Abstract
In this article, we attempt to develop a theoretical formulation for psychological research on culture and cultural behaviors by re-analyzing the cultural psychological paradigm from the perspective of psychology of contingencies. Suggestions from this perspective for the research of cultural psychology are the followings: (1) Conditioning processes by which the principles of human behaviors are shaped, maintained, and changed are culturally commom; (2) Cultural differences in the psychological principles are caused by that the stimuli used in conditioning or the behaviors being conditioned differ across cultures; (3) The goal of psychology is not only to establish the psychological principles but also to identify the psychological processes by which the principles are shaped and maintained; (4) Understanding of the principles is different between cultures and, therefore, the utility of conditioning processes varies across cultures, (5) If a culture is theoretically idealized, it can be reproduced in laboratory, and cultural psychological research becomes possible at a laboratory level.
