The Analysis of Discourse as Methodology for a Semiotic Psychology

Much, Nancy C.

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“…The aim of this chapter is to increase our knowledge of emotional functioning in a different cultural tradition by examining the stories told about a core cultural symbol. In recent years, a new interdisciplinary field of research known as cultural psychology has emerged on the interface of anthropology, psychology, linguistics, and philosophy, promoting theory and research on domains of psychological functioning, including the cultural psychology of the self, the cultural psychology of cognition, the cultural psychology of emotions, and so forth (see Bruner, 1990;Cole, 1990;D'Andrade, 1990;Jahoda, 1992;Markus & Kitayama, 1991Miller, Potts, Fung, Hoogstra, & Mintz, 1990;Much, 1992;Shweder, 1990Shweder, , 1992Shweder & Sullivan, 1990Stigler, Shweder & Herdt, 1990;Wertsch, 1992). Cultural psychology is the study of how culture and psyche make each other up (see Wiggins, 1991, for a philosophical discussion of psychological states and their objects as equal and reciprocal partners and of the necessity of softening received distinctions between inside and outside points of view).…”

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Kali's tongue: Cultural psychology and the power of shame in Orissa, India.

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Shweder²

Emotion and Culture: Empirical Studies of Mutual Influence.

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MENON AND SHWEDERwith eyes bulging and tongue out, fully equipped with weapons in ten arms, garlanded with skulls, wearing a girdle of severed arms and heads, grasping a bloody decapitated head, and poised with her right foot on the chest of her husband, the god Siva, who is lying supine on the ground beneath her (Siva is the reigning deity of the temple town of Bhubaneswar where our research in Orissa [India] was conducted).The icon is a normative collective representation or core cultural symbol that is all about lajya and the meaning of the emotionally expressive act of biting the tongue. For the moment, we hazardously and inadequately translate lajya as shame (for a detailed discussion of the difficulties in translating lajya with any single term, such as shame, ernbarrussment, modesty, or shyness, from the English emotion lexicon, see Shweder, 1992; see also Parish, 1991). In the Oriya language, the linguistic expression "to bite your tongue" is an idiom signifying lajya. In towns and villages in India where Oriya is spoken, it is a good and powerful thing for a woman to be full of "shame" (lajya). The icon of the Great Goddess, in her manifestation as Kali, is the key to understanding why.Shame, happiness, and anger are three words for emotions in the English language. Were one to ask bilingual (Oriya-English) speakers for equivalent words in the Oriya language, they would most likely generate lajya (for shame), sukha (for happiness), and raga (for anger). When Anglo-American college students are asked to evaluate similarities and differences among shame, happiness, and anger using a triads test format (Which of the three emotions is most different from the other two?), they typically respond in one of two ways. A majority say that happiness is most different. Many say that shame is most different. Almost no one says that anger is most different. Those who say that happiness is most different have in mind some kind of hedonic component of comparison. They judge that it feels pleasant to be happy, but unpleasant to feel either shame or anger. Those who say that shame is most different have in mind that to experience happiness or anger is to feel expansive and full of one's self, whereas to experience shame is to experience a diminishment of the ego.On the other hand, Oriyas frequently say that anger (raga) is most different from the other two. They say that anger is destructive of social 242

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Section: The Cultural Psychology Of Emotionsmentioning

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Kali's tongue: Cultural psychology and the power of shame in Orissa, India.

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“…Each is concerned with its own cultural meaning systems (Kakar, 1982;Much, 1992). Each is concerned with its own cultural meaning systems (Kakar, 1982;Much, 1992).…”

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“…‘Qualitative research’ is an umbrella term that encompasses a range of theoretical approaches and methods. Drawing on language as a semiotic resource for understanding meaning making (Much, ), qualitative research can contribute to psychology through providing in‐depth contextualised understandings of human behaviour and accounts of personal experience and meaning that may not be possible with quantitative methods (Bhati et al., ; Kidd, ). Further, qualitative research can be used to generate and elaborate theory within psychology (Kidd, ).…”

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Qualitative research in psychology: Attitudes of psychology students and academic staff

Povee

Roberts

2014

Australian Journal of Psychology

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Qualitative research is experiencing a resurgence within the field of psychology. This study aimed to explore the range of attitudes towards qualitative research in psychology held by students and academics, using the model of attitudes by Eagly and Chaiken as a framework. Twenty-one psychology students and academics were interviewed about their attitudes towards qualitative research. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. While qualitative research was described as inherent to the psychology profession and useful for generating rich data, some participants felt that this approach was not well respected or considered as legitimate as quantitative methods. Reflecting common misperceptions about qualitative research, participants also expressed concerns that qualitative research was too subjective and had limited generalisability. Furthermore, some participants felt that they lacked the skills and confidence necessary to conduct qualitative research. Large investments in time and resources were identified as barriers to undertaking qualitative research. Identifying attitudes towards qualitative research provides a basis for future work in dispelling myths, promoting attitudinal change and increasing both the use and teaching of qualitative approaches in psychology.

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The Analysis of Discourse as Methodology for a Semiotic Psychology

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Kali's tongue: Cultural psychology and the power of shame in Orissa, India.

Kali's tongue: Cultural psychology and the power of shame in Orissa, India.

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Qualitative research in psychology: Attitudes of psychology students and academic staff

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