Japanese Frames of Mind addresses two problems in the light of a collection of studies by Japanese and American researchers at Harvard University. Does evidence from Japan challenge basic premises of current psychological theories? Are the claimed universals of human nature by academic psychology more accurately seen as Western European? The chapters provide a wealth of new data and perspectives related to aspects of Japanese parenting, child development, moral reasoning and narratives, school and family socialization, and adolescent experience.
By examining Japanese findings against Western theoretical frameworks, the book calls for a new understanding of those frameworks as reflecting the ethnopsychology of Western countries. Written largely in nontechnical language, this book will appeal to developmental and cultural psychologists, anthopologists interested in psychological anthropology, educators, and anyone interesed in Japanese and Asian studies.
Part One. Moral scripts and reasoning
Part Two. Mother and child at home
Part Three Group life: the young child in preschool and school
Part Four Adolescent experience
Part Five. Reelections