• Title/Summary/Keyword: comparative cultural psychology

Search Result 7, Processing Time 0.024 seconds

중국(中國) 납서족(納西族)의 동파문자(東巴文字) 탐구 - 문화심리학적 접근방법 소고(小考) -

  • Lee, Ju-Eun
    • 중국학논총
    • /
    • no.72
    • /
    • pp.1-23
    • /
    • 2021
  • 一个國家或國家的文化与那个民族或國家的語言有着不可分割的關系。文字是文明的標志, 有了文字, 歷史才得以被記录下来。人們把漢字称爲象形文字, 起源于繪畵。唐蘭先生在《中國文字學》中指出, 旧石器时代的人類已經擁有很多繪畵作品, 這些繪畵作品從動物到人類形象多种多樣, 然后就直接設了。翻看納西族使用過的字型, 可以感受到象形文字的深刻殘余。另外, 通过看似非常原始, 但表達却非常實際, 直接地通過寫實性描寫, 可以感覺到其意思正在被智慧地傳達出來。在維持獨立生活的同時, 也能看出被外部世界同化的純眞。有种感覺, 可以利用东巴文字將生活在現代生活中的我們生活的污垢抹掉, 通過漢字治療也可以實現, 甲骨文字和金文字的象形性比較, 考察硏究, 進而通過漢字治愈内心, 實現成長和成熟, 這种硏究今后將在中文學界發揮与實際學相同的作用。

The interface among psychology, technology, and environment: Indigenous and cultural analysis of the probabilistic versus deterministic view of accident and safety (인간, 과학기술과 환경의 대한 이해: 사고와 안전에 대한 확률론적 시각과 결정론적 시각의 토착 문화적 분석)

  • 김의철
    • Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
    • /
    • v.9 no.spc
    • /
    • pp.123-147
    • /
    • 2003
  • This paper provides a comparative analysis of the probabilistic versus deterministic view of accident and safety using the indigenous and cultural perspectives. Death and injury due to accidents is the leading cause of preventable death in most countries, including Korea. The first part of this paper delineates the limitation of the linear, deterministic model that has been adopted in social and applied sciences. The transactional model, advocated by indigenous psychology, is provided to understand the probabilistic nature of accident and safety at home, in the workplace and in society. Second, factors related to accidents and safety are reviewed. Third, application of the probabilistic model for preventing accidents and promoting safety in Korea is outlined.

  • PDF

Psychophysiological Reactivity to Affective Visual Stimulation of Negative Emotional Valence: Comparative Analysis of Autonomic and Frontal EEG Responses to the IAPS and the KAPS

  • Sohn, Jin-Hun;Estate M. Sokhadze;Lee, Kyung-Hwa
    • Science of Emotion and Sensibility
    • /
    • v.3 no.2
    • /
    • pp.29-40
    • /
    • 2000
  • Autonomic and EEG responses were analyzed in 32 college students exposed to visual stimulation with Korean Affective Picture System (KAPS) and 36 students exposed to the International Affective Picture System (IAPS). Cardiac, electrodermal, and electrocortical measures were recorded during 30 sec of viewing affective pictures. The slides intended to elicit basic emotions (fear, anger, surprise, disgust, and sadness) were presented to subjects via Kodak slide-projector. The aim of the study was to differentiate autonomic and EEG responses associated with the same negative valence emotions elicited by KAPS and IAPS stimulation and to identify the influence of cultural relevance on physiological reactivity. The analysis of obtained results revealed significant differences in physiological responsiveness to emotionally negative valence slides from KAPS and IAPS. The typical response profile for all emotions elicited by the KAPS included HR acceleration (except surprise), and increase of electrodermal activity, slow and fast alpha blocking and fast beta power increase in EEG, which was not associated with significant asymmetry (except fast alpha in sadness). Stimulation with the IAPS evoked HR deceleration, specific electrodermal responses with relatively high tonic electrodermal activation, alpha-blocking and fast beta increase, and was accompanied also by theta power increase and marked frontal asymmetry (e.g., fast beta, theta asymmetries in sadness, fast alpha in fear). Physiological responses to fear and anger-eliciting slides from the IAPS were significantly less profound and were accompanied by autonomic and EEG changes more typical for attention rather than negative affect. Higher cardiovascular and electrodermal reactivity to fear emotion observed in the KAPS, e.g., as compared to data with the IAPS as stimuli, can be explained by cultural relevance and higher effectiveness of the KAPS in producing certain emotions such as fear in Koreans.

  • PDF

Cross-Cultural Studies in Fashion Marketing Discipline (패션마케팅 영역에서의 비교문화적 연구의 경향)

  • Cho, Yun-Jin;Yang, Su-Zin;Kim, Eun-Young;Choo, Ho-Jung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
    • /
    • v.30 no.8
    • /
    • pp.1312-1322
    • /
    • 2006
  • A recent accelerated globalization has changed every aspect of consumers' life on the globe, thus understanding the similarity and the difference among people in the world became the crucial element of business for many global companies. As one of the most globalized industries in Korea, fashion businesses also require urgent assistance of academics in understanding global consumers. This study aimed to analyze cross-cultural fashion marketing studies published in two respectful journals in fashion studies: Journal of Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles and Journal of the Korean Society of Costume. Four researchers independently searched the target journals to locate studies using cross-cultural approaches. A total of 45 cross-cultural studies published in two journals between 1977 and 2005 were found and analyzed. The major findings could be summarized as followed. First, the US was the most frequently studied country followed by China, Japan, Hong Kong and others. Second, popular subjects of cross cultural studies in fashion marketing were fashion marketing environment and management rather than consumer psychology. Third, about 78% of the sampled studies were using quantitative approach, and statistical methods such as factor analysis, t-test, ANOVA, and $X^2$ analysis were commonly used. Finally, problems in sampling methods, translation of scales, and equivalence of concept, measure and sample were analyzed. Suggestions for future cross-cultural studies were discussed.

The Role of Education Information in Training Specialists at Universities in the USA, Great Britain and Ukraine

  • Mamchych, Olena;Chornobryva, Natalia;Karskanova, Svitlana;Vlasenko, Karina;Syroiezhko, Olha;Zorochkina, Tetiana;Chychuk, Antonina
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
    • /
    • v.22 no.11
    • /
    • pp.43-50
    • /
    • 2022
  • A comparative analysis of the state and results of the functioning of the education system of Ukraine with the national educational systems of the USA and Great Britain was carried out. Based on which we found out similar and different in the process of developing the system of training specialists in higher education institutions of the USA, Great Britain, and Ukraine. Describing the main quantitative indicators of education in the UK, USA and Ukraine, we found common features and distinctive features. Consideration in the comparative aspect of trends in the development of higher teacher education in the United States, Great Britain and in Ukraine gives grounds for conclusion. For these countries, such groups of norms as types of educational institutions, forms of Education; introduction of a unified system of credit units in order to create conditions for broad mobility of students; availability of different levels of training; study of the best experience of educational activities of other states and its introduction into the educational process in combination with the cultural traditions of Ukraine coincide. Describing the main quantitative indicators of education in the analyzed countries, we found distinctive features.Teacher development systems in the UK, USA and Ukraine are compared. It was found out that the use of methods of Great Britain and the United States on the organization of independent work in the process of professional development of teachers will have a positive impact on training in the system of advanced training of teachers in Ukraine. The article examines the information culture of future specialists, which is based on knowledge about the information environment, the laws of its functioning and development, and the perfect ability to navigate the limitless modern world of information.

Research Trends and Problems on Cultivation Practice of Daesoonjinrihoe (대순진리회 수행 연구의 경향과 과제)

  • Cha, Seon-keun
    • Journal of the Daesoon Academy of Sciences
    • /
    • v.24_1
    • /
    • pp.315-349
    • /
    • 2014
  • This paper was carried out to bring the researches on Cultivation Practice of Daesoonjinrihoe which have been at a standstill after analyzing the directions of studies on Cultivation Practice and diagnosing its problems, in addition to that, the paper was also conducted in a way of discussing the research directions in the future. This work enables scholars who have interests in Daesoon Thoughts to easily comprehend over the length and breadth of Cultivation Practice of Daesoonjinrihoe as well as help them understand what level of researches regarding Cultivation Practice has been demanded. Furthermore, this paper will be a step-stone for scholars to ponder how and on what perspective they approach a wide variety of studies on Daesoon Thoughts. The problems reflected on the previous researches on Cultivation Practice are summarized as follows: first, except a few researches in general, problem recognition, research target, style, method, and content are not diverged from the frame defined by Jang Byeong-Gil, who set it up in Daesoon Religion and Thought (Daesoon Jonggyo Sasang) in 1989. Proliferating overlapped researches without developing problem awareness is of great concern. And such researching climate has gradually set in. Secondly, there are numerous researches intending to reveal the researcher's forceful attitude implying faith. Thirdly, most of the previous researches neglect to focus on defining the range of researches. Fourthly, when defining concepts, more thorough insight is needed. Lastly, the researches on analysing symbols and attempting signification analysis are relatively few, only to find many errors. To solve these problems, this paper suggests to develop theories which back up Cultivation Practice by researching on the fields of theory of mind-nature(心性), theory of mind-qi(心氣), theory of pain, Religious Ethics, viewpoint of God/gods, and psychology. Secondly, all the symbols and meanings of elements shown in Cultivation Practice need analyzing more elaborately sophisticatedly and more in-depth. In order to fulfil this goal, by adapting the recent trends of historical studies, it is essential to attempt to engraft Cultivation Practice of Daesoonjinrihoe on cultural phenomena, to analyze thick layers of meanings beneath its surface, to interpret differently, utilizing various perspectives such as focusing on the gender problems, and to extract true meanings out of Cultivation Practice by analyzing everyday events which can occur in real cultivation practices. Thirdly, the terms and concepts regarding Cultivation Practice base the principle themselves. Fourthly, by utilizing methodology of comparative studies on religions, the comparative researches on cultivation practice of different religious traditions are also needed. Lastly, the history of aspects on Cultivation Practice such as transition of mantras, processes which have been conducted through proprieties of prayer and training should be collected and classified. In this context, this work is very important since it helps understand the aspects of transition of originality and characteristics in Cultivation Practice of Daesoonjinrihoe according to passage of time.

A Qualitative Study of the Aging Experience among Korean Older Adults Residing in Urban, Rural, and the US Immigrant Context (도시, 농촌, 재미 이민사회에 거주하는 한국노인의 노화 경험에 관한 질적 연구)

  • Lee, Jun-woo;Pak, Jenny H;Lee, Hyuna
    • 한국노년학
    • /
    • v.39 no.3
    • /
    • pp.589-612
    • /
    • 2019
  • Korea has undergone rapid modernization and globalization process in the last few decades. The purpose of this study is to explore how shifting traditional values are impacting Korean elderlies and their perceptions of aging experience. In order to understand how changing social and cultural practices are affecting older adults, the similarities and differences among Korean elderlies living in three different geographical locations are examined in a multidimensional comparative framework. Life story interviews were conducted with 30 Korean elderlies (10 urban residents in Korea, 10 rural residents in Korea, and 10 residents in the US). Paying attention to within-group variation, this study particularly focused on analyzing the psychological, social, emotional, and spiritual experiences that made lives meaningful and resilient in old age in spite of physical decline. Based on analysis of narrative, the following major areas were identified as having positive or negative influence on aging experiences: physical health, emotional health, family relationship, work, leisure/social activity, and spirituality. Common themes of aging well across all settings included: "life not indebted to their offspring," "physical and mental health," and "dying well." Spirituality played a critical role in cultivating perspectives on life and accepting aging process, which were rooted in specific religious traditions participants identified (e.g., Christianity or Buddhism). Interesting differences in the meaning of work and leisure were also found between elderlies residing in Korea and the US immigrant context. One unique factor continuing to negatively affect Korean elderly in rural community was related to shame of not obtaining higher education. Implications for future research are also addressed.