Psychological and cultural Studies

Psychological culture is the study of the relationship between psychology, behavior and culture, which is separated from psychological anthropology, with the perspective and method of combining psychology and culture advocated by Xu Liang, mainly engaged in the knowledge of the comparison of large-scale civilized society.

The development of psycho-cultural science has undergone the following stages:

1. School of Culture and personality Bohe
2. Columbia Lecture sent R.linton A Kandiner, Kluckhohn
3. National research on Chrysanthemum and DAO before and after World War II
4. Psychological anthropology "Psychological Anthropology" 1961
5. Psychological and cultural Studies

2. Cultural perspective of psycho-cultural studies

What is culture?

• Edward B.tylor that: Culture is a complex, which includes the knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, laws, customs, and other abilities and habits acquired by people as members of society.
• Malinowski (Malinnovsky) believes that culture refers to a group of traditional artifacts, goods, technologies, ideas, habits, and values, and this concept embraces and regulates all social sciences.

The definition of Taylor and Malinowski culture includes the following aspects:

• Material level: houses, utensils, machinery, etc.
• Social level: social organization, System, politics, legal form, ethics, customs, habits, education, etc.
• Mental level: Science, technology, knowledge, etc., language, etc.
• Spiritual level: Religious belief, aesthetic consciousness, literature and art, mythology, etc.

Psychological and cultural Studies