A Psychology of Culture. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael B. Salzman.
• Authors: Salzman, Michael B
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Definitions and Perspectives; 1.1 Elephant and the Blind Men; 1.2 Culture as the Software of the Mind (Hofstede); 1.3 Culture as Shared Meanings and Interpretations; 1.4 Culture as â#x80;#x9C;What Has Worked in the Pastâ#x80;#x9D; (Triandis); 1.5 Culture Is a Set of Schedules of Reinforcement (Skinner, 1981); 1.6 Culture as the â#x80;#x9C;Human-Madeâ#x80;#x9D; Part of the Human Environment (Herskovits, 1955); 1.6.1 Culture as a Psychological Defense Against the â#x80;#x9C;Terrorâ#x80;#x9D; Inherent in the Human Condition; 1.7 Culture as a â#x80;#x9C;Roadmap for Livingâ#x80;#x9D; 1.8 Samoan Culture and Faâ#x80;#x99;aSamoa: An Example of a â#x80;#x9C;Roadmap for Livingâ#x80;#x9D;1.9 Yupâ#x80;#x99;ik Culture and â#x80;#x9C;the Way of the Human Beingâ#x80;#x9D;: An Example of a â#x80;#x9C;Roadmap for Livingâ#x80;#x9D;; 1.10 Personal Note; References; Chapter 2: The Human Condition; 2.1 The Universal, Culturally Specific and Idiosyncratic Aspects of Our Humanity; 2.2 The Functionality of Stereotypes; 2.3 An Existential Perspective; 2.4 Note from the Class; 2.5 Personal Note; References; Chapter 3: Culture and Human Needs; 3.1 Culture and Human Needs: What Do Anxiety-Prone Human Creatures Really Need? 3.2 Physiological Needs and Cultures3.3 Culture and Psychological Needs; 3.4 Culture as a Roadmap for Living; 3.5 Cultural Prescriptions for Being and Doing the Right Thing; 3.6 Personal Note; References; Chapter4: Culture and Self-Esteem; 4.1 Culture as a Psychological Defense; 4.2 Culture as a Roadmap for Living; 4.3 Universal Human Problems and Varying Cultural Answers; 4.4 Culture and Meaning; 4.5 Culture as an Immortality Ideology; 4.6 The Case of Fundamentalism; 4.7 Globalization, Social Identity Theory and Self-Esteem Threat; References Chapter 5: A Psycho-Existential View of Culture5.1 Culture and the Need for a â#x80;#x9C;World of Meaning to Act inâ#x80;#x9D;; 5.2 Implications: Ecology, Culture, Self Esteem and Terror Management; 5.3 Empirical Tests of TMT Hypotheses, Implications of Findings; References; Chapter 6: Cultural Trauma and Recovery; 6.1 Cultural Trauma; 6.2 The Power of the Situation: The Colonial Context; 6.3 Cultural Trauma in Alaska; 6.4 Cultural Trauma in Hawaiâ#x80;#x98;i and the Pacific; 6.5 Cultural Trauma in Aboriginal Australia; 6.6 Cultural Recovery in Native Alaska; 6.7 The Hawaiian Renaissance
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Science and Business Media Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 306; Culture -- Psychological aspects; Psychology; Psychotherapy; Counseling; Ethnopsychology; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Counseling; Culture -- Psychological aspects; Ethnopsychology; Psychology; Psychotherapy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319694207; 3319694200
• Related ISBNs: 9783319694184; 3319694189
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 7, 2018).
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