Ethnopsychology: Pieces from the Mexican Research Gallery

This book presents an overview of Mexican ethnopsychology, an original theoretical and methodological approach that seeks to complement the mainstream psychological science - based on universal principles, processes and constructs - with scientific methods to study the idiosyncratic features and behaviors typical of specific cultural groups. It proposes a historic-bio-psycho-socio-cultural theoretical model to describe research findings of social, psychological, collective and individual phenomena.

Psychology is at a crossroads of years of research with stress on internal validity and little attention to contextual and cultural variables. It becomes fundamental to continue on the internal validity track but at the same time incorporate external validity issues. The growth of indigenous movements and data allows for a profound evaluation of the extents to which apparent universal phenomena are truly universal, and to what extent they are idiosyncratic manifestations of the cultures where the mainstream research is conducted.

Mexican ethnopsychologists have been following this path for decades, since the pioneer work of Rogelio Díaz-Guerrero, but until now little has been published in English about this innovative theoretical approach. Ethnopsychology - Pieces from the Mexican Research Gallery fills this gap by presenting the international community an overview of Mexican ethnopsychology and thus providing a useful tool to behavioral, social and health scientists interested in understanding how culture shapes both collective and individual behaviors.

Author: Rolando Díaz-Loving
Publisher: Springer
Published: 10/17/2020
Pages: 186
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.43d
ISBN13: 9783030266066
ISBN10: 3030266060
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Personality
- Psychology | Social Psychology
- Social Science | Anthropology | General

About the Author

Rolando Díaz-Loving is full professor in the School of Psychology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where he is also the director of the Unity of Psychosocial Research. One of the most prominent psychologists in Mexico, Dr. Díaz-Loving has a PhD in social psychology from the University of Texas in Austin, is a founding member of the Mexican Association of Social Psychology and is a past president of the Interamerican Society of Psychology.