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41
Citations
5859
World Ranking
5121
National Ranking
865

Overview

Gustav Jahoda was affiliated with the University of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom. Their academic work focused primarily on the field of psychology, contributing to both general and social psychology subfields.

The main topics covered in Jahoda's research included cultural differences and values as well as academic and historical perspectives in psychology. These topics reflect a broad engagement with how cultural contexts influence psychological theories and practices, as well as an interest in the development and history of psychological thought.

Jahoda's publications and research spanned the following categories:

  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology

Within the field of psychology, Jahoda contributed equally to social psychology and general psychology through their published work, which collectively encompassed four publications in psychology, with two focused on social psychology and two on general psychology.

  • Social Psychology
  • General Psychology

There are no records of recent papers, frequent co-authors, or recurring publication venues associated with Jahoda's research. Similarly, no information regarding book publications or awards was documented.

Best Publications

  • Images of savages

    Gustav Jahoda

  • Critical reflections on some recent definitions of “culture”:

    Gustav Jahoda

  • On the Scope and Methods of Cross-Cultural Research

    Nico Frijda;Gustav Jahoda

  • The psychology of superstition

    Gustav Jahoda

  • Theodor Lipps and the shift from "sympathy" to "empathy".

    Gustav Jahoda

  • Critical notes and reflections on ‘social representations’

    Gustav Jahoda

  • The construction of economic reality by some Glaswegian children

    Gustav Jahoda

  • On the nature of difficulties in spatial-perceptual tasks: Ethnic and sex differences

    Gustav Jahoda

  • Psychology and Anthropology: A Psychological Perspective

    Gustav Jahoda

  • Geometric illusions and environment: a study in Ghana.

    Gustav Jahoda

  • Crossroads Between Culture and Mind: Continuities and Change in Theories of Human Nature

    Gustav Jahoda

  • Do We Need a Concept of Culture

    Gustav Jahoda

  • Supernatural Beliefs and Changing Cognitive Structures among Ghanaian University Students

    Gustav Jahoda

  • Pictorial depth perception: a developmental study.

    Gustav Jahoda;Harry McGURK

  • CHILDREN'S CONCEPTS OF NATIONALITY: A CRITICAL STUDY OF PIAGET'S STAGES.

    Gustav Jahoda

  • European ‘lag’ in the development of an economic concept: A study in Zimbabwe

    Gustav Jahoda

  • Acquiring culture : cross cultural studies in child development

    Gustav Jahoda;I. M. Lewis

  • Pictorial Depth Perception in Scottish and Ghanaian Children, A Critique of Some Findings with the Hudson Test

    Gustav Jahoda;Harry McGurk

  • Retinal Pigmentation, Illusion Susceptibility and Space Perception

    Gustav Jahoda

  • Development of Scottish Children's Ideas and Attitudes about Other Countries

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  • European Association of Experimental Social Psychology

    Gustave Jahoda;Serge Moscovici

Frequent Co-Authors

Henri Tajfel
Henri Tajfel University of Bristol
Charlan Nemeth
Charlan Nemeth University of California, Berkeley
Kenneth J. Gergen
Kenneth J. Gergen Swarthmore College
Frances E. Aboud
Frances E. Aboud McGill University
Nico H. Frijda
Nico H. Frijda University of Amsterdam
Mary Jo Hatch
Mary Jo Hatch University of Virginia

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