Ramesh C Mishra
Biographic Data
| ID | 658044 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ramesh C Mishra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ramesh C |
| FAMILY NAME | Mishra |
| SIGNATURE | MISHRA R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Banaras Hindu University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0190-8849 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Quasi-experimental research in culture sensitive psychology
The research presented in this article follows up on several aspects of Gustav Jahoda’s long and fruitful career: (1) his early fieldwork on cognitive development in Africa, particularly in the area of spatial skills; (2) his interest in cross-cultural psychology as a research method; and (3) his insistence on bringing anthropology and psychology together. The topic of our research is the development of a so-called “geocentric” frame of spatial r…
Health-promoting Lifestyle, Illness Control Beliefs and Well-being of the Obese Diabetic Women
The study examines the role of health-promoting lifestyle and illness control beliefs in well-being of obese diabetic women. Measures of illness control belief, health-promoting lifestyle and obesity-related well-being were given to 100 obese diabetic women selected from outdoors of hospitals in Varanasi. Analysis revealed patients’ stronger belief in ‘doctor-control’ and ‘supernatural-control’ than ‘self-control’ of the disease. Nutrition, inter…
Effect of Hindi, Sanskrit and Urdu medium schooling on spatial language and encoding
Effects of Sanskrit Schooling on Cognitive and Social Processes
The article discusses effects of Sanskrit schooling, a traditional system of education in India, which has continued for several thousand years. Sanskrit schooling continues to be in operation in India, but has been pushed out to the margins after the introduction of formal Western-type schooling by the British. A set of studies demonstrating the influence of traditional Sanskrit and formal Western forms of schooling on children’s cognitive and s…
Piagetian Studies of Cognitive Development in India
Moksha and the Hindu Worldview
The Hindu worldview presents artha, kama, dharma and moksha as the four major goals of human life. While artha and kama represent physical and psychological goals, dharma and moksha represent moral and spiritual goals, respectively. This article examines the relevance of the concept of moksha in the life of Indians and its potential for addressing the problem of individual and group relationships. It describes the way in which the concept of moks…
Development of Spatial Language and Cognition in Hindi- and Sanskrit-Medium Schools
Illness Beliefs and Coping Strategies of Diabetic Women
Geocentric Dead Reckoning in Sanskrit- and Hindi-Medium School Children
A linguistic and cognitive process that has received scant attention in mainstream developmental psychology is the use of a geocentric frame of spatial reference, which amounts to using a large-scale orientation system (such as cardinal directions) in describing and encoding the location of objects on table space, inside a room. As part of a larger cross-cultural study of the development of this process, in India, Indonesia and Nepal, we present …
Psychological Differentiation in Relation to Some Socialisation Variables: A Study with Rural Children
Role of Coping Strategies and Social Support in Perceived Illness Consequences and Controllability among Diabetic Women
Interest in the processes by which people cope with stress has grown dramatically over the past decade. In the present study the role of coping strategies and social support in perceived illness consequences and illness controllability beliefs among diabetic women (n = 100) were studied. It was found that approach coping strategies reduced the severity of perceived illness consequences, whereas avoidance coping strategies increased the severity o…
Health Beliefs and Behaviour of Cervix Cancer Patients
When people fall prey to a chronic disease they develop their own formulations about the disease. Patients often hold a variety of beliefs about causes, consequences, control and outcomes of the disease. This study examines illness beliefs and health seeking behaviour of educated, uneducated, rural and urban women suffering from the cancer of cervix. A control group (of non–patients) was also studied. The findings revealed that individual and psy…
Linguistic Relativity and Spatial Concept Development in Nepal
Reports the results of a study done in a mountainous region of Nepal on a sample of 144, 6–14 year old boys and girls, schooled and unschooled. A variety of tasks was selected for the analysis of language children use for describing space and for the assessment of spatial encoding and cognitive performance on spatial developmental tasks. The results confirm that the language people use to describe spatial arrays is linked to the way in which they…
Ecology, language, and performance on spatial cognitive tasks
The study of the orientation systems that people use in different cultures to describe the location of objects in space has drawn some interest of researchers in the fields of anthropology, psycholinguistics, and cognitive psychology. There has been a rethinking of the "linguistic relativity hypothesis," and some empirical studies tend to support the notion that language is the major determinant of encoding and cognitive performance on spatial ta…
Fifteen CDs of Hindustani Music: A Review Essay
A Cross-cultural Perspective on Cognitive Development Theories used in Indian Settings
Cross-cultural applications of developmental theories have raised a number of is sues related to the developmental status of children in Third World countries. This paper analyses the outcomes of research carried out with children in the Indian setting using some major theories of cognitive development. It is argued that group differences in testperformance are most likely to be interpreted as "deficits" if one fails to analyse the context in whi…
Regional Similarities and Differences in People's Beliefs, Practices and Preferences
Seven hundred fifty-three students from seven cities of India reported: (a) their perception of what people in general believe, practise and prefer (i.e., operative values); (b) their own allocentric and idiocentric orientations; (c) the extent to which they attached importance to other's (over their own) opinions, desires and interests; and (d) their age, gender, caste, class and urban exposure. The significant mean differences between the seven…
Sociology and Social Welfare: The Analytic Connection
Ecology, language, and performance on spatial cognitive tasks
The study of the orientation systems that people use in different cultures to describe the location of objects in space has drawn some interest of researchers in the fields of anthropology, psycholinguistics, and cognitive psychology. There has been a rethinking of the "linguistic relativity hypothesis," and some empirical studies tend to support the notion that language is the major determinant of encoding and cognitive performance on spatial ta…
Sociology and Social Welfare: The Analytic Connection
Regional Similarities and Differences in People's Beliefs, Practices and Preferences
Seven hundred fifty-three students from seven cities of India reported: (a) their perception of what people in general believe, practise and prefer (i.e., operative values); (b) their own allocentric and idiocentric orientations; (c) the extent to which they attached importance to other's (over their own) opinions, desires and interests; and (d) their age, gender, caste, class and urban exposure. The significant mean differences between the seven…
A Cross-cultural Perspective on Cognitive Development Theories used in Indian Settings
Cross-cultural applications of developmental theories have raised a number of is sues related to the developmental status of children in Third World countries. This paper analyses the outcomes of research carried out with children in the Indian setting using some major theories of cognitive development. It is argued that group differences in testperformance are most likely to be interpreted as "deficits" if one fails to analyse the context in whi…
Fifteen CDs of Hindustani Music: A Review Essay
Ecology, language, and performance on spatial cognitive tasks
The study of the orientation systems that people use in different cultures to describe the location of objects in space has drawn some interest of researchers in the fields of anthropology, psycholinguistics, and cognitive psychology. There has been a rethinking of the "linguistic relativity hypothesis," and some empirical studies tend to support the notion that language is the major determinant of encoding and cognitive performance on spatial ta…
Linguistic Relativity and Spatial Concept Development in Nepal
Reports the results of a study done in a mountainous region of Nepal on a sample of 144, 6–14 year old boys and girls, schooled and unschooled. A variety of tasks was selected for the analysis of language children use for describing space and for the assessment of spatial encoding and cognitive performance on spatial developmental tasks. The results confirm that the language people use to describe spatial arrays is linked to the way in which they…
Health Beliefs and Behaviour of Cervix Cancer Patients
When people fall prey to a chronic disease they develop their own formulations about the disease. Patients often hold a variety of beliefs about causes, consequences, control and outcomes of the disease. This study examines illness beliefs and health seeking behaviour of educated, uneducated, rural and urban women suffering from the cancer of cervix. A control group (of non–patients) was also studied. The findings revealed that individual and psy…
Role of Coping Strategies and Social Support in Perceived Illness Consequences and Controllability among Diabetic Women
Interest in the processes by which people cope with stress has grown dramatically over the past decade. In the present study the role of coping strategies and social support in perceived illness consequences and illness controllability beliefs among diabetic women (n = 100) were studied. It was found that approach coping strategies reduced the severity of perceived illness consequences, whereas avoidance coping strategies increased the severity o…
Psychological Differentiation in Relation to Some Socialisation Variables: A Study with Rural Children
Geocentric Dead Reckoning in Sanskrit- and Hindi-Medium School Children
A linguistic and cognitive process that has received scant attention in mainstream developmental psychology is the use of a geocentric frame of spatial reference, which amounts to using a large-scale orientation system (such as cardinal directions) in describing and encoding the location of objects on table space, inside a room. As part of a larger cross-cultural study of the development of this process, in India, Indonesia and Nepal, we present …
Illness Beliefs and Coping Strategies of Diabetic Women
Moksha and the Hindu Worldview
The Hindu worldview presents artha, kama, dharma and moksha as the four major goals of human life. While artha and kama represent physical and psychological goals, dharma and moksha represent moral and spiritual goals, respectively. This article examines the relevance of the concept of moksha in the life of Indians and its potential for addressing the problem of individual and group relationships. It describes the way in which the concept of moks…
Development of Spatial Language and Cognition in Hindi- and Sanskrit-Medium Schools
Effects of Sanskrit Schooling on Cognitive and Social Processes
The article discusses effects of Sanskrit schooling, a traditional system of education in India, which has continued for several thousand years. Sanskrit schooling continues to be in operation in India, but has been pushed out to the margins after the introduction of formal Western-type schooling by the British. A set of studies demonstrating the influence of traditional Sanskrit and formal Western forms of schooling on children’s cognitive and s…
Piagetian Studies of Cognitive Development in India
Quasi-experimental research in culture sensitive psychology
The research presented in this article follows up on several aspects of Gustav Jahoda’s long and fruitful career: (1) his early fieldwork on cognitive development in Africa, particularly in the area of spatial skills; (2) his interest in cross-cultural psychology as a research method; and (3) his insistence on bringing anthropology and psychology together. The topic of our research is the development of a so-called “geocentric” frame of spatial r…
Health-promoting Lifestyle, Illness Control Beliefs and Well-being of the Obese Diabetic Women
The study examines the role of health-promoting lifestyle and illness control beliefs in well-being of obese diabetic women. Measures of illness control belief, health-promoting lifestyle and obesity-related well-being were given to 100 obese diabetic women selected from outdoors of hospitals in Varanasi. Analysis revealed patients’ stronger belief in ‘doctor-control’ and ‘supernatural-control’ than ‘self-control’ of the disease. Nutrition, inter…
Effect of Hindi, Sanskrit and Urdu medium schooling on spatial language and encoding
Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (7 works) · Cognition (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Spatial Cognition and Navigation (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works)