Psychological Aspects of Social Axioms Understanding Global Belief Systems

A sampling of the topics: Transmission of social axioms during times of social change (Germany, Spain). Social axioms and behavior of college students (India, Indonesia). Relationships between axioms and locus of control (Italy, Greece). Proactive coping in Christians and Muslims. Cynicism in romant...

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Other Authors: Leung, Kwok (Editor), Bond, Michael Harris (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2009, 2009
Edition:1st ed. 2009
Series:International and Cultural Psychology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Integrative Reviews and Basic Issues
  • The Mileage from Social Axioms: Learning from the Past and Looking Forward
  • Social Axioms and Organizational Behavior
  • Structural Equivalence and Differential Item Functioning in the Social Axioms Survey
  • Exploring Ethnic Group and Geographic Differences in Social Axioms in the USA
  • Social Axioms among Malay, Chinese, and Kadazan Students in Sabah, Malaysia: Differences in Gender and Ethnic Groups
  • Transmission of Social Axioms
  • Are Parents Decisive? The Intergenerational Transmission of Social Axioms Under Conditions of Rapid Social Change
  • Processes of Transmission and Change of Social Axioms and their Behavioral Influence in Spanish Culture
  • Nomological Network of Social Axioms
  • Linking Social Axioms with Behavioral Indicators and Personality in Romania
  • Exploring the Links between Social Axioms and the Epistemological Beliefs about Learning held by Filipino Students
  • An Examination of Proactive Coping and Social Beliefs among Christians and Muslims
  • Social Axioms in Greece: Etic and Emic Dimensions and their Relationships with Locus of Control
  • Do General Beliefs Predict Specific Behavioral Intentions in Indonesia? The Role of Social Axioms within the Theory of Planned Behavior
  • Cynicism in Love and in Politics
  • Social Axioms in Italian Culture: Relationships with Locus of Control and Moral Development
  • Social Axioms and Individualistic–Collectivist Orientations in Indian College Students
  • Explaining Individuating Behavior Across Cultures: The Contributions of Values and Social Axioms
  • Conclusion
  • Believing in Beliefs: A Scientific but Personal Quest