CROSS-CULTURAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY NEWSLETTER
| Issue: 1 March 1967 |
Editor: | Harry C. Triandis Department of Psychology University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA |
Professor Marshall Segall of the University
of Syracuse, New York, U.S.A., proposed the NEWSLETTER. The idea was unanymously
endorsed by the plenary session of the conference, which also asked Professor
Triandis to take responsibility for it. This is the first issue of the NEWSLETTER.
The present issue has three aims: (a) to inform those who are likely to
want to receive the NEWSLETTER of our plans and editorial policies; (b)
to ask those who receive the NEWSLETTER to indicate whether they wish to
receive it; (c) to ask for the names and addresses of other colleagues who
have not received the first issue. If you know of colleagues engaged in
cross-cultural research, be sure to send their names to the editor.
Editorial Policy
The NEWSLETTER will include the following
kinds of information:
1. Travel Plans of Social Psychologists. One of the ways to reduce the isolation
of social psychologists in developing countries is to make it possible for
psychologists who visit these countries to present colloquia on their current
research.
2. New Research Projects. To inform NEWSLETTER readers of current research
please submit information
3. Appeals for Cross-Cultural Replications. Most of the current social psychological
investigations are initiated in developed countries. To reverse this trend
we urge social psychologists in developing countries, who have completed
studies that may be replicated elsewhere, to present this information to
the NEWSLETTER.
4. New Publications. The NEWSLETTER will list books, articles or research
reports which reflect the results of cross-cultural social psychological
studies recently published in any part of the world.
Languages of Communication to the NEWSLETTER
We prefer communications in English,
since this would make the editing job simpler. However, since many psychologists
read English but feel inhibited about writing it, we will accept communications
in French, German, Spanish or Italian. Communications in Russian may be
sent to Professor Stefan Novak, Department of Sociology, University of Warsaw,
Poland, who will transmit them in English to the Editor.
Some psychologists may prefer to communicate to regional representatives.
The following persons have agreed to act as Associate Editors of the NEWSLETTER:
Prof. Stefan Novak, Dept. of Sociology,
Warsaw University, Poland
Dr. Guy Barbichon, 13 Rue Paul Chautard, Paris 15, France
Dr. Rita Liljestrom, Inst. of Sociology, Univ. of Gothenburg, Sweden
Dr. Marshall Segall, Dept. of Psychology, Syracuse Univ., New York
Dr. E. T. Abiola, Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of Lagos, Nigeria
Dr. Udia Pareek, Dept. of Psych., Univ. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
Dr. Iraj Ayman, Nat'l Institute of Psychology, Teheran, Iran
Dr. Y. Tanaka, Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of Tokyo, Bunkyo-Ku, Japan
Dr. A. L. Angelini, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dr. J. W. Berry, Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of Sidney, Australia
Two Forms of the NEWSLETTER
Since the information about travel plans must be current, we propose to include it in an airmail form of the NEWSLETTER about 10 times per year. The main NEWSLETTER will be mailed by regular printed matter mail, and will take from 30 to 90 days to reach its readers.
We will attempt to restrict the circulation to 500 readers to limit mailing costs. To pay for mailing expenses we plan to apply to UNESCO, and the National Science Foundation as well as other agencies. If we do not obtain support, we may be able to operate through subscriptions from projects and libraries and voluntary contributions from individuals.