Title:
Cross-cultural psychology : critical thinking and contemporary applications / Eric Shiraev, David Levy.
Author:
Shiraev, Eric, 1960-
Levy, David A., 1954-
Publication Information:
Boston, MA : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, ©2007.
Call Number:
GN502 .S475 2007
Abstract:
"The author team of Shiraev and Levy provide a comprehensive review of theories and research in cross-cultural psychology within a critical thinking framework for examining, analyzing, and evaluating psychological data. This text introduces the field of cross-cultural psychology, discusses basic methodology for cross-cultural research, and explores the fields of sensation and perception, consciousness, intelligence, human development, emotion, motivation, social perception and interaction, and psychological disorders from a cross-cultural perspective."--Jacket.
Edition:
3rd ed.
ISBN:
9780205474325
Physical Description:
xiv, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents:
Understanding cross-cultural psychology -- Methodology of cross-cultural research -- Critical thinking in cross-cultural psychology -- Cognition: sensation, perception, and states of consciousness -- Intelligence -- Emotion -- Motivation and behavior -- Human development and socialization -- Psychological disorders -- Social perception and social cognition -- Social interaction -- Applied cross-cultural psychology: some highlights.
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