Critical cultural awareness: Contributions to a globalizing psychology

American Psychologist

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 645-655

  Christopher, John Chambers ^a   Wendt, Dennis C ^b   Marecek, Jeanne ^c   Goodman, David M ^d  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural psychology; Folk psychology; Hermeneutics; Indigenous psychology; International psychology

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY; HERMENEUTICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

CULTURAL COMPETENCY; ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; HERMENEUTICS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY;

EID: 84925588989     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036851     Document Type: Article

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