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Prof. Takeshi Hamamura
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of British Columbia

 

Address: Rm 344, Sino Building,
Department of Psychology,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, New Territories,
Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 3163-4246
Fax: (852) 2603-5019
E-mail: hamamura at psy.cuhk.edu.hk
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Research

 

Research Interests

Cultural psychology, motivations, cognitions, wealth and psychology.

Representative Publications

  • Hamamura, T., Heine, S. J., & Paulhus, D. L. (2008). Cultural differences in response styles: The role of dialectical thinking. Personality and Individual Difference, 44, 932-942.

  • Hamamura, T., & Heine, S. J. (2008). Approach and avoidance motivation across cultures. In A. J. Elliot. (Eds.), Handbook of approach and avoidance motivation, (pp. 549-562). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

  • Hamamura, T., Heine, S. J., & Takemoto, T. (2007). Why the better than average effect is a worse than average measure of self-enhancement: An investigation of conflicting findings from studies of East Asian self-evaluations. Motivation and Emotion, 31, 247-259.

  • Heine, S. J., & Hamamura, T. (2007). In search of East Asian self-enhancement. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 11, 4-27.

  • Heine, S. J., Kitayama, S., & Hamamura, T. (2007). Inclusion of additional studies yields different conclusions: Comment on Sedikides, Gaertner, & Vevea (2005), Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. 10, 49-58.

     

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Teaching

 

Courses

Current Academic Year

  • PSY1000 General Psychology
  • PSY3620 Social Psychology
  • PSY5000 General Seminar

 
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