Carl Ratner
Dr. Ratner has research interests in cultural psychology, qualitative research methodology, Vygotsky, activity theory, sociohistorical psychology, psychological anthropology, and cross-cultural psychology.
Primary Interests:
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Helping, Prosocial Behavior
- Interpersonal Processes
- Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
- Persuasion, Social Influence
- Political Psychology
- Research Methods, Assessment
- Self and Identity
- Social Cognition
- Sociology, Social Networks
Books:
- (2006). Cultural psychology: A perspective on psychological functioning and social reform. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- (2008). Cultural psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and indigenous psychology. Nova Science Publishers.
- (2010). Cultural psychology and qualitative methodology: Theoretical and empirical considerations. New York: Springer.
- (2010). Cultural psychology: A political philosophy of mind. New York: Oxford University Press.
- (2011). Cooperative behavior: Its cultural psychology, social philosophy, and politics. New York: Springer.
Journal Articles:
- (1994). The unconscious: A perspective from sociohistorical psychology. Journal of Mind and Behavior, 15, 323-342.
- (1996). Activity as a key concept for cultural psychology. Culture & Psychology, 2, 407-434.
- (1999). Three approaches to cultural psychology: A critique. Cultural Dynamics, 11, 7-31.
- (2000). A cultural-psychological analysis of emotions. Culture and Psychology, 6.
- (2000). Agency and culture. Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior, 30, 413-434.
- (2008). Cultural psychology and qualitative methodology: Scientific and political considerations. Culture and Psychology, 14, 259-288.
- Genes and psychology in the news media. New Ideas in Psychology, 2004, 22, 29-47.
- The Cooperative Manifesto: Social philosophy, economics, and psychology for cooperative behavior. Journal of Co-op Studies, 2007, 40, 3 (#121), 14-26.
Other Publications:
- (1998). Prologue to Vygotsky's collected works (Vol. 5). New York: Plenum.
- (2001). Activity theory and cultural psychology. In H. Mathews & C. Brown (Eds.), The psychology of cultural experience. Cambridge University Press.
- (2007). A macro cultural-psychological theory of emotions. In P. Schultz, & R. Pekrun (Eds.), Emotions in Education (chapter. 6). Academic Press.
- The historical and contemporary significance of Vygotsky's sociohistorical psychology. In R. Rieber & K. Salzinger (Eds.), Psychology: Theoretical-historical perspectives (pp. 455-473). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
Carl Ratner
P.O. Box 1294
Trinidad, California 95570
United States of America