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Format: 1 online resource (625 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-283-10121-1 , 9786613101211 , 0-08-056000-8

Content: In recent years there has been a wealth of new research in cognition, particularly in relation to supporting theoretical constructs about how cognitions are formed, processed, reinforced, and how they then affect behavior. Many of these theories have arisen and been tested in geographic isolation. It remains to be seen whether theories that purport to describe cognition in one culture will equally prove true in other cultures. The Handbook of Motivation and Cognition Across Cultures is the first book to look at these theories specifically with culture in mind. The book investigates univ

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , FRONT COVER; HANDBOOK OF MOTIVATION AND COGNITION ACROSS CULTURES; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 1 MOTIVATION AND COGNITION ACROSS CULTURES; PART I: CULTURE FROM A MOTIVATION AND COGNITION PERSPECTIVE; CHAPTER 2 AFFECT-REGULATION, SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND PARENTING: A FUNCTIONAL-DESIGN APPROACH TO CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; Independent and Interdependent Orientations: Findings from Cross-Cultural Research; Diachronic and Synchronic Parenting Styles; Different Forms of Affect Regulation; Differences in Self-representations Across Cultures , Theoretical Analysis: Underlying MechanismsAction Control: Enacting Difficult Intentions; Self-regulation and Self-growth: Development and Maintenance of an Integrated Self; Explaining Cross-Cultural Differences; The Role of Affect Regulation; The Functional Basis of Autonomy; Acquisition of Affect Regulation: Systems Conditioning; Mechanisms Underlying Cross-Cultural Differences in Affect Regulation; Extending the Dichotomy of Independent and Interdependent Orientations; Synchronic Socialization and Social-Cognitive Fusion; Diachronic Socialization and Social-Cognitive Integration , Risks of Autonomy Through Diachronic IntegrationA Functional Taxonomy of Four Cultural Orientations; Two Modes of Agency; Modes of Parenting; Conclusions and Outlook; CHAPTER 3 UNCERTAINTY REGULATION: THE MASTER MOTIVE?; Individual and Cultural Differences in Uncertainty Orientation; A Formal Model of Uncertainty Orientation; Affective Experiences as a Function of Uncertainty Orientation and Societal Uncertainty; Affective Experiences as a Function of Uncertainty Orientation, Achievement-Related Motives, and Culture; So, What About China?; Conclusions; CHAPTER 4 IMPLICIT THEISM , Brief Note on TerminologyCognitive Defaults; Existential Needs; Conclusion; CHAPTER 5 DO IMPLICIT MOTIVES ADD TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES WITHIN AND ACROSS CULTURES?; Elements of Personality; Culture as Context; What Moves People to Act?; Two Motivational Systems; Combining both Motive Systems; Expanding the Predictive Ambit of Implicit Motives; Cultural Context and Motivated Behavior; Cross-Cultural Research on Implicit Motives; Types of Motivation Studied; Confronting Cultural Bias; Discovering Pan-Cultural Relationships; Next Steps , Conceptualizing a Role for CultureResearching into the Future; CHAPTER 6 A CROSS-CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF SELF-VERIFICATION MOTIVES; Self-Verification Theory; Epistemic and Pragmatic Roots; Self-Verification Strategies; Moderators of Self-Verification; Culture and Self-Verification; Epistemic and Pragmatic Concerns Underlying Self-Verification Strivings; Self-Verification of Different Forms of Self-Views; The Form of Self-Verification in East Asian Cultures; Self-Verification Strivings in Other Cultures; Questions, Implications, and Future Directions , Self-Verification and Other Self-Evaluative Motives , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-12-373694-3

Language: English