Cognitive and Social Factors in Psychological Adaptation to Acculturation among the James Bay Cree; J.W.Berry - Cognitive Style and Cultural Adaption in Blackfoot, Japanese, Jamaican, Italian and Anglo-Celtic Children in Canada; C.Bagley - Prenatal Cognitive Measures and Maternal Physical Contact in Japan and America; N.Shand, Y.Kosawa & P.Decelles - A Model for Preschool Education of Environmentally Disadvantaged Children in a Divided Society; S.Biesheuval - Index
