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Cognitive Style and Cultural Adaptation in Blackfoot, Japanese, Jamaican, Italian and Anglo-Celtic Children in Canada

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Cross-Cultural Studies of Personality, Attitudes and Cognition

Abstract

‘Cognitive style’ — the manner in which individuals perceive, interpret, organise and think about themselves in relation to their environment -has assumed an increasing importance in cross-cultural psychology (Lloyd, 1972; Cole et al., 1972; Berry, 1976; Kogan, 1977). However, the range and definitions of cognitive styles, their measurement, and the reasons for their cross-cultural variation are by no means certain (Bagley and Verma, 1983).

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Centre for Ethnic Studies in Education, University of Manchester, UK

    Gajendra K. Verma (Reader in Education and Director) (Reader in Education and Director)

  2. University of Calgary, Canada

    Christopher Bagley (Professor of Child Welfare) (Professor of Child Welfare)

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© 1988 Gajendra K. Verma and Christopher Bagley

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Bagley, C. (1988). Cognitive Style and Cultural Adaptation in Blackfoot, Japanese, Jamaican, Italian and Anglo-Celtic Children in Canada. In: Verma, G.K., Bagley, C. (eds) Cross-Cultural Studies of Personality, Attitudes and Cognition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08120-2_6

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