Cultural Issues in Psychology

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-415-42922-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 580 g

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? Psychologists have long pondered the relationship between culture and a range of psychological attributes. Cultural Issues In Psychology is an all round student guide to the key studies, theories and controversies which seek to explore human behaviour in a global context.
The book explores key controversies in global psychology, such as:

Culture: what does it mean and how has it been researched?

Relativism and universalism: are they compatible approaches in global research?

Ethnocentrism: is psychological research dominated by a few regions of the world?

Indigenous psychologies: what are the diverse research traditions from around the world?

Research methods and perspectives: how can we compare and contrast cross-cultural psychology and cultural psychology?

The book also includes detailed examinations of global research into mainstream areas of psychology, such as social, cognitive and developmental psychology, as well as abnormal psychology.
With insightful classroom activities and helpful pedagogical features, this detailed, yet accessibly written book gives introductory-level psychology students access to a concise review of key research, issues, controversies and diverse approaches in the area of culture and psychology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stevenson, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Berufe, Ausbildung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie Kulturpsychologie, Ethnopsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Angewandte Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Verkehrspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Beratungspsychologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1. Concepts and Controversies. Searching for Human Universals: Introducing Cross-Cultural Psychology. How We Got Here: A Short History of Psychology Across Cultures. Culture and Its Influence: Exploring a Key Concept in Global Psychology. Is Psychology Ethnocentric: Imposed Ethics, Culture Bias and Indigenous Psychologies. Challenging Cross-Culturalism: Alternative Paradigms in Global Psychology. Part 2. Cultural Issues. Culture, Cognition and Intellect: Thinking Through Cultures. Culture, Social Cognition and Social Influence: Social Psychology Across Cultures. Culture and Child Development: Childhood Across Cultures. Culture and Abnormality: Definitions, Diagnoses and Treatment Across Cultures. Conclusions and Future Directions.

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Stevenson has been teaching Psychology since 1990 at a variety of levels, including A-Level and undergraduate. He now divides his time between writing, freelance training and lecturing.