Abstract: Cross-cultural psychology based on scientific research form,mainly aims at pursuing more universal psychology theory by comparing the similarities and differences in human psychology and behavior in various cultural groups.Cultural psychology based on humanistic research form,mainly focuses on the interactive relationship between culture,human activities and society.They both contribute a lot to interpreting the psychology of culture from the perspectives of“culture outside individual” and “culture inside individual” respectively.In the future,cross-cultural psychology and cultural psychology will further develop in the theoretical direction of integrating cultural thinking and finally integrate culture into mainstream psychology.

Key words: cross-cultural psychology, cultural psychology, deep structure