Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 2002, Volume 49 : Cross-Cultural Differences in Perspectives on the Self Hardback
by Nebraska Symposium
Edited by Virginia Murphy-Berman, John J. Berman
Part of the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation series
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Cross-Cultural Difference in Perspectives on the Self features the latest research in a dynamic area of inquiry and practice.
Considered in these pages are cross-cultural differences in the idea of the person and in models of balancing obligations to the self, family, and community.
Revisiting and questioning the concepts of self and self-worth, the authors investigate the extent to which factors traditionally associated with psychological effectiveness (intrinsic motivation; assuming personal responsibility for one’s actions; and feeling in control, unique, hopeful, and optimistic) are culturally bound.
Hazel Markus and Shinobu Kitayama consider cultural differences in models of psychological agency; Joan Miller critiques the meaning of the term agency, analyzing the extent to which many popular theories in psychology rest on rather narrow Western models of behavior and effective functioning; Steven Heine calls into question the presumed universality of some forms of cognitive processing; Sheena Iyengar and Sanford DeVoe apply a cross-cultural perspective to better understand intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and the value of choice; Kuo-shu Yang questions the universality of the pervasive and popular “theory of self-actualization” formulated by Abraham Maslow; and finally, Ype Poortinga reexamines not only the cultural boundaries of theory but also the very meaning of the concept of culture itself.
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- Pages:341 pages, 11 figures, 11 tables, index
- Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
- Publication Date:01/12/2003
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- ISBN:9780803213333
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:341 pages, 11 figures, 11 tables, index
- Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
- Publication Date:01/12/2003
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- ISBN:9780803213333