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A new outline of social psychology.Culture.

A new outline of social psychology.: Culture. A concept of culture is necessary in the theoretical model of the social psychological domain because it captures a social source and a social effect of psychological phenomena that otherwise are not accounted for. Culture is not a person with whom one may share an interpersonal relation and with whom one identifies. Nor is culture composed of social organizations to which one becomes socialized. Culture is the chief vehicle by which individuals alter the environments in which they and others live. I begin this discussion of the cultural level of analysis by asserting its reality because its reality is difficult for many to accept. I then define culture and elaborate on the definition by relating familiar terms to it. Culture is then located as a level of analysis, first among its social environments and then in relation to the material environment beyond the model. Cultural variation, a consequence and cause of environmental variation, is described next in a discussion of structural and substantive dimensions along which cultures may differ. Finally, the main points of the chapter are reviewed as they appear in a striking illustration drawn from the literature of cultural anthropology, an account of a people confronting a powerful, alien technology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A new outline of social psychology.Culture.

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American Psychological Association
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Copyright © 1997 American Psychological Association
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117 –139
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10.1037/10225-006
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A concept of culture is necessary in the theoretical model of the social psychological domain because it captures a social source and a social effect of psychological phenomena that otherwise are not accounted for. Culture is not a person with whom one may share an interpersonal relation and with whom one identifies. Nor is culture composed of social organizations to which one becomes socialized. Culture is the chief vehicle by which individuals alter the environments in which they and others live. I begin this discussion of the cultural level of analysis by asserting its reality because its reality is difficult for many to accept. I then define culture and elaborate on the definition by relating familiar terms to it. Culture is then located as a level of analysis, first among its social environments and then in relation to the material environment beyond the model. Cultural variation, a consequence and cause of environmental variation, is described next in a discussion of structural and substantive dimensions along which cultures may differ. Finally, the main points of the chapter are reviewed as they appear in a striking illustration drawn from the literature of cultural anthropology, an account of a people confronting a powerful, alien technology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Aug 31, 2004

Keywords: social psychology; culture; environments; cultural variation

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