Folk Psychologies Across Cultures

Description:

Thomas offers a framework for comparing the folk psychologies of different cultures in terms of a group's conception of reality, ways of knowing, causes of events, and rituals. Folk psychology refers to the set of beliefs shared by members of a group regarding how other people's minds work and about the beliefs that result from such a view of mental life.

subjects: Ethnopsychology,  Ethnopsychologie,  Volkenpsychologie