Abstract
The research by Hendrich et al. (2010a, b, c) from the University of British Columbia has indicated that 96% of psychological samples published in the world’s top journals
from 2003 to 2007 were drawn from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies, which house only
12% of the world’s population. Compared with the WEIRD samples, most of the world’s population is non-Weird. Therefore, the
most important mission of Asian indigenous psychology is to initiate a scientific revolution by constructing various kinds
of theoretical models to describe psychological phenomenon and behavior of people from non-Weird countries. Keeping this in
view this paper tries to articulate a theoretical model of self which has potential to go beyond the western models.
from 2003 to 2007 were drawn from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies, which house only
12% of the world’s population. Compared with the WEIRD samples, most of the world’s population is non-Weird. Therefore, the
most important mission of Asian indigenous psychology is to initiate a scientific revolution by constructing various kinds
of theoretical models to describe psychological phenomenon and behavior of people from non-Weird countries. Keeping this in
view this paper tries to articulate a theoretical model of self which has potential to go beyond the western models.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-6
- DOI 10.1007/s12646-011-0110-1
- Authors
- Kwang-Kuo Hwang, Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Journal Psychological Studies
- Online ISSN 0974-9861
- Print ISSN 0033-2968