ABSTRACT
In order to advance psychological science and social reform, we are going to explore the cultural nature of mind. This means more than describing psychological variations in different cultures. It also means more than associating cultural variables and psychological variables. Exploring the cultural nature of mind means explaining why and how these variations and associations occur. It means explaining why and how the mind originates in cultural processes and factors, is organized by them, embodies them in its form and content, and functions to support them. Like all scientific theories, a cultural theory of psychology strives to elucidate unobservable principles, processes, elements, relationships, and dynamics that underlie observable phenomena.
