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Rychlak, Joseph F.; And Others – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1973
This study dealt with the question of white versus black superiority in learning, viewing such differences in sociocultural terms. (Author)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cultural Differences, Ethnology, Females
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Lister, Larry – Journal of Social Work Education, 1987
Various sources are explored to determine what content should be provided, and issues to consider when building ethnocultural content into the curriculum are described. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Interrelationships, Curriculum Development, Ethnic Relations
Troup, Alice – 1972
Anthropology can make two major and complimentary contributions to the process of education: 1) provide basic concepts and methods which are uniquely able to help public school students understand the specialized, abstract, complex nature of their urban environment; and 2) apply concepts and methods through research in schools to identify and…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Comparative Analysis, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
Fulton, Paul R. – 1983
The variety of culturally-constituted conceptions of self are investigated in this essay. A history of ethnopsychology is given which includes an examination of evolutionist and sociological theories of the self in relation to culture and society. Various approaches to ethnopsychology are considered, and different facets of the self are explored.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Grimshaw, Allen D. – Items, 1969
The participants in this conference (A.V. Cicourel, I. Deutscher, S. Ervin-Tripp, J. Gumperz, D. Hymes, E. Sibley, H. Phillips, and R.B. Anderson) discussed the processes involved in eliciting verbal information, especially in cross-cultural studies. The four principal topics of their discussions were: (1) the ethnography of asking questions, (2)…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Behavioral Science Research, Conference Reports, Cross Cultural Studies
Katz, Richard – 1984
For Kung hunter-gatherers and Fijian fishing people, healing is a central community ritual with significance beyond the cure itself. An enhanced state of consciousness, experienced most intensely by the healer, but also shared by the community, is at the core of Kung and Fijian healing. Although in contemporary Euro-American culture the spiritual…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Community, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Vassiliou, Vasso; And Others – 1968
An experiment with 62 Americans living in Greece involved the use of a modified Solomon design in testing their intercultural attitudes after being exposed to an ethographic essay about Greek culture. The analysis of the data derived from a variety of measures employed in both the pre- and post-tests suggested that although there appeared to be no…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Behavioral Science Research, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness
Jorden, Eleanor H. – 1970
This final substantive report includes the working papers presented by the American and Japanese participants, notes on discussions, a summary of an address by William Labov, and draft proposals for joint sociolinguistic research. The working papers involve several sociolinguistic issues in Japanese-American and Japanese culture. The American…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis, Conference Reports, Conferences