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Using "The Japanese Problem" as a Corrective to the Ethnocentricity of Western Theory.

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Tobin, Joseph – Child Development, 2000

Focuses on how knowledge about Japanese psychological development and culture can serve as a corrective to the ethnocentrism of Western theory. Highlights the Japanese cultural concepts of "amae" and "kejime." (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Developmental Psychology

The Anatomy of the Hara: Japanese Self in Society.

White, Merry I.; Taniuchi, Lois K. – 1980

Because Japanese society has traditionally emphasized the group rather than the individual, less research has been done to understand how Japanese culture conceptualizes the individual and how that individual develops within the society. This paper focuses on the individual in Japanese society. Following an introduction (Section I), Section II…

Descriptors: Anthropology, Careers, Child Rearing, Cultural Differences