Multiculrtiral minds: A dynamic constructivist approach to culture and cognition

American Psychologist

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 709-720

  Hong, Ying Yi ^a   Morris, Michael W ^c   Chiu, Chi Yue ^b   Benet Martínez, Veŕonica ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYMBOLISM;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0034218477     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.55.7.709     Document Type: Article

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