Murphy-Berman, V., & Berman, J.J. (Eds.): Cross-cultural differences in perspectives on the self (Nebraska Symposium on Motivation Series, vol. 49)

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-284
Author(s):  
John W. Berry
Author(s):  
Katica Lacković-Grgin

The results of the previous researches of the self-concept were often controversial creating so some difficulties for comparison and verification. The resource of these deficiencies was in the definition of ithe self-concept which was imprecise and unlike and also in bad metric characteristics of the instruments involved in the research. After well-known researches like Wylie (1974 and 1979) the new researches, encouraged by those, were divided lin 3 groups. In the first group authors examined the metric characteristics of the well-known and long used scales and they also constructed new scales serving for the measurement of self-concept. Those examinations showed the untenableness of some aspects concerning the uni-dimension of the self-concept. The second group examined the theoretical consistency of the self-concept and its relations to the related psychological constructs. The third group worked on the self-concept of youth which was different from the previous and it also and the cross-cultural differences. These studies supported a comprehension of th eself-concept of youth which was different from tile previous and it also supported an idea of a construct being examined within his own culture and also with the instruments available in that culture.


2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Del Giudice

Abstract The argument against innatism at the heart of Cognitive Gadgets is provocative but premature, and is vitiated by dichotomous thinking, interpretive double standards, and evidence cherry-picking. I illustrate my criticism by addressing the heritability of imitation and mindreading, the relevance of twin studies, and the meaning of cross-cultural differences in theory of mind development. Reaching an integrative understanding of genetic inheritance, plasticity, and learning is a formidable task that demands a more nuanced evolutionary approach.


2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve M. J. Janssen ◽  
Anna Gralak ◽  
Yayoi Kawasaki ◽  
Gert Kristo ◽  
Pedro M. Rodrigues ◽  
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