| The aim of this dissertation is to study the newly developing cultural psychology, attempting to construct the more complete theory system of cultural psychology, and to propose some suggestions for the psychology development of China. There are four important reasons to choose this thesis: the first is to understand the basic content of cultural psychology and to clarify the development direction of psychology; the second is to promote the progress of psychology in China; the third is to construct psychology with Chinese characteristics; the fourth is to serve the society and human development better.This study is significant because: firstly, it can help researchers to understand the problems in the psychology development more deeply and to resolve them; secondly, it will administer to the comprehension of the basic characteristics and the development course and trend of the humanistic psychology; thirdly, it may conduce to clarify the interior and the exterior rules of the development of psychology, and to grasp the development direction of psychology; fourthly, it will lend itself to the construction of psychology with Chinese characteristics.There are three main purposes of this study: the first is to introduce; the second is to construct; and the third is to bring forward the ideas and measures that can be used by us. This dissertation revolves about the central line of culture. It is divided into 11 chapters relating to one anther and each has its own content and main points.The original ideas of the dissertation are represented in these aspects: it revolves around culture to construct the theory system of cultural psychology; it rethinks and redefines the concept of culture from dynamic side and static side; it puts forward the assumption of constructing the Chinese cultural psychology and builds up its framework primarily; it coordinates the content of Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 and Chapter 7.The primary methodology used in the research is qualitative methodology, which includes the method of summarizing literatures, hermeneutic m 'hod, historical analysis method and theoretical research method. |