Culture and basic psychological processes--Toward a system view of culture: Comment on Oyserman et al. (2002).
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- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Psychological Bulletin
- Vol. 128 (1) , 89-96
- https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.128.1.89
Abstract
D. Oyserman, H, M, Coon, and M. Kemmelmeicr (2002) provide a most comprehensive review of empirical studies that used attitudinal surveys to capture cultural variations in individualism and collectivism. In the present article, the author suggests that the cross-cultural validity of attitudinal surveys can no longer be taken for granted. Moreover, the meta-theory underlying this literature (called the entity view of culture) is called into question. The author presents an alternative meta-theory (called the system view of culture) and discusses its implications for future work in cultural and cross-cultural psychology.Keywords
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