This Element surveys how a number of major disciplines - psychology, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, history, linguistics, and literary/cultural studies - have addressed the long-standing research question of whether human emotions should be thought of as meaningfully universal.  Meer

This Element surveys how a number of major disciplines - psychology, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, history, linguistics, and literary/cultural studies - have addressed the long-standing research question of whether human emotions should be thought of as meaningfully universal.  Meer

This Element discusses the motivations for AP, centrality of culture, demarcations of AP, and the different strands within AP. It discusses African philosophy, African cultural anthropology, African philosophy of science, suitable methodological approaches for AP research, and some theoretical contributions and applications of AP.  Meer

This Element discusses the motivations for AP, centrality of culture, demarcations of AP, and the different strands within AP. It discusses African philosophy, African cultural anthropology, African philosophy of science, suitable methodological approaches for AP research, and some theoretical contributions and applications of AP.  Meer

This Element shows the author's selected stories from his personal experience that reflect the culture of a particular social group of which he was a member at the time.  Meer

This Element shows the author's selected stories from his personal experience that reflect the culture of a particular social group of which he was a member at the time.  Meer

This Element offers a new theoretical model of acculturation within the general framework of cultural psychology. Three interconnected components symbols, language, and values/practices characterize both enculturation and acculturation.  Meer

This Element offers a new theoretical model of acculturation within the general framework of cultural psychology. Three interconnected components symbols, language, and values/practices characterize both enculturation and acculturation.  Meer

This Element argues that feeding practices can lead to qualitatively distinct forms of relationships. It calls for the expansion of attachment theory to include feeding and body-centered caregiving and significant changes to global interventions currently based on 'responsive feeding.  Meer

This Element presents that psychological science as currently constituted is a fundamentally WEIRD enterprise. It is WEIRD not only in terms of who makes up its participant pool, but also in terms of its theoretical commitments, methodological assumptions, and institutional structures.  Meer