| Abstract: | Discusses the way in which information about people living in the rest of the world enters undergraduate psychology curricula in the US and suggests 3 ways in which such information might be relevant—in history, comparative theoretical approaches, and cross-cultural research. The author outlines his experiences in studying and working in the USSR and Liberia in terms of the effects of these experiences on his own research and the means of making this cross-cultural knowledge available to students. He also discusses his work with Luria and how his attempts to construct a sociocultural theory of the mind were a way in which he could unite his interest in psychology with an interest in people's use of their minds in a variety of social endeavors. (12 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
