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Using "The Japanese Problem" as a Corrective to the Ethnocentricity of Western Theory.

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Tobin, Joseph – Child Development, 2000

Focuses on how knowledge about Japanese psychological development and culture can serve as a corrective to the ethnocentrism of Western theory. Highlights the Japanese cultural concepts of "amae" and "kejime." (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Developmental Psychology

New Insight and Old Dilemma: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Japan and the United States.

Peer reviewed

Lebra, Takie Sugiyama – Child Development, 2000

Maintains that conflict in close relationships characterizes both the United States and Japan, with differences only in the style and timing of its manifestations. Asserts that the potentially fruitful strategy of Rothbaum et al. is constrained by their cross-cultural comparative methodology. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Conflict, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences