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Advances in Culture and Psychology Michele J. Gelfand (Professor, Professor, University of Maryland College Park)

Advances in Culture and Psychology By Michele J. Gelfand (Professor, Professor, University of Maryland College Park)

Summary

The field of culture and psychology is one of the fastest growing areas in the social sciences. As a repeating annual series, Advances in Culture and Psychology will be the first to offer state-of-the-art reviews of scholarly research programs in the growing field of culture and psychology.

Advances in Culture and Psychology Summary

Advances in Culture and Psychology: Volume 1 by Michele J. Gelfand (Professor, Professor, University of Maryland College Park)

With applications throughout the social sciences, culture and psychology is a rapidly growing field that has experienced a boom in publication over the last decade. From this proliferation of books, chapters, and journal articles, exciting developments have emerged in the relationship of culture to cognitive processes, human development, psychopathology, social behavior, organizational behavior, neuroscience, language, marketing, and other topics. In recognition of this exponential growth, Advances in Culture and Psychology is the first annual series to offer state-of-the-art reviews of scholarly research in the growing field of culture and psychology. The goals for Advances in Culture and Psychology are simple: * Develop an intellectual home for culture and psychology research programs * Foster bridges and connections among cultural scholars from across the discipline * Create a highly-cited volume and a premier outlet for culture and psychology research * Publish articles that reflect the theoretical, methodological, and epistemological diversity in the study of culture and psychology * Enhance the collective identity of the culture and psychology field Comprising chapters from internationally renowned culture scholars and representing diversity in the theory and study of culture within psychology, Advances in Culture and Psychology is an ideal resource for research programs and academics throughout the psychology community.

Advances in Culture and Psychology Reviews

There are few books published in our discipline that can be recommended to all psychologists, researchers, and students from all content areas, specialty areas, and subspecialties with confidence that there will be something new of interest. Advances in Culture and Psychology, however, is such a book. * Psyc Critiques *

About Michele J. Gelfand (Professor, Professor, University of Maryland College Park)

Michele J. Gelfand is Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland Chi-yue Chiu is Professor, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Ying-yi Hong is Professor, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Table of Contents

Foreword Introduction Human Culture in Evolutionary Perspective Michael Tomasello Culture, Emotion, and Expression David Matsumoto and Hyi-Sung Hwang Infectious Disease and the Creation of Culture Mark Schaller and Damian R. Murray Attachment, Learning and Coping: The Interplay of Cultural Similarities and Differences Fred Rothbaum, Gilda Morelli, and Natalie Rusk Culturally Situated Linguistic Ecologies and Language Use: Cultural Tools at the Service of Representing and Shaping Situated Realities Gun R Semin Micro-Macro Dynamics of the Cultural Construction of Reality: A Niche Construction Approach to Culture Toshio Yamagishi Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism: Implications for Understanding Psychological Processes Sharon Shavitt, Carlos J. Torelli, and Hila Riemer Index

Additional information

NPB9780195380392
9780195380392
0195380398
Advances in Culture and Psychology: Volume 1 by Michele J. Gelfand (Professor, Professor, University of Maryland College Park)
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Hardback
Oxford University Press Inc
2011-01-20
384
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