Cultural issues in psychology : a student's handbook

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stevenson, Andrew (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London New York : Routledge , c2010
Series:Foundations of psychology : themes and perspectives
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300 |a xvi, 279 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 23 cm. 
440 0 |a Foundations of psychology : themes and perspectives 
500 |a Does our cultural background influence the way we think and feel about ourselves and others? Does our culture affect how we choose our partners, how we define intelligence and abnormality and how we bring up our children? This title presents the key studies, theories and controversies which seek to explore human behaviour in a global context 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. 1. Searching for human universals: introducing cross-cultural psychology - 2. How we got here: a short history of psychology across cultures - 3. Culture and its influence : exploring a key concept in global psychology - 4. Is psychology ethnocentric? Imposed etics, culture bias and indigenous psychologies - 5. Challenging cross-culturalism : alternative paradigms in global psychology - 6. Culture, cognition and intellect : thinking through cultures - 7. Culture, social cognition and social influence : social psychology across cultures - 8. Culture and child development childhood across cultures - 9. Culture and abnormality : definitions, diagnoses and treatment across cultures - 10. Concluding thoughts, future directions 
650 0 |a Cognition and culture 
650 0 |a Cultural psychiatry 
650 0 |a Ethnopsychology 
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