A plea for a hypothesis-generating approach to link the individual's world of meaning and society's cultural orientation: A commentary on Oerter et al. (1996)

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-61

  Minoura, Yasuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Hypothesis generation; Macro micro linkage; Self; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030094199     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X9621003     Document Type: Article

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