Highlights from one of the most successful international psychology conferences since the beginning of this century
Diversity in Harmony distills the Proceedings of the 31st International Congress of Psychology into selected readings that highlight the Congress’s theme. The text includes research that offers recent insights gained from multidisciplinary perspectives and methodologies. The volume also contains chapters that put psychology at the center of our understanding and ability to address the many problems facing groups and individuals in modern society. As the contributors clearly show, the social problems often require multidisciplinary approaches.
With contributions from experts from around the globe, the book explores a wealth of topics that examine new synergies such as artificial empathy, prosocial primates and understanding about others’ actions in chimpanzees and humans. The volume also contains readings on psychology confronting societal challenges with topics including: Culturally relevant personality assessment; Emotion-related self-regulation and Children’s social, psychological and academic functioning. This vital resource:
* Presents readings from presentations that were highlighted at the 31st International Congress of Psychology
* Includes contributions from an international panel of renowned experts
* Offers information that compares the minds of primates and contemporary humans, and examines human cognitive capability
* Contains 24 chapters that explore a wide range of topics presented at the Congress
Written for professionals and students in the field, Diversity in Harmony is filled with contributions from noted experts and offers a reflection of the state of psychology in the second decade of the 21st century.
Innehållsförteckning
About the Editors viii
Notes on Contributors ix
Preface xvi
Acknowledgments xviii
Part I Psychology Approaching New Synergies 1
1 Social Cognition, the Amygdala, and Autism 3
Ralph Adolphs
2 Artificial Empathy 19
Minoru Asada
3 On Space Geckos and Urban Apes: Animals Thinking Outside the Box 42
Josep Call
4 Prosocial Primates: Cooperation and Empathy 64
Frans B. M. de Waal
5 Understanding About Others’ Action in Chimpanzees and Humans 85
Satoshi Hirata and Masako Myowa
6 Principles of Human-Robot Interaction 104
Hiroshi Ishiguro
7 The Origins of Understanding Self and Other: New Perspectives on Social Cognitive Development in Humans 124
Masako Myowa
8 Dimensions of Timbre 145
Seiichiro Namba
9 Illuminating the Evolution of Cultural Cognition Through Comparative Studies of Humans and Chimpanzees 164
Andrew Whiten and Stuart K. Watson
Part II Psychology Confronting Societal Challenges 189
10 PEACE-ful Interviewing/Interrogation: What Research Can Tell Us 191
Ray Bull
11 Culturally Relevant Personality Assessment 211
Fanny M. Cheung and Yuen Wan Ho
12 Action Spaces Representation in Social Contexts 230
Yann Coello
13 Life Design Paradigm: A Perspective and Practice for Career Counseling in the Twenty-First Century 255
Maria Eduarda Duarte
14 Emotion-related Self-regulation and Children’s Social, Psychological, and Academic Functioning 268
Nancy Eisenberg, Tracy L. Spinrad, and Carlos Valiente
15 Cite Space Visualizations of Studies on Tai Chi Practice and Mental Health 296
Buxin Han, Jingjing Wang, and Liyu Zhan
16 Development of the Psychology of Music and its Contribution to Psychology: A Follow-up to the Symposium, ’Do We Need Music?’ 311
Etsuko Hoshino
17 On the Prohibition of ’Don’t Look’: Depth Psychology in Shame Culture 330
Osamu Kitayama
18 Current Directions in False Memory Research 343
Cara Laney and Elizabeth F. Loftus
19 Rethinking Undergraduate Psychology Programs: Examining the Level of Graduate Work Readiness 358
Eugene Y. J. Tee, Elaine F. Fernandez, Choong Li Li, and Goh Chee Leong
20 Eudaimonic Well-being: Highlights from 25 Years of Inquiry 375
Carol D. Ryff
21 A Continuing Controversy: Investing in Early Childhood and Adolescent Interventions 396
Barbara Schneider, Christopher Klager, and Lindsey Young
22 Dealing with Challenges of Social and Economic Change: The Role of Agency in Regional and International Comparison 415
Rainer K. Silbereisen
23 Aging of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Bangladesh and Japan 431
Anwarul Hasan Sufi
24 Diversity of Learning in the Classroom and the Role of Psychology in Japan: History, Present Situation, and Prospects 449
Masayoshi Tsuge
Index 462
Om författaren
Kazuo Shigemasu is Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo and visiting Professor of Psychology at Keio University (Tokyo) and has held faculty appointments in psychology at the University of Tokyo, Teikyo University, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tohoku University. His research focus is methodology in psychology, particularly based on the Bayesian statistical approach. Shigemasu has served as president of the Japanese Psychological Association, the Behaviormetric Society, and Japanese Association for Research on Testing.
Sonoko Kuwano is Professor Emeritus of Osaka University, Japan. Her main research focuses on environmental psychology. She is a member of the Science Council of Japan. She has served as a member of the Executive Committee of International Union of Psychological Science, Vice-President of the International Commission for Acoustics, President of the Acoustical Society of Japan and President of the Japanese Society for Music Perception and Cognition. She received Commendations for Contributions in Environmental Conservation from the Minister of the Environment in 2006.
Takao Sato is Dean and Professor of Comprehensive Psychology at Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan. Formerly Professor of Psychology at the University of Tokyo, his research is mainly concerned with visual and auditory perception, especially visual perception of spatio-temporal patterns, and of motion and depth. He was President of Japanese Psychological Association and President of the Vision Society of Japan and of the Japanese Psychonomic Society.
Tetsuro Matsuzawa is Distinguished Professor at the Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS), Kyoto, Japan. His research focuses on the cognition and behavior of chimpanzees, both in the wild and in the laboratory. Matsuzawa is the former president of International Primatological Society, and the Editor-in-Chief of the journal PRIMATES.
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