文化心理学的理论困境及突破

文化心理学是心理学的人文转向之产物,重视对不同文化群体或个体心理差异的研究,要求把文化纳入心理学的研究范围,以摆脱西方科学主义倾向心理学因排斥文化影响而产生的理论困境。但是通过对其理论假设的分析发现,文化心理学也潜藏着制约其发展的危机,如果不对这种危机进行清楚的认识并提出解决的方法,那么文化心理学也将陷入自己预设下的理论困境。

Theoretical Predicament in Cultural Psychology and Breakthrough

As a branch of psychology,the cultural psychology directs to humanity,lays stress on researching psychological differences in different cultural groups or different individuals,and encompasses cultural elements into psychological research range so as to break through the theoretical predicament out of Western scientism propensity psychology due to its excluding of elements from cultural influence.However,by analysis on its theoretical hypothesis it can be found that there is crisis lurked in cultural psychology,which restricts its development.Unless clear recognition of this crisis is made and solution brought up,cultural psychology will be trapped into its preinstalled theoretical predicament.