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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349330603321

Autore

Díaz-Loving Rolando

Titolo

Ethnopsychology : Pieces from the Mexican Research Gallery / / by Rolando Díaz-Loving

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-26604-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 186 p. 11 illus., 2 illus. in color.)

Collana

Latin American Voices, Integrative Psychology and Humanities, , 2524-5813

Disciplina

155.2

302

Soggetti

Personality

Difference (Psychology)

Ethnopsychology

Ethnology

Social psychology

Personality and Differential Psychology

Cross-Cultural Psychology

Sociocultural Anthropology

Social Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Culture, eco-systems and behavior -- Chapter 2: Ethnopsychology: inserting socio-cultural components into a bio-psychological discipline -- Chapter 3: Self-construal and identity -- Chapter 4: Gender and masculinity- femininity -- Chapter 5: Personality -- Chapter 6: Close Relationships -- Chapter 7: Family -- Chapter 8: Past, present and future of Mexican Ethnopsychology. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents an overview of Mexican ethnopsychology, an original theoretical and methodological approach that seeks to complement the mainstream psychological science – based on universal principles, processes and constructs – with scientific methods to study the idiosyncratic features and behaviors typical of specific cultural groups. It proposes a historic-bio-psycho-socio-cultural theoretical



model to describe research findings of social, psychological, collective and individual phenomena. Psychology is at a crossroads of years of research with stress on internal validity and little attention to contextual and cultural variables. It becomes fundamental to continue on the internal validity track but at the same time incorporate external validity issues. The growth of indigenous movements and data allows for a profound evaluation of the extents to which apparent universal phenomena are truly universal, and to what extent they are idiosyncratic manifestations of the cultures where the mainstream research is conducted. Mexican ethnopsychologists have been following this path for decades, since the pioneer work of Rogelio Díaz-Guerrero, but until now little has been published in English about this innovative theoretical approach. Ethnopsychology – Pieces from the Mexican Research Gallery fills this gap by presenting the international community an overview of Mexican ethnopsychology and thus providing a useful tool to behavioral, social and health scientists interested in understanding how culture shapes both collective and individual behaviors.