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"Cross-cultural psychology has come of age as a scientific discipline, but how has it developed? The field has moved from exploratory studies, in which researchers were mainly interested in finding differences in psychological functioning without any clear expectation, to detailed hypothesis tests of theories of cross-cultural differences. This book takes stock of the large number of empirical studies conducted over the last decades to evaluate the current state of the field. Specialists from various domains provide an overview of their area, linking it to the fundamental questions of cross-cultural psychology such as how individuals and their cultures are linked, how the link evolves during development, and what the methodological challenges of the field are. This book will appeal to academic researchers and postgraduates interested in cross-cultural research"--

Ethnopsychology. --- Ethnopsychologie --- Ethnopsychology --- #SBIB:39A3 --- #SBIB:316.7C160 --- Cross-cultural psychology --- Ethnic groups --- Ethnic psychology --- Folk-psychology --- Indigenous peoples --- National psychology --- Psychological anthropology --- Psychology, Cross-cultural --- Psychology, Ethnic --- Psychology, National --- Psychology, Racial --- Race psychology --- Psychology --- National characteristics --- Antropologie: geschiedenis, theorie, wetenschap (incl. grondleggers van de antropologie als wetenschap) --- Cultuursociologie: contact tussen culturen --- Health Sciences --- Psychiatry & Psychology

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The war in the Middle East is marked by a lack of cultural knowledge on the part of the western forces, and this book deals with another, widely ignored element of Islam-the role of dreams in everyday life. The practice of using night dreams to make important life decisions can be traced to Middle Eastern dream traditions and practices that preceded the emergence of Islam. In this study, the author explores some key aspects of Islamic dream theory and interpretation as well as the role and significance of night dreams for contemporary Muslims. In his analysis of the Islamic debates surrounding

Dreams --- Dream interpretation --- Ethnopsychology --- Dreams in literature. --- Cross-cultural psychology --- Ethnic groups --- Ethnic psychology --- Folk-psychology --- Indigenous peoples --- National psychology --- Psychological anthropology --- Psychology, Cross-cultural --- Psychology, Ethnic --- Psychology, National --- Psychology, Racial --- Race psychology --- Psychology --- National characteristics --- Analysis, Dream --- Dream analysis --- Interpretation, Dream --- Religious aspects --- Islam. --- History. --- Interpretation

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In recent years, globalization, multiculturalism, and Western interest in Eastern thought have contributed to the growth of cross-cultural psychology. Paradoxically, however, while spirituality plays such a major role in non-Western cultures, it tends to occupy only a minor area of cross-cultural research.   Its roots in ancient philosophical texts such as the Bhagavad-Gita make Indian psychology not only an especially rich tradition and one deserving of close study, but also a template for how Western researchers can better understand indigenous spiritual perspectives. From this vantage point, Spirituality and Indian Psychology: Lessons from the Bhagavad-Gita provides accessible models for this understanding, from issues on the individual level (cognition, behavior, emotions, the self) to larger concerns such as intergroup relations and world peace, rarely-encountered concepts of work, bondage/liberation, and desire as well as the more familiar karma and dharma. In addressing the question of whether universals exist in psychology, this thought-provoking book:   Presents indigenous psychological perspective in terms of one representative worldview. Contrasts the Indian worldview with Western scientific culture. Analyzes an indigenous research methodology based on culturally relevant concepts. Offers spirituality-based models for mapping basic psychological processes and their relationships. Clarifies relationships among indigenous, cross-cultural, and Western psychologies. Cross-cultural psychologists, sociologists, researchers in Indian psychology and culture—anyone involved in the continuing dialogue across the psychologies of the world and advancing the indigenous research agenda will find Spirituality and Indian Psychology a volume of rare interest and insight.

Bhagavadg ̄it ̄a. --- India -- Religion. --- Psychology -- India. --- Psychology --- Ethnopsychology --- Religion --- Social Sciences --- Philosophy & Religion --- Hinduism --- Spirituality. --- Bhagavadgītā. --- Spiritual-mindedness --- Gita (Bhagavadgītā) --- Bhagavad Gītā --- Bhagvad Gita --- Bagvat Gītā --- Mahābhārata. --- Bagawad Gita --- Bkhagavadgita --- Bhagavada Gita --- Bhagavat Gītā --- Po-chia-fan ko --- Bogafan ge --- Bagabadŭ gitʻa --- Thespesion melos --- Almi Krishnae et Arjunae --- Psychology. --- Cross-cultural psychology. --- Cross Cultural Psychology. --- Cross-cultural psychology --- Ethnic groups --- Ethnic psychology --- Folk-psychology --- Indigenous peoples --- National psychology --- Psychological anthropology --- Psychology, Cross-cultural --- Psychology, Ethnic --- Psychology, National --- Psychology, Racial --- Race psychology --- National characteristics --- Behavioral sciences --- Mental philosophy --- Mind --- Science, Mental --- Human biology --- Philosophy --- Soul --- Mental health --- Spiritual life --- Applied psychology. --- Applied psychology --- Psychagogy --- Psychology, Practical --- Social psychotechnics --- India --- Religion. --- Bhagavadgita.

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This book is written around the central message that collectivist societies produce security, but destroy trust. In collectivist societies, people are connected through networks of strong personal ties where the behavior of all agents is constantly monitored and controlled. As a result, individuals in collectivist networks are assured that others will abide by social norms, and gain a sense of security erroneously thought of as “trust.” However, this book argues that this security is not truly trust, based on beliefs regarding the integrity of others, but assurance, based on the system of mutual control within the network. In collectivist societies, security is assured insofar as people stay within the network, but people do not trust in the benevolence of human nature. On the one hand, transaction costs are reduced within collectivist networks, as once accepted into a network the risk of being maltreated is minimized. However, joining the network requires individuals to pay opportunity cost, that is, they pay a cost by forgoing potentially superior opportunities outside the security of the network. In this era of globalization, people from traditionally collectivistic societies face the challenge of learning how to free themselves from the security of such collectivistic networks in order to explore the opportunities open to them elsewhere. This book presents research investigating how the minds of individuals are shaped by the conflict between maintaining security inside closed networks of strong ties, and venturing outside of the network to seek out new opportunities.

Trust --- Philosophy --- Social Sciences --- Sociology & Social History --- Philosophy & Religion --- Social Change --- Psychology --- Ethics --- Social aspects --- Trust. --- Trust (Psychology) --- Psychology. --- Behavioral sciences. --- Sociology. --- Personality. --- Social psychology. --- Cross-cultural psychology. --- Personality and Social Psychology. --- Cross Cultural Psychology. --- Sociology, general. --- Behavioral Sciences. --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Emotions --- Consciousness. --- Applied psychology. --- Animal behavior. --- Animals --- Animals, Habits and behavior of --- Behavior, Animal --- Ethology --- Animal psychology --- Zoology --- Ethologists --- Psychology, Comparative --- Applied psychology --- Psychagogy --- Psychology, Practical --- Social psychotechnics --- Apperception --- Mind and body --- Perception --- Spirit --- Self --- Behavior --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Cross-cultural psychology --- Ethnic groups --- Ethnic psychology --- Folk-psychology --- Indigenous peoples --- National psychology --- Psychological anthropology --- Psychology, Cross-cultural --- Psychology, Ethnic --- Psychology, National --- Psychology, Racial --- Race psychology --- National characteristics --- Mass psychology --- Psychology, Social --- Human ecology --- Social groups --- Sociology --- Personal identity --- Personality psychology --- Personality theory --- Personality traits --- Personology --- Traits, Personality --- Individuality --- Persons --- Temperament

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This book brings together the latest research on positive psychology from an international cast of researchers and particularly from the growing body of European researchers. The chapters describe research and practice from diverse fields of positive psychology, covering topics such as happiness and well-being, motivation and goals, personality, academic performance and coping, measurement and interventions. The book emphasizes a cultural approach to the human pursuit of well-being. It is unique in that it presents research from a range of cultures, such as Russia, Croatia, and Egypt, in addition to ten different Western cultures. This approach helps broaden our understanding of those aspects of human experience that make life worth living in diverse cultural conditions. The book includes well-known and new authors from the field and contains selected papers that were presented at the 4th European Conference of Positive Psychology held in 2008 in Croatia.

Personality. --- Positive psychology. --- Psychology -- Methodology. --- Psychophysiology -- Methodology. --- Positive psychology --- Well-being --- Happiness --- Quality of life --- Social Sciences --- Sociology & Social History --- Psychology --- Social Change --- Gladness --- Welfare (Personal well-being) --- Wellbeing --- Psychology. --- Medical research. --- Quality of life. --- Health psychology. --- Social psychology. --- Cross-cultural psychology. --- Personality and Social Psychology. --- Quality of Life Research. --- Health Psychology. --- Cross Cultural Psychology. --- Emotions --- Cheerfulness --- Contentment --- Pleasure --- Health --- Wealth --- Consciousness. --- Quality of Life --- Psychology, clinical. --- Applied psychology. --- Research. --- Applied psychology --- Psychagogy --- Psychology, Practical --- Social psychotechnics --- Life, Quality of --- Economic history --- Human ecology --- Life --- Social history --- Basic needs --- Human comfort --- Social accounting --- Work-life balance --- Apperception --- Mind and body --- Perception --- Philosophy --- Spirit --- Self --- Cross-cultural psychology --- Ethnic groups --- Ethnic psychology --- Folk-psychology --- Indigenous peoples --- National psychology --- Psychological anthropology --- Psychology, Cross-cultural --- Psychology, Ethnic --- Psychology, National --- Psychology, Racial --- Race psychology --- National characteristics --- Health psychology --- Health psychology, Clinical --- Psychology, Clinical health --- Psychology, Health --- Salutogenesis --- Clinical psychology --- Medicine and psychology --- Mass psychology --- Psychology, Social --- Social groups --- Sociology --- Personal identity --- Personality psychology --- Personality theory --- Personality traits --- Personology --- Traits, Personality --- Individuality --- Persons --- Temperament