Cross-cultural psychology is the branch of psychology that studies human behavior and mental processes across different cultural contexts, searching for both universal patterns and culture-specific variation, motivated partly by concern that psychological theories developed largely in North America and Europe might not generalize elsewhere. It is distinguished from the related field of cultural psychology, which holds that psychological phenomena are shaped by culture strongly enough that they can be compared across cultures only to a limited extent.
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Central QuestionHow do psychological processes, such as cognition, emotion, personality and social behavior, vary or stay constant across different cultures? 1 Key DebateHow much of psychology, developed and tested largely on Western, educated populations, generalizes to humanity as a whole, given that attempts to replicate well-known experiments in other cultures have had varying success. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Cross-Cultural Psychology
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many attempts to replicate notable experiments in other cultures had varying success.
Wikipedia: Geert Hofstede
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well known for his pioneering research on cross-cultural groups and organizations
Wikipedia: Harry C. Triandis
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He was considered a pioneer of cross-cultural psychology and his research focused on the cognitive aspects of attitudes, norms, roles and values in different cultures.
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