Steven J. Heine is a

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professor of psychology at the

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, Department of Psychology. He specialises in

cultural psychology Cultural psychology is the study of how cultures reflect and shape their members' psychological processes.Heine, S. J. (2011). ''Cultural Psychology. ''New York: W. W. Norton & Company. It is based on the premise that the mind and culture are ins ...

and has been described as "a leading figure" in that field.

Professional background

Heine's research specialty is social psychology, particularly cultural psychology with an emphasis on the differences between Western and East Asian culture. He also has done research on the meaning maintenance model and genetic essentialism.

Honors and awards

In 2003, Heine was awarded the Distinguished Scientist Early Career Award for Social Psychology,

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Steven J. Heine Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology
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. In 2016, he was elected as a fellow into the

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Selected publications

Journal articles

References

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