Psychology in Cultures and Contexts : Beyond and within a Universal Psychology

Tripathi, R.C. (EDT)/ Pandey, Janak (EDT)

Cambridge Scholars Publishing（2025/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 328 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781036444099

Full Description

This book is based on lectures delivered in the memory of a legendary Indian Psychologist, Late Professor Durganand Sinha, by several distinguished Indian and International scholars who discuss how Psychology needs to diverge from what has come to be called a WEIRD [(W)estern, (E)ducated, (I)ndustrialized, (R)ich, (D)emocratic)] Psychology that claims to propound universal laws of human behaviour. The chapters included in the book focus on understanding micro and macro-level social and psychological issues within cultural contexts. The book looks at the indigenous roots of cultures and how they inform our understanding of psychological processes and structures; how cultures and their contexts modify psychological processes and associated behaviour, and problems that arise in making cross-cultural comparisons. It also looks at how such understanding that comes out from such approaches can be used to enhance societal development and wellbeing. The book discusses the paradigmatic shifts that are taking place in Psychology and will be of interest to scholars of Psychology, both in developing as well as developed societies