谈文化心理学研究的方向与趋势

人的存在不仅是一种生物的存在,更是一种文化历史的存在。遗传信息使人具有了人类的大脑和躯体,文化环境使人成为一个完整意义上的社会的人,遗传信息和文化信息互为因果,交织在一起共同规定了人的存在。由此,心理学家们对文化心理的研究投入了越来越多的注意力,从跨文化、超历史、文化建构主义心理学到现今的本土化研究。文化心理学正试图对心理特征和状态作出越来越多的解释,尽管这种研究还存在一些方法上的问题和困惑。

Direction and Trend in Studying Cultural Psychology

Man is not only a biological being,but also a cultural-historical being.Heredity information gives man mind and body,while culture makes man function well in the society.Heredity information and culture's influences interact,and determine the being of man.Therefore,the psychologists pay more and more attention on cultural psychology,which includes cross-cultural,trans-history,cultural-constructional psychology,and the research of localized psychology.Though there are many problems and puzzles,cultural psychology now is trying to interpret the psychological characteristics and psychological state.