Personality, Human Development, and Culture

International Perspectives On Psychological Science (Volume 2)

Ralf Schwarzer, Peter A. Frensch, Ralf Schwarzer, Peter A. Frensch

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Year: 2010
• ISBN:
  9781136947971
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychologie
• Subtopic: Histoire et théorie en psychologie

These two volumes present the main contributions from the 29 th International Congress of Psychology, held in Berlin in 2008, and are written by international leaders in psychology from around the world. The authors present a variety of approaches and perspectives that reflect cutting-edge advances in psychological science.

Personality, Developmental, Social and Cultural Issues provides an overview of advances in several areas of psychology such as clinical, health, social, developmental, and cross-cultural psychology. One section of the volume is dedicated solely to emotions and health, and addresses state-of-the-art work on the regulation of self, health, social relations, and emotions such as passion. Other sections deal with development and personality issues as well as conceptual, cultural, and ethnic approaches to modern psychology. The global perspective of this collection illustrates research being undertaken on all five continents and emphasizes the cultural diversity of the contributors.

This book will be an invaluable resource for researchers, professionals, teachers and students in the field of psychology.

Subject index

ABA:

see Association for Behavior Analysis

Acceptance wriggles 56

Acculturation stress 202

Achievement goals 76

Action:

and affect 6–7;

readiness, 47–53, 55, 58–60

[concept of 51;

modes of, 48–51, 53];

regulation of 3;

representations 51;

tendencies 48, 49, 85

Activation modes 48

Activity engagement 66, 68, 70, 77

Adaptation:

in evolution 58;

in intractable conflicts 184–185

Addictive behaviors and passion 71–72

Affect(s) 5, 11, 57, 59, 60, 73, 97, 129;

and action 6–7;

bursts 50;

creation of, conceptual mechanism underlying 8;

dimensional structure of 7–9;

and feedback 5–7;

loop 5, 6;

-managing control systems 7;

negative 5–8, 68–71, 78, 104;

positive 5, 6, 10, 12, 66, 69, 70–78, 83, 104;

regulation of 3;

vitality, 49;

see also Emotion(s) Affective life, and psychological adjustment and passion 68–70

Affectus 45

Africa:

developmental environment of 155–156;

developmental knowledge in 163;

pedagogies in 162–163;

Southern, early childhood development in 115–122;

theory of the universe of 155, 157–163

African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 118, 119

African philosophy of life/worldview 116, 117, 159

Africentric perspective/concepts and principles 155, 158, 160;

on developmental science 155–164

Agency motivation theory 129

Aggression 130, 136, 189;

in intractable conflict, justification of 189;

institutionalization of 189

AI:

see Artificial intelligence Akinetic mutism 59

Alcoho...