autochthonous psychology

n. Psychology from the point of view of the internal processes of an individual or a culture, as opposed to the imposition of an extraneous psychology on a culture different from the one in which the psychology originated. There has been a recognition within the field of anthropology and cross-cultural psychology that analysis of a culture from the point of view of another culture often misses or does not properly assess the importance of many aspects of human life and culture.