Amok is often described as a culture-bound ( or culture-specific ) syndrome, which is a psychological condition whose manifestation is strongly shaped by cultural factors.

Holzkamp mostly based his sophisticated attempt to provide a comprehensive and integrated set of categories defining the field of psychological research on Aleksey Leontyev's approach to cultural – historical psychology and activity theory.

The first part of the book thus contains an extensive look at the history of psychological theories of learning and a minute re-interpretation of those concepts from the perspective of the paradigm of critical psychology, which focuses on intentional action situated in specific socio-historical / cultural contexts.

came to represent aspects of the multiple political and cultural engagements of Guattari: the Group for Young Hispanics, the Franco-Chinese Friendships ( in the times of the popular communes ), the opposition activities with the wars in Algeria and Vietnam, the participation in the M. N. E. F., with the U. N. E. F., the policy of the offices of psychological academic aid ( B. A. P. U. ), the organisation of the University Working Groups ( G. T. U. ), but also the reorganizations of the training courses with the Centers of Training to the Methods of Education Activities ( C. E. M. E. A.

East Germany's culture was strongly influenced by communism and particularly Stalinism and was described by East German psychoanalyst Hans-Joachim Maaz in 1990 as having produced a " Congested Feeling " among East Germans as a result of the East German state's goal to protect people from dangers of deviant cultural influence and dangers of popular expression deviating from the state's ideals through enforcing official ideals through physical and psychological repression of these tendencies via its institutions, particularly the Stasi.

This theme was situated in the larger context of the relationship between psychological motivations, cultural values and beliefs ( primarily, religion ) and the structure of the society ( usually determined by the economy ).

The current state of psychological study about the nature of religiousness suggests that it is better to refer to religion as a largely invariant phenomenon that should be distinguished from cultural norms ( i. e. " religions ").

A major question of debate is the question of whether human psychological faculties are mostly universal and innate or whether they are mostly a result of learning, and hence subject to cultural and social processes that vary between places and times.

Transhumanism, abbreviated as H + or h +, is an international intellectual and cultural movement that affirms the possibility and desirability of fundamentally transforming the human condition by developing and making widely available technologies to eliminate aging and to greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities.

Recognizing that the extension of processing power into everyday scenarios would necessitate understandings of social, cultural and psychological phenomena beyond its proper ambit, Weiser was influenced by many fields outside computer science, including " philosophy, phenomenology, anthropology, psychology, post-Modernism, sociology of science and feminist criticism.

Le Guin exploits the creative flexibility of the science fiction and fantasy genres to undertake thorough explorations both of dimensions of social and psychological identity and of broader social / cultural structures.

The salient characteristics of Gombrowicz ’ s writing include incisive descriptions of characters ' psychological entanglement with others, an acute awareness of conflicts that arise when traditional cultural values clash with contemporary values, and an exasperated yet comedic sense of the absurd.

Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing highlighted the link between social and cultural expectations and compulsion, in the context of schizophrenia and other mental illness, suggesting that schizogenesis may account for some of the psychological aspects of zombification.

The cultural and psychological importance of hunting in ancient societies is represented by deities such as the horned god Cernunnos, and lunar goddesses of classical antiquity, the Greek Artemis or Roman Diana.

However, the fact that Melbourne is significantly closer than Sydney and the fact that Victorian television broadcasts in the region, resulting ( among other things ) in the predominance of Australian rules football in the local media outlets, gives Albury close cultural and psychological links to Victoria, despite its location in southern New South Wales.

It is an aggregate economic view of the human being acting within economies, which is an attempt to capture the social, biological, cultural and psychological complexity as they interact in explicit and / or economic transactions.

The Sophists certainly were not directly responsible for Athenian democracy, but their cultural and psychological contributions played an important role in its growth.

Scene is the " psychological setting " or " cultural definition " of a scene, including characteristics such as range of formality and sense of play or seriousness.

A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and perceived by the majority of society as being outside of normal development or cultural expectations.

In mainland China, this was seen as an effort to diminish the use of standard Mandarin and its cultural influences in favor of revising the cultural and psychological foundations on the island of Taiwan by using other languages.

The actual sociocultural, psychological, and sociosexual functions of veils have not been studied extensively but most likely include the maintenance of social distance and the communication of social status and cultural identity.

Fanon made extensive trips across Algeria, mainly in the Kabyle region, to study the cultural and psychological life of Algerians.

The book is composed of dialogues of first graders and their teacher contemplations on cultural, psychological, economical and other aspects of " Intellectual Property.

As such, anthropologists often debate whether human behaviour is different from animal behaviour in degree rather than in kind ; they must also find ways to distinguish cultural behaviour from sociological behaviour and psychological behavior.

The juries consisted of over 1, 500 artists, scholars, critics and historians, with movies selected based on the film ’ s popularity over time, historical significance and cultural impact.

Its significance for archaeology lies in the possibility to understand the rich and sophisticated cultural expression of Ancestral Pueblo societies.

The civilian tiles are ranked according to the Chinese cultural significance of the tile names, and must be memorized.

Bryan Sykes, professor of genetics at Oxford University, understands this decision: " The Confucius family tree has an enormous cultural significance ," he said.

It is also of cultural significance, as it is referenced in several songs and literature, including the Martin Fierro.

The most important of these, Magnalia Christi Americana ( 1702 ), comprises seven distinct books, many of which depict biographical and historical narratives to which later American writers, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Elizabeth Drew Stoddard, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, would look in describing the cultural significance of New England for later generations after the American Revolution.

In 2012, he was awarded the Erasmus Prize, an annual award for a person who has made an exceptional contribution to European culture, society or social science, " for his ability to translate the cultural significance of science and technology to a broad audience.

Nearly half of the bird bones found in graves at this site were of the Great Auk, suggesting that it had cultural significance for the Maritime Archaic people.

As this area has had very limited use for agriculture, habitats remain largely undisturbed while parts of the desert are protected areas including Mamungari Conservation Park ( formerly known as Unnamed Conservation Park ) in South Australia, a large area of pristine arid zone wilderness which possesses cultural significance and is one of the fourteen World Biosphere Reserves in Australia.

It is generally an official ( more common ) or unofficial observance of religious, national, or cultural significance, often accompanied by celebrations or festivities.

Taken together, these emphasize the paramount significance of the Mount Carmel caves for the study of human cultural and biological evolution within the framework of palaeo-ecological changes.

Though details of genealogy differ from one ancient author to another, the cultural significance of the mythic theme, that the descendants of Heracles, exiled after his death, returned after some generations in order to reclaim land that their ancestors had held in Mycenaean Greece, was to assert the primal legitimacy of a traditional ruling clan that traced its origin, thus its legitimacy, to Heracles.

More broadly the term is used in a wide number of contexts for an image, picture, or representation ; it is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it either concretely or by analogy, as in semiotics ; by extension, icon is also used, particularly in modern culture, in the general sense of symbol — i. e. a name, face, picture, edifice or even a person readily recognized as having some well-known significance or embodying certain qualities: one thing, an image or depiction, that represents something else of greater significance through literal or figurative meaning, usually associated with religious, cultural, political, or economic standing.

Most Latvians opposed the flooding of historical sites and a particularly scenic gorge with rare plants and natural features, such as the Staburags, a cliff comparable in cultural significance to the Lorelei in Germany.

For Dawkins, the meme exemplified another self-replicating unit with potential significance in explaining human behavior and cultural evolution.

The sense of common identity was at first a cultural movement, such as in the Völkisch movement in German-speaking states, which rapidly acquired a political significance.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a course of study on the cultural significance of professional wrestling.

Historical revisionists …“ seem to have been given a collective task in nation's cultural development, the full significance of which is emerging only now: to redefine nation ’ s status in a changing world .” History is a tool that contributes to the shaping of national identity, cultures, and memories.

" There is strong opposition among national museums to the repatriation of objects of international cultural significance such as the Rosetta Stone.

But both emphasise the social significance of knowledge and therefore the cultural value of social epistemology itself.

Another problem is that Shinto is sometimes seen more as a way of life rather than a religion by the Japanese due to its long historical and cultural significance.

The deciding committee which evaluates potential candidates described their reasons for choosing Syracuse because " monuments and archeological sites situated in Syracuse are the finest example of outstanding architectural creation spanning several cultural aspects ; Greek, Roman and Baroque ", following on that Ancient Syracuse was " directly linked to events, ideas and literary works of outstanding universal significance ".

The site also has major additional significance, because of the presence of Lake Natron and the volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai, which have immense ecological, geological and cultural value.

Robert J. Graham, a Renaissance literary scholar, notes that “ questions of whose language is privileged at any given historical moment are deeply implicated in matters of personal, social and cultural significance ”, which he states is the primary reason for Castiglione ’ s usage of the native vernacular.