This article describes cross-cultural research on the relation between how people
conceptualize nature and how they act in it. Mental models of nature differ dramatically …

One of the fundamental aspects of culture is the relationship it prescribes between
individuals and environment. Am I part of the natural environment, or am I separate and …

When psychological research is formulated from an interactionist point of view, the individual
and environment are treated as independent, if interacting factors. From such an approach …

Human society has constructed many varied notions of the environment. Scientific
information about the environment is often seen as the only worthwhile knowledge. This …

Throughout history, the way in which people conceive nature/human relationships has
dramatically changed, and different cultures also have divergent notions regarding the role …

This chapter examines the relation between culture and cognition, in terms of three
distinguishable levels of social grouping: human beings as a mammalian species; societies; …

Views of culture in psychology and soci-ology have converged markedly in the past two
decades. Both have rejected what Adams and Markus (2004) refer to as the …

What makes an idea culturally successful, such as the widespread notion in many societies
of ancestor spirits, a haiku, or the recipe for apple pie? To be sure, not all ideas are culturally …

Intersubjective perceptions refer to shared perceptions of the psychological characteristics
that are widespread within a culture. In this article, we propose the intersubjective approach …

As prescribed by the culture of natural science, theories of social psychology are essentially
intraindividual mechanisms or information-processing structures that, when activated by …