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From cultural psychology to GeroPsychology: Possible Contributions
Jaan Valsiner
- Vol. 30, Iss: 4, pp 137-143
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The authors chart out three major perspectives within cultural psychology: theory of social representations (Serge Moscovici), dialogical self theory (Hubert Hermans), and my own cultural psychology of semiotic dynamics, and suggest some directions for their joint roles in GeroPsychology.Abstract:
. Both geropsychology and cultural psychology have been new branches of psychology that have established their distinctive roles over the last two decades. In this article, I chart out three major perspectives within cultural psychology – theory of social representations (Serge Moscovici), dialogical self theory (Hubert Hermans), and my own cultural psychology of semiotic dynamics, and suggest some directions for their joint roles in GeroPsychology.read more
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Gerard Duveen,Serge Moscovici +1 more
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