Cultural psychology : theory and method

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Cultural psychology : theory and method

Carl Ratner

(PATH in psychology)

Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2002

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Bibliography: p. 205-213

Includes index

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This volume aims to build on the approach to cultural psychology originally developed by the Russian psychologist Vygotsky and his colleagues Luria and Leontiev by providing qualitative methods such as interview techniques and content analysis as empirical tools for exploring the cultural aspects of psychology, and specific guidelines for formulating, conducting, and analyzing interviews on cultural aspects of psychology.

Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction. Part One: Theory. 1. Cultural Psychology from the Perspective of Activity Theory. 2. Individualistic Approaches to Agency: A Critique. Part Two: Method. 3. Implications of Activity Theory for Cultural-Psychological Research. 4. Interviewing Techniques for Eliciting Cultural-Psychological Information. 5. A Procedure for Analyzing Cultural Themes in Verbal Accounts. 6. An Empirical Investigation into The Cultural Psychology of Children's Moral Reasoning. References.

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