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Theory of cross cultural psychology

Answer 1

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Cross-cultural psychology is the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes, including both their variability and invariance, under diverse cultural conditions. ... In contrast, cross-cultural psychology includes a search for possible universals in behavior and mental processes.

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Answer 2

cross-cultural psychology is considered as a methodological strategy, as a means of evaluating hypotheses of unicultural origin with evidence of more panhuman relevance, and as a means of developing new theoretical accounts of psychological phenomena that profit from broad sampling of human populations and social situations. As a methodological strategy, difficulties arise from the necessity of the quasi-experimental, comparative research design and from ignorance of the "minds" of Ss. It is argued that the bases of solutions to these methodological difficulties lie in the theory, much of which is available in the psychological literature. One form of theory that promises to be important provides abstract explanatory concepts requiring concrete specification in any particular investigation or application. Examples are discussed, including variants of utility theory and other approaches sharing similar characteristics. The importance of utilizing available psychological theory in the analysis of methodological approaches to cross-cultural study is emphasized.