EXPLAINS AND EXPLORES THE IMPORTANT AREAS OF PSYCHOLOGY THROUGH A
CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
This book addresses key areas of psychology, placing them in cultural
perspective via a comprehensive overview of current work integrating
culture across the major subfields of psychological science. Chapters
explore the relation of culture to psychological phenomena, starting
with introductory and research foundations, and moving to clinical and
social principles and applications. It covers the subfields that are
of most importance to undergraduates and beginning graduates, such as
consciousness, development, cognition, intelligence, personality,
research methods, statistics, gender, personality, health, and
well-being.
_Cross-Cultural Psychology: Contemporary Themes and Perspectives, 2nd
Edition_ is richly documented with research findings and examples from
many cultures, illuminating the strengths and limitations of North
American psychology, while also highlighting the diversity and
vitality of this fascinating field. The book offers many new chapters,
in addition to fully updated ones from the previous edition. Starting
with basic concepts in the subject, the book offers chapters covering
ethnocentrism, diversity, evolutionary psychology, and development
across cultures. It also examines education, dreams, language and
communication issues, sex roles, happiness, attractiveness, and more.
* Provides a comprehensive overview of current work integrating
culture across major subfields of psychological science
* Offers introductory chapters on topics such as cultural psychology
and ethnocentrism, which provide a foundation for more specialized
chapters in development, education, cognition, and beyond
* Features new chapters in areas such as cultural competence,
culture and dreams, education across cultures, abnormality across
cultures, and evolutionary psychology
* Presents chapters by some of the leading contributors to the
fields of cultural and cross- cultural psychology
_Cross-Cultural Psychology: Contemporary Themes and Perspectives, 2nd
Edition_ is an ideal book for undergraduate and graduate courses in
cultural or cross-cultural psychology.
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ISBN
9781119438441
Publisert
2019
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Wiley-Blackwell
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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