Using "the Japanese problem" as a corrective to the ethnocentricity of Western theory.
This reflection on the essay by Rothbaum, Pott, Azuma, Miyake, and Weisz focuses on how knowledge about Japanese psychological development and culture can serve as a corrective to the ethnocentrism of Western theory. Particular attention is given to the Japanese cultural concepts of amae and kejime.
Tobin
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University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822, USA. tobin@hawaii.edu
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005008:Ethnopsychology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007564:Japan; D012107:Research Design; D012945:Social Values; D012951:Socialization; D014481:United States