Symbolic Resources
Author(s)
Gillespie, Alex
Publisher
London: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Date issued
2013
In
The Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Psychology
From page
1111
To page
1111
Abstract
Symbolic resources, sometimes called cultural resources, are cultural elements (i.e., created by people and loaded with meaning) that become resources in the process of being used by people to act upon the world, another person or themselves. This definition includes such diverse phenomena as using a shovel to dig a hole and being calmed by listening to soothing music.
Publication type
book part