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Cross-cultural psychologists are turning more to the study of how differences (variance) occur, rather than searching for universals in the style of physics or chemistry. [2] [4] While cross-cultural psychology represented only a minor area of psychology prior to WWII, it began to grow in importance during the 1960s.
She is internationally recognised as a leading authority on cultural diversity and how culture affects human behaviour and experience. [2] Ward was Head of School of Psychology, Director/Co-director of the Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research, and Direct of the Cross-cultural Programme at Victoria University of Wellington.
Patricia Marks Greenfield (born July 18, 1940) [1] is an American psychologist and professor known for her research in the fields of culture and human development. She is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California in Los Angeles and served as president of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology from 2014–2016.
Harry Charalambos Triandis (16 October 1926 – 1 June 2019) was Professor Emeritus at the Department of Psychology of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. [1] He was considered a pioneer of cross-cultural psychology and his research focused on the cognitive aspects of attitudes, norms, roles and values in different cultures. [2]
Gerard Hendrik (Geert) Hofstede (2 October 1928 – 12 February 2020) was a Dutch social psychologist, IBM employee, and Professor Emeritus of Organizational Anthropology and International Management at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, [1] well known for his pioneering research on cross-cultural groups and organizations.
Most recently he has co-edited a 4 volume compendium of classic and current articles in cross-cultural psychology (2017). [ 15 ] In addition to these books, with colleagues he has published over 120 journal articles, 30 books and 200 book chapters. [ 16 ]
Between 1974 and 1984, Rogers, his daughter Natalie Rogers, and psychologists Maria Bowen, Maureen O'Hara, and John K. Wood convened a series of residential programs in the U.S., Europe, Brazil and Japan, the Person-Centered Approach Workshops, which focused on cross-cultural communications, personal growth, self-empowerment, and learning for ...
Specialized lists of psychologists can be found at the articles on comparative psychology, list of clinical psychologists, list of developmental psychologists, list of educational psychologists, list of evolutionary psychologists, list of social psychologists, and list of cognitive scientists. Many psychologists included in those lists are also ...