The psychological foundations of culture / / edited by Mark Schaller, Christian S. Crandall

• Pubblicazione: Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (394 p.)
• Disciplina: 306
• Soggetto topico: Social change - Psychological aspects; Culture - Origin - Psychological aspects; Ethnopsychology
• Altri autori: SchallerMark <1962-> CrandallChristian S. <1959->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contributors; Contents; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 The Psychological Foundations of Culture: An Introduction; PART I HOW CULTURES EMERGE AT ALL; CHAPTER 2 Human Awareness of Mortality and the Evolution of Culture; CHAPTER 3 Cultural Elements Emerge From Dynamic Social Impact; CHAPTER 4 Language, Cognition, and Reality: Constructing Shared Meanings Through Communication; CHAPTER 5 Motivated Closed Mindedness and the Emergence of Culture; PART II HOW SPECIFIC CULTURAL NORMS ARISE; CHAPTER 6 Biological Foundations of Moral Norms ; CHAPTER 7 Cognitive and Emotional Processes in the Cultural Transmission of Natural and Nonnatural BeliefsCHAPTER 8 Self-Organizing Culture: How Norms Emerge in Small Groups; CHAPTER 9 Scientists and Science: How Individual Goals Shape Collective Norms; PART III HOW CULTURES PERSIST AND CHANGE OVER TIME; CHAPTER 10 The Microgenesis of Culture: Serial Reproduction as an Experimental Simulation of Cultural Dynamics; CHAPTER 11 Sustaining Cultural Beliefs in the Face of Their Violation: The Case of Gender Stereotypes ; CHAPTER 12 When Believing Is Seeing: Sustaining Norms of Violence in Cultures of HonorCHAPTER 13 Move the Body, Change the Self: Acculturative Effects on the Self-Concept; EPILOGUE; CHAPTER 14 Toward a Conception of Culture Suitable for a Social Psychology of Culture; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: How is it that cultures come into existence at all? How do cultures develop particular customs and characteristics rather than others? How do cultures persist and change over time? Most previous attempts to address these questions have been descriptive and historical. The purpose of this book is to provide answers that are explanatory, predictive, and relevant to the emergence and continuing evolution of cultures past, present, and future. Most other investigations into ""cultural psychology"" have focused on the impact that culture has on the psychology of the individual. The focus of this bo
• Titolo autorizzato: The psychological foundations of culture
• ISBN: 1-135-64814-X; 1-283-24137-4; 1-135-64815-8; 9786613241375; 1-4106-0899-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809899503321
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