Culture Society And Cognition

Author : David B. Kronenfeld
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110211481

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Culture, Society, and Cognition by David B. Kronenfeld Pdf

This theoretically motivated approach to pragmatics (vs. semantics) produces a radically new view of culture and its role vis-a-vis society. Understanding what words mean in use requires an open-ended recourse to pragmatic cultural knowledge. Cultural knowledge makes up a productive conceptual system. Members of a cultural community share the system but not all of the system's content, making culture a system of parallel distributed cognition. This book presents such a system, and then elaborates a version of "cultural models" that relates actions to goals, values, emotional content, and context, and that allows both systematic generative capacity and systematic variation across cultural and subcultural groups. Such models are offered as the basic units of cultural action. Culture thus conceived is shown as a tool that people use rather than as something deeply internalized in their psyches.

Author : Dorothy Holland,Naomi Quinn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1987-01-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521311683

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Cultural Models in Language and Thought by Dorothy Holland,Naomi Quinn Pdf

A multidisciplinary collaboration exploring the role of cultural knowledge in everyday language and understanding.

Author : David R. Olson,Nancy Torrance
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1996-09-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 0521566444

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Modes of Thought by David R. Olson,Nancy Torrance Pdf

Modes of Thought addresses a topic of broad interest to the cognitive sciences. Its central focus is on the apparent contrast between the widely assumed 'psychological unity of mankind' and the facts of cognitive pluralism, the diverse ways in which people think and the developmental, cultural, technological and institutional factors which contribute to that diversity. Whether described in terms of modes of thought, cognitive styles, or sensibilities, the diversity of patterns of rationality to be found between cultures, in different historical periods, between individuals at different stages of development remains a central problem for a cultural psychology. Modes of Thought brings together anthropologists, historians, psychologists and educational theorists who manage to recognise the universality in thinking and yet acknowledge the cultural, historical and developmental contexts in which differences arise.

Author : Karen A. Cerulo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135956424

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Culture in Mind by Karen A. Cerulo Pdf

What is thought and how does one come to study and understand it? How does the mind work? Does cognitive science explain all the mysteries of the brain? This collection of fourteen original essays from some of the top sociologists in the country, including Eviatar Zerubavel, Diane Vaughan, Paul Dimaggio and Gary Alan Fine, among others, opens a dialogue between cognitive science and cultural sociology, encouraging a new network of scientific collaboration and stimulating new lines of social scientific research. Rather than considering thought as just an individual act, Culture in Mind considers it in a social and cultural context. Provocatively, this suggests that our thoughts do not function in a vacuum: our minds are not alone. Covering such diverse topics as the nature of evil, the process of storytelling, defining mental illness, and the conceptualizing of the premature baby, these essays offer fresh insights into the functioning of the mind. Leaving the MRI behind, Culture in Mind will uncover the mysteries of how we think.

Author : J. W. Berry,P. R. Dasen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429659157

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Culture and Cognition by J. W. Berry,P. R. Dasen Pdf

Originally published in 1974, studies of cultural influences on cognition, carried out from a variety of theoretical and methodological stances, were collected for the first time in this volume. The editors placed particular emphasis on selecting material by authors from many countries who had been working with people from a wide range of cultures. In a general introduction they provide an historical overview of the major issues, and draw together the most recent attempts to bring methodological sophistication to this difficult area of enquiry. Suggestions for future research on basic problems are to be found in an epilogue, along with a consideration of some possible applications of these studies to problems of education and social change. A comprehensive bibliography with over 600 entries is included in the volume.

Author : Bradd Shore
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1998-10-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190284398

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Culture in Mind by Bradd Shore Pdf

Despite the recognized importance of cultural diversity in understanding the modern world, the emerging science of cognitive psychology has relied far more on experimental psychology, neurobiology, and computer science than on cultural anthropology for its models of how we think. In this exciting new book, anthropologist Bradd Shore has created the first study linking multi-culturalism to cognitive psychology, exploring the complex relationship between culture in public institutions and in mental representations. In so doing, he answers in a completely new way the age old question of whether humans are basically the same psychologically, independent of cultures, or basically diverse because of cultural differences. The first half of the book emphasizes cultural models, from Australian Aboriginal rituals and Samoan comedy skits, to more familiar terrain, including a study of baseball as a cultural model for Americans. Along the way, the author sheds new and novel light on many familiar institutions, from educational curricula and shopping malls to modular furniture and cyberpunk fiction. These observations are then linked to theoretical developments in linguistics, semiotics, and neuroscience, creating a bold new approach to understanding the role of culture in everyday meaning making. The author argues that culture must be considered an intrinsic component of the human mind to a degree that most psychologists and even many anthropologists have not recognized. This new position of cultural models will make absorbing reading for psychologists, anthropologists, linguists, and philosophers, and to anyone interested in the issues of cultural diversity, multiculturalism, or cognitive science in general.

Author : Paul Voestermans,Theo Verheggen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118485330

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Culture as Embodiment by Paul Voestermans,Theo Verheggen Pdf

Culture as Embodiment utilizes recent insights in psychology, cognitive, and affective science to reveal the cultural patterning of behavior in group-related practices. Applies the best of the behavioural sciences to contemporary issues of behavioural cross-fertilization in global exchange Presents an original theory to be used in the gender and integration debates, about what the acceptance of newcomers from different cultural backgrounds really entails Presents a theory that is also applicable to youth culture and the split in modern society between underclass, modal class, and the elite Contains an original approach to the persistence of religion, and relates religious thought to the cognitive capacity of generic belief

Author : James P. Spradley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Cognition
ISBN : PSU:000058701362

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Culture and Cognition by James P. Spradley Pdf

Author : Christine Jourdan,Kevin Tuite
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139452519

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Language, Culture, and Society by Christine Jourdan,Kevin Tuite Pdf

Language, our primary tool of thought and perception, is at the heart of who we are as individuals. Languages are constantly changing, sometimes into entirely new varieties of speech, leading to subtle differences in how we present ourselves to others. This revealing account brings together eleven leading specialists from the fields of linguistics, anthropology, philosophy and psychology, to explore the fascinating relationship between language, culture, and social interaction. A range of major questions are discussed: How does language influence our perception of the world? How do new languages emerge? How do children learn to use language appropriately? What factors determine language choice in bi- and multilingual communities? How far does language contribute to the formation of our personalities? And finally, in what ways does language make us human? Language, Culture and Society will be essential reading for all those interested in language and its crucial role in our social lives.

Author : Michael Cole,Yrjö Engeström,Olga A. Vasquez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1997-07-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521558239

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Mind, Culture, and Activity by Michael Cole,Yrjö Engeström,Olga A. Vasquez Pdf

This volume presents articles important to contemporary studies of the cultural and contextual foundations of human development. It address es the need to create a Psychology which focuses upon the actions of people participating in routine, culturally organized activities. The discussion includes: the nature of context; experiments as contexts; culture-historical theories of culture, context and development; the analysis of classroom settings as a social important context of development, the psychological analysis of activity in situ, and questions of power and discourse.

Author : David G. White
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315454955

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Rethinking Culture by David G. White Pdf

Organizational or corporate ‘culture’ is the most overused and least understood word in business, if not society. While the topic has been an object of keen academic interest for nearly half a century, theorists and practitioners still struggle with the most basic questions: What is organizational culture? Can it be measured? Is it a dependent or independent variable? Is it causal in organizational performance, and, if so, how? Paradoxically, managers and practitioners ascribe cultural explanations for much of what constitutes organizational behavior in organizations, and, moreover, believe culture can be engineered to their own designs for positive business outcomes. What explains this divide between research and practice? While much academic research on culture is challenged by ontological, epistemic and ethical difficulties, there is little empirical evidence to show culture can be deliberately shaped beyond espoused values. The gap between research and practice can be explained by one simple reason: the science and practice of culture has yet to catch up to managerial intuition.Managers are correct in suspecting culture is a powerful normative force, but, until now, current theory and research is not able to adequately account for cultural behavior in organizations. Rethinking Culture describes and presents evidence for a new framework of organizational culture based on the cognitive science of the so-called cultural mind. It will be of relevance to academics and researchers with an interest in business and management, organizational culture, and organizational change, as well as cognitive and cultural anthropologists and sociologists interested in applications of theory in organizational and institutional settings.

Author : Roy G. D'Andrade
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1995-01-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521459761

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The Development of Cognitive Anthropology by Roy G. D'Andrade Pdf

In an historical account of the growth and development of the field of cognitive anthropology, Roy D'Andrade examines how cultural knowledge is organised within and between human minds. He begins by examining the research carried out during the l950s and l960s which was concerned with how different cultures classify kinship relationships and the natural environment, and then traces the development of more complex and sophisticated cognitive theories of classification in anthropology which took place in the l970s and l980s. In an analysis of more recent developments, the author considers work involving cultural models, emotion, motivation and action. He concludes with a summary of the theoretical perspective of cognitive anthropology.

Author : Ray S. Jackendoff
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780262303644

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Language, Consciousness, Culture by Ray S. Jackendoff Pdf

An integrative approach to human cognition that encompasses the domains of language, consciousness, action, social cognition, and theory of mind that will foster cross-disciplinary conversation among linguists, philosophers, psycholinguists, neuroscientists, cognitive anthropologists, and evolutionary psychologists. Ray Jackendoff's Language, Consciousness, Culture represents a breakthrough in developing an integrated theory of human cognition. It will be of interest to a broad spectrum of cognitive scientists, including linguists, philosophers, psycholinguists, neuroscientists, cognitive anthropologists, and evolutionary psychologists. Jackendoff argues that linguistics has become isolated from the other cognitive sciences at least partly because of the syntax-based architecture assumed by mainstream generative grammar. He proposes an alternative parallel architecture for the language faculty that permits a greater internal integration of the components of language and connects far more naturally to such larger issues in cognitive neuroscience as language processing, the connection of language to vision, and the evolution of language. Extending this approach beyond the language capacity, Jackendoff proposes sharper criteria for a satisfactory theory of consciousness, examines the structure of complex everyday actions, and investigates the concepts involved in an individual's grasp of society and culture. Each of these domains is used to reflect back on the question of what is unique about human language and what follows from more general properties of the mind. Language, Consciousness, Culture extends Jackendoff's pioneering theory of conceptual semantics to two of the most important domains of human thought: social cognition and theory of mind. Jackendoff's formal framework allows him to draw new connections among a large variety of literatures and to uncover new distinctions and generalizations not previously recognized. The breadth of the approach will foster cross-disciplinary conversation; the vision is to develop a richer understanding of human nature.

Author : Miranda Anderson
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474438155

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Distributed Cognition in Medieval and Renaissance Culture by Miranda Anderson Pdf

This collection brings together 14 essays by international specialists in Medieval and Renaissance culture to bring recent insights from cognitive science and philosophy of mind to bear on how cognition was seen as distributed across brain, body and world between the 9th and 17th centuries.

Author : Jaan Valsiner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Cognition and culture
ISBN : 8178297434

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Culture in Minds and Societies by Jaan Valsiner Pdf