Bringing culture to basic psychological theory - Beyond individualism and collectivism: Comment on Oyserman et al. (2002)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-109

  Miller, Joan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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CROWDING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CULTURE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MASS BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881970336     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.128.1.97     Document Type: Review

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