Time of Registration: 14:00-18:00, July 29, 2004
Place: Qi Xia Yuan Hotel, Shaanxi Normal University

　Three separate 3-day pre-conference workshops will be held from July 30 to August 1, 2004.
　 1. Theory and methods in cross-cultural research
Prof. John Berry (Queen’s University, Canada): Theory and methods in cross-cultural psychology and intercultural aspects of the field (including migration, acculturation and adaptation
Prof. Michael Bamberg (Clark University, USA): Narrative methods in cross-cultural research
　2. New methods in health/mental health diagnosis
Prof. Roger B. Sages (University of Lund, Sweden): "Minerva" and "Sphinx Lexica": Two softwares illustrating a combination of phenomenological and lexical analysis
　3. Meta-analyses
Dr. Dianne van Hemert & Prof. Fons van de Vijer (Tilburg University, The Netherlands): Meta-analyses -- General introduction, design, searching for literature and guided exercises.
　4. Environmental psychology in developing countries. (Click for more information about ARTS Seminar No. 1 .) Those who have been accepted as ARTS participants should contact the ARTS No. 1 Coordinator Ms. Ying Li at liying@snnu.edu.cn, or by fax at 0086-29-85303852, or by airmail at Department of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, 710062 Xi'an, China, for questions concerning the seminar, your arrival in Xi'an, special food requirement and accommodations.