Christine Ma-Kellams

Cultural Psychology (eBook, PDF)

Cross-Cultural and Multicultural Perspectives

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Culture comes in many forms. Cultural Psychology: Cross-Cultural and Multicultural Perspectives combines hard science with everyday issues to explore how the intangible forces of our cultural milieu-including the power of race, religion, class, and gender-powerfully changes the way we want, think, and do the things that we do. It covers both cross-cultural differences and multicultural issues, incorporating both approaches to tackle modern issues of diversity and living in a diverse world. Combines both cross-cultural and multicultural approaches in a single comprehensive text. Includes chapters on the newest, most ground-breaking issues facing the study of culture: Unpacks the origins of where culture comes from Discusses the history of culture and modern-day laboratory studiesExplains how culture shapes the brain (and how the brain changes culture)Describes cultural change in the era of globalization

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Altersempfehlung: ab 20 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881874452
• Artikelnr.: 74847123

Autorenporträt

Christine Ma-Kellams is an associate professor of psychology at San Jose State University and the coordinator of the Research & Experimental Psychology Master's Program. Her empirical work has been published in numerous journals and covered by news outlets, including Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Wall Street Journal, and the Boston Globe. Her fiction (short stories, essays, and novel, The Band) has been published by HuffPost, Salon, Chicago Tribune, Electric Literature, the Rumpus, ZYZZYVA, Kenyon Review and Atria/Simon & Schuster.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
Part I: CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY, OR THE QUESTION OF HOW WE DIFFER
Race, Ethnicity, and NationalityClassReligionGenderRegionHuman
UniversalsPart II: MULTI-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY, OR WHEN CULTURES COLLIDE
Intergroup Conflict: Stereotypes, Prejudice and DiscriminationIngroup
Derogation and Self-StereotypingIdentity and AcculturationNavigating
Diversity: Multiculturalism versus Culture-blindnessPart III: THE FUTURE OF
CULTURE
Where Does Culture Come From?Culture and the Brain: Frontiers in Cultural
NeurosciencePredicting the Future: Tracking Cultural Change Epilogue