Cross-Cultural Psychology: Contemporary Themes and Perspectives

 Content: Part I. Basic Concepts. --
 1. Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology (Kenneth D. Keith). --
 2. Ethnocentrism: Seeing the World From Where We Stand (Kenneth D. Keith). Part II. Approaches to Cross-Cultural Research. --
 3. Methodological and Conceptual Issues in Cross-Cultural Research (Bernard C. Beins). --
 4. Why Diversity Matters: The Power of Inclusion in Research Methods (Linda M. Woolf and Michael R. Hulsizer). Part III. Development. --
 5. Child Development Across Cultures (Adriana Molitor and Hui-Chin Hsu). --
 6. Cultural Variations in Perceptions of Aging (James T. Gire). Part IV. Cognition. --
 7. Culture and Cognition (Michael Cole and Martin Packer). --
 8. Cultural Differences in Visual Perception of Color, Illusions, Depth, and Pictures (William L. Phillips). --
 9. Cross-Cultural Approaches and Issues in Educational Assessment (Howard T. Everson). --
 10. A Cross-Cultural Approach to Deconstructing Cognitive Processes in the Mathematics Classroom: Japan and the United States (Noriyuki Inoue). Part V. Gender and Sex Roles. --
 11. Women Across Cultures (Hilary Lips and Katie Lawson). --
 12. Experiences of Sexual Minorities in Diverse Cultures (Linh Nguyen Littleford and Mary E. Kite). Part VI. Health, Disorders, and Treatment. --
 13. Cultural Influences on Health (Regan A. R. Gurung). --
 14. Culture and Psychotherapy: Searching for an Empirically Supported Relationship (Junko Tanaka-Matsumi). --
 15. Evidence-Based Interventions for Culturally Diverse Children and Adolescents: The Case of Mexican American Youth (Kristen McCabe and Allison Christian). --
 16. International Perspectives on Intellectual Disability (Robert L. Schalock). Part VII. Emotion and Well-Being. --
 17. Culture, Emotion, and Expression (David Matsumoto and Hyi-Sung Hwang). --
 18. Happiness Around the World (Jennifer Zwolinski). --
 19. Wellbeing Across Cultures: Issues of Measurement and the Interpretation of Data (Robert A. Cummins and Anna L.D. Lau). Part VIII. Language and Communication. --
 20. Language and Culture: Commonality, Variation, and Mistaken Assumptions (David S. Kreiner) --
 21. Crossing Boundaries: Cross-Cultural Communication (Leeva Chung). Part IX. Personality. --
 22. Culture and Theories of Personality: Western, Confucian, and Buddhist Perspectives (Peter J. Giordano). --
 23. East Meets West: The Non-Self Versus the Reified Self (Yozan Dirk Mosig). Part X. Social Psychology. --
 24. Multiple Dimensions of Human Diversity (Loreto R. Prieto and Sara Schwatken). --
 25. Cross-Cultural Differences and Similarities in Attribution (Anne M. Koenig and Kristy K. Dean). --
 26. The Importance of Attractiveness Across Cultures (Stephanie L. Anderson). --
 27. Multicultural.Identity Development: Theory and Research (Richard L. Miller). --
 28. Cross-Cultural Organizational Psychology: An African Perspective (Terence Jackson). Part XI. Concluding Thoughts. --
 29. Cross-Cultural Psychology in Perspective: What Does the Future Hold? (Kenneth D. Keith).
 Abstract:             
              This book situates the essential areas of psychology within a cultural perspective, exploring the relationship of culture to psychological phenomena, from introduction and research foundations to clinical and social principles and applications.                 Read more...