Folk psychologies across cultures

著者

• Thomas, R. Murray (Robert Murray)

書誌事項

Folk psychologies across cultures

R. Murray Thomas

Sage Publications, c2001

• : pbk

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• Catalogues of the Hindi, Panjabi, Sindhi, and Pushtu printed books in the Library of the British Museum. By J. F. Blumhardt. Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum.

  1893

  HathiTrust

  

• Catalogues of the Hindi, Panjabi, Sindhi, and Pushtu printed books in the Library of the British Museum. By J. F. Blumhardt. Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum.

  suppl. 1 1893

  HathiTrust

  

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-314) and indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Without taking a single psychology course, ordinary people learn to understand, predict, and explain one anther's actions, thoughts, and motivations. Many cognitive scientists and philosophers claim that our everyday or folk understanding of mental states constitutes a theory of mind. That theory is widely called folk psychology (sometimes-commonsense psychology). The terms in which folk psychology are couched are familiar ones of "belief" and "desire," "hunger," "pain," and so forth. According to many theorists, folk psychology plays a central role in our capacity to predict and explain the behavior of ourselves and of others. This book has two goals: (a) to provide a framework for analyzing folk psychologies, and (b) to describe multiple forms that folk psychologies assume in different cultures. Features/Benefits: * Cross-cultural perspectives illustrate typical variations of folk thinking in the world's cultures and help readers understand the varied ways that people they encounter will likely view life. * Each chapter opens with and is structured around a central question the chapter is designed to answer, inviting the reader to participate in exploring the issue at hand. A concluding chapter, "Trends in Folk Psychologies," addresses the value of studying folk psychologies and what can be

目次

Preface 1. Diverse Cultures, Diverse Psycholgies Contrasting Conceptions of Folk Psychology Cultural Diversity The Book's Twofold Purpose Delineating the Domain of Folk Psychologies Sources of Evidence The Evolution of Folk Psychologies The Book's Structure 2. Reality Dimensions of Reality Reality and Cultural Change 3. Knowing Knowledge Processes and Sources Cultural Change and the State of Knowledge 4. Cause Aspects of Causality Cultural Change and Beliefs About Cause 5. Competence Kinds of Competence Conceptions of Impairment Cultural Change and Competence 6. Values Types of Values in Folk Psycholgies Values and Cultural Change 7. Emotions The Universality of Emotions Learning Emotional Responses Event and Emotion Connections Emotions and Cultural Change 8. Humor Examples of Folk Humor Humor and Cultural Change 9. Self and Not-Self Psychological Identification Stereotypical Roles Versus Individualism The Presentation of Self Self and Cultural Change 10. Rites and Rituals Functions of Rites and Rituals Rituals and Cultural Change 11. Time and the Life Span Versions of Historical Time The Human Life Span Cultural Change and Concepts of Time 12. Gender and Sex Gender Variations Across Folk Psychologies Gender and Cultural Change Sexual Orientation Sexual Behavior Cultural Change and Sexual Orientation 13. Prohibitions Forms and Soruces and Prohibitions Functions of Prohibitions Prohibitions and Cultural Change 14. Folk Psychologies' Significance and Trends The Study of Folk Psychologies Hindsight Foresight References Name Index Subject Index About the Author

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA55009369
• ISBN:
  • 0761924590
  • 0761924604
• LCCN: 01002981
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Thousand Oaks
• ページ数/冊数: ix, 335 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm