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Korean Journal of Psychology: General

Where Does Cultural Variation Come From? A Review of the Ecocultural Approach to Culture

Korean Journal of Psychology: General / Korean Journal of Psychology: General, (P)1229-067X; (E)2734-1127
2011, v.30 no.1, pp.265-291

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Abstract

Although there has been a significant advance in the field of cultural psychology, it remains challenging to answer the fundamental question of what produces the diversity of cultures in the world. The goals of this article are to review both early and recent attempts to address this question and to suggest directions for future research. A special attention is given to the ecocultural approach to culture, in particular, how this approach theoretically conceptualizes and empirically investigates the constituting relationship between the human mind and ecocultural conditions. A diverse array of current empirical work is reviewed, including (a) work on cross-cultural variations in the development of cognitive competence and adaptation, (b) research on within-culture variations in self-construal and social behavior, and (c) research on the effects of geographic movement on the self, social relationships, and cultural change. Directions for future research are discussed.

keywords
문화차의 기원, 생태문화적 접근, 문화 간 변산, 문화 내 변산, 지리적 이동, origin of cultural variation, ecocultural approach, cross-cultural variation, within-culture variation, geographic movement

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