中華心理學刊 民 88，41 卷，2 期，181-211
Chinese Journal of Psychology 1999, Vol.41, No.2, 181-211

Kuo-Shu Yang（Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan and Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University）

Abstract

In the last eighteen years, an increasing number of psychologists in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China Mainland have become committed to the development of an indigenous or indigenized Chinese psychology. This paper selectively reviews their major methodological, theoretical, and empirical accomplishments. Chinese indigenous psychologists have tried to liberalize the Americanized individualistic-oriented definition of psychology so as to make it equally applicable to both individualist and collectivist scientific indigenous psychologies; to develop the concept of indigenous compatibility as a criterion for judging whether or not a piece of research is indigenous; and to advance viable ways through which indigenous compatibility can be effectively achieved. Theoretical frameworks advanced by Chinese psychologists include a number of indigenous theories, of which four are reviewed: Shao Liu' s trait theory, K. S. Yang's theory of social orientation, K. K. Hwang' s theory of face and favor, and L. L. Huang's theory of harmony and conflict (disharmony). Empirical achievements by Chinese psychologists span indigenous research on more than thirty topics. Findings on six topics are reviewed: Chinese filial piety, Chinese face behavior, beliefs in yuan (predestined relational affinity), social-oriented achievement motivation, Chinese organizational behavior, and psychological traditionality and modernity.

Keywords：Indigenous Chinese psychology, Westernized Chinese psychology, Liberalization of definition of psychology, Indigenous compatibility, Monocultural indigenous approach, Cross-cultural indigenous approach