Boski, Pawel; Callan, Victor J.; Callois, Cynthia; Mills-evers, Trudy; Rosenthal, Doreen A.; Thomas, David R.; Trimble, Joseph E.; Myambo, Kathleen; Tyson, Graham A.; Et Al
Editor(s):
Keats, Daphne M.; Munro, Donald; Mann, Leon
Format:
Conference presentation
Publisher:
Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, Lisse, 1989.
Language:
English
Abstract:
[book section covering several chapters] "Social Cognitive Methods in the Study of Immigrants' Psychological Acculturation: Reaction Time and Person Prototype Approaches to Retention and Acquisition of Retention and Acquisition of National Self-Identity" / Pawel Boski / document the merits of two types of social cognitive methods in the study of acculturation, defined as personality change in national self-identity "Immigrants and Language Attitudes: Differences between Parents and their Children" / review briefly the theoretical frameworks being developed by social psychologists to explain attitudes toward language by members of ethnic minorities "Cultural Identity and Multiculturalism" / Trudy Mills-Evers / Australia is the most multicultural society after Israel / yet Australia is still a relatively harmonious society because of the political party, bipartisan approach to the policy of multiculturalism which is a great success story / how important is cultural identity / the role of cross-cultural psychology "Psychosocial Development of Second-Generation Immigrant Adolescents" / Doreen A. Rosenthal / present an overview of research into the psychological well-being of second generation immigrant adolescents, focussing on the two largest ethnic groups in Australia, Greeks and Italians "Distinguishing Culture and Ethnicity in Research Involving Ethnic Minorities" / David R. Thomas / examine the ways in which the terms Maori and Pakeha (European) have been used in research involving Maori people, particularly research making comparisons between Maori and Pakeha, to illustrate some confusion among researchers, and to identify misattributions which occur because of the failure to distinguish between ethnicity and culture "Multilinearity of Acculturation: Person-Situation Interactions" / Joseph E. Trimble / psychological acculturation / toward a multilevel approach / situational approaches to acculturation measurement / a proposal for a multilinear approach to acculturation measurement "Whites in Black Africa: Psychological Adjustment to Minority Status" / Kathleen Myambo / in-depth study of 30 white persons of upper-middle class status who chose to remain resident in Zimbabwe after independence / objective and subjective data regarding the subjects socio-economic-political status both before and after independence "Racial Attitudes of British Immigrants to South Africa: A Longitudinal Study" / Graham A. Tyson and John Duckitt / the changes in racial attitudes of British immigrants to South Africa together with their perception of social norms were examined longitudinally "The Perception of Group Self-Image and Other Ethnic Group Images Among the Thai, Chinese, Thai Hmong Hilltribes and Americans in the Province of Chiang Mai" / Pismai Wibulswasdi / study the attributes of group self-image for Thai, Chinese and Hmong Hilltribes / compare the perceptions of other ethnic groups among the Thais, Chinese and the Hmong Hilltribes / examine the relationships among the abstract and ethnic group concepts "Impact of Acculturation on Psychological Stress: A Study of the Oraon Tribe" / Ashok K. Singh / attempt to elaborate the relationship between acculturation and psychological stress among the Oraon tribe of Bihar state [India] "Cultural Identity and Political Events" / Bernd Krewer and Lutz H. Eckensberger / a step in the research on the historio-political content of a specific regional cultural identity will be presented (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: book)