Cultural Psychology

Theory and Method
2002
ISBN: 978-0-306-46660-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 217 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 516 g

Reihe: Path in Psychology

This volume aims to build on the approach to cultural psychology originally developed by the Russian psychologist Vygotsky and his colleagues Luria and Leontiev by providing qualitative methods such as interview techniques and content analysis as empirical tools for exploring the cultural aspects of psychology, and specific guidelines for formulating, conducting, and analyzing interviews on cultural aspects of psychology.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ratner, Carl

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie Physische Anthropologie, Paläoanthropologie, Evolutionäre Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Theory.- 1. Cultural Psychology from the Perspective of Activity Theory.- 2. Individualistic Approaches to Agency: A Critique.- 2: Method.- 3. Implications of Activity Theory for Cultural Psychological Research.- 4. Interviewing Techniques for Eliciting Cultural—Psychological Information.- 5. A Procedure for Analyzing Cultural Themes in Verbal Accounts.- 6. An Empirical Investigation into the Cultural Psychology of Children’s Moral Reasoning.- References.