Cross-cultural psychology : critical thinking and contemporary application
by
 
Shiraev, Eric, 1960-

Title
: 
Cross-cultural psychology : critical thinking and contemporary application

Author
: 
Shiraev, Eric, 1960-

ISBN
: 
9780205386123

Personal Author
: 
Shiraev, Eric, 1960-

Edition
: 
2nd ed.

Publication Information
: 
Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c2004.

Physical Description
: 
p. cm.

General Note
: 
Rev. ed. of: Introduction to cross-cultural psychology. 2000.

Contents
: 
1. Understanding Cross-Cultural Psychology -- 2. Methodology of Cross-Cultural Research -- 3. Critical Thinking in Cross-Cultural Psychology -- 4. Cognition: Sensation, Perception, and States of Consciousness -- 5. Intelligence -- 6. Emotion -- 7. Motivation and Behavior -- 8. Human Development and Socialization -- 9. Psychological Disorders -- 10. Social Perception and Social Cognition -- 11. Social Interaction -- 12. Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology: Some Highlights.

Abstract
: 
"This text introduces the field of cross-cultural psychology, discusses basic methodology for cross-cultural research, and explores the fields of sensation and perception, intelligence, human development, emotion, motivation, social perception and interaction, and mental disorders from a cross-cultural perspective. The dynamic author team provides a comprehensive review of theories and research in cross-cultural psychology within a critical thinking framework for examining, analyzing, and evaluating cross-cultural data."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term
: 
Ethnopsychology -- Methodology.

Added Author
: 
Levy, David A., 1954-
 
Shiraev, Eric, 1960- Introduction to cross-cultural psychology.


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