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An overview is presented of issues relevant for cross-cultural research in Romanian psychology. It is first observed that Romania is not well presented in large-scale cross-cultural studies such as studies on (workrelated) values and that the scarce data do not present a consistent picture. The paper then continues by presenting relevant topics for the fledgling cross-cultural research in psychology in Romania. The first is the need to go beyond the emic--etic dichotomy; the second is the seemingly ubiquitous presence of response styles in self-reports in cross-cultural studies; the third refers to acculturation psychology. It is concluded that cross-cultural psychology is relevant for three domains in cross-cultural psychology in Romania: the place of Romania in the psychological map of the world, Romanians in the Diaspora, and diversity (multiculturalism) within Romania. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study deals with the evolution of the Jewish Community in Timisoara, from the first documentary record until the 20th century it also mentioned the legislation that governed the life of this community, decrees which granted or cancelled certain fights. It stressed in particular the division in 3 orientation: Orthodox, Neolog and Status quo, after Congress of Jews in Budapest in 1868. The dichotomy between Orthodox Judaism and Reform Judaism is traced both in Europe and in US, where Reform Judaism emerged as a major component of religious life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A. Philippide deals with the question of standard languages theoretically, but also on the basis of the reality in which he was deeply involved: the regulation of the Romanian language. He used the expression common language (from the German Gemeinsprache), to which he later added the syntagms cultivated language and literary language to express some other nuances. The great linguist described how the human mind acts in the relation language-speaking, through the conscience and will-power of well-known writers of each period, of the linguists, of the nation and its connections with the capital, to create the standard language. Some of his ideas were continued by some of his disciples. His entire conception was thoroughly and objectively analysed by G. Ivanescu, who had the strength to create a synthesis between his mentor's conception and the ideas of the idealist school, building his own theory, based on the dichotomy linguistics of standard languages - linguistics of dialects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]