Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology : Critical Thinking and Contemporary Application

by Shiraev, Eric; Levy, David

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1st

ISBN13:

9780205295661

ISBN10:

0205295665

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

11/1/2000

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Prentice Hall

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Provides a comprehensive review of theories and research in cross-cultural psychology within a critical thinking framework for examining, analyzing, and evaluating cross-cultural data. This book introduces the field of cross-cultural psychology, discusses basic methodology for cross-cultural research, and explores the fields of sensation and perception, intelligence, human development, emotion, motivation, social perception and interaction, and mental disorders from a cross-cultural perspective. A selection of applied problems in cross-cultural psychology and contemporary society are also examined.

Preface

Understanding Cross-Cultural Psychology

(24)

What Is Cross-Cultural Psychology?

(1)

Basic Definitions

(4)

Empirical Examination of Culture

(2)

Collectivism and Individualism: Further Research

(1)

Cultural Syndromes

(1)

Sociobiological Approach

(1)

Sociological Approach

(2)

Ecocultural Approach

(1)

The Cultural Mixtures Approach: A New Cross-Cultural Psychology in the Twenty-First Century?

(1)

The Integrative Approach: A Summary

(3)

What Is Indigenous Psychology?

(1)

What Is Ethnocentrism?

(1)

What Is Multiculturalism?

(1)

A Brief History of the Field

(5)

Methodology of Cross-Cultural Research

(30)

Goals of Cross-Cultural Research

(1)

Quantitative Research in Cross-Cultural Psychology

(2)

Quantitative Approach: Measurement Scales

(1)

Quantitative Approach: Looking for Linkages and Differences

(2)

Qualitative Approach in Cross-Cultural Psychology

(1)

Major Steps for Preparation of a Cross-Cultural Study

(1)

Sample Selection

(2)

Observation in Cross-Cultural Psychology

(1)

Survey Methods

(1)

Experimental Studies

(1)

Content-Analysis

(1)

Focus-Group Methodology

(1)

Meta-Analysis: Research of Research

(1)

A Hidden Obstacle of Cross-Cultural Studies: Test Translation

(2)

Comparing Two Phenomena: Some Important Principles

(1)

On Smilarities and Differences: Some Critical Thinking Applications

(1)

Cultural Dichotomies

(2)

Avoiding Bias for Generalizations

(2)

Know More about Cultures You Examine!

(7)

Critical Thining in Cross-Cultural Psychology

(44)

The Evaluative Bias of Language: To Describe Is to Prescribe

(2)

Differentiating Dictomous Variables and Continuous Variables: Black and White, or Shades of Gray?

(2)

The Similarity-Uniqueness Paradox: All Phenomena Are Both Similar and Different

(3)

The Barnum Effect: ``One-Size-Fits-All'' Descriptions

(2)

The Assimilation Bias: Viewing the World through Schema-Colored Glasses

(3)

The Representativenss Bias: Fits and Misfits of Categorization

(3)

The Availability Bias: The Persuasive Power of Vivid Events

(3)

The Fundamental Attribution Error: Understanding the Impact of External Influences

(4)

The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: When Expectations Create Reality

(2)

Correlation Does Not Prove Causation: Confusing ``What'' with ``Why''

(3)

Bidirectional Causation and Multiple Causation: Causal Loops and Compound Pathways

(3)

The Naturalistic Fallacy: Blurring the Line between ``Is'' and ``Should''

(4)

The Belief Perseverance Effect: ``Don't Confuse Me with the Facts!''

(4)

Conclusions: ``To Metathink or Not to Metathink?''

(4)

Cognition: Sensation, Perception, and States of Conciousness

(31)

Sensation and Perception: Basic Principles

100

(2)

How Culture Influences What We Perceive

102

(2)

How People Perceive Depictions

104

(1)

How People Scan Pictures

105

(1)

Perception of Depth

106

(1)

Are People Equally Misled by Visual Illusions?

106

(1)

Some Cultural Patterns of Drawing Pictures

107

(1)

Perception of Color

108

(2)

Other Senses

110

(2)

Perception of Time

112

(2)

Perception of the Beautiful

114

(2)

Perception of Music

116

(1)

Consciousness and Culture

117

(2)

Sleep and Cultural Significance of Dreams

119

(4)

Beyond Altered States of Consciousness

123

(7)

Intelligence

130

(34)

Defining Intelligence

131

(3)

Ethnic Differences in IQ Scores

134

(3)

Explaining Group Differences in Test Scores: Intelligence and Intelligent Behavior

137

(1)

Do Biological Factors Contribute to Intelligence?

138

(2)

Incompatibility of Tests: Cultural Biases

140

(1)

A Word about ``Cultural Literacy''

141

(2)

Environment and Intelligence

143

(1)

Socioeconomic Factors

144

(2)

The Family Factors

146

(1)

``Natural Selection'' and IQ Scores?

147

(1)

Cultural Values of Cognition

148

(3)

General Cognition: What Is ``Underneath'' Intelligence?

151

(3)

Cognitive Skills, School Grades, and Educational Systems

154

(1)

Culture, Tests, and Motivation

155

(2)

IQ, Culture, and Social Justice

157

(2)

And in the End, Moral Values

159

(5)

Emotion

164

(27)

When We Laugh We Are Happy: Similarities of Emotional Experience

166

(3)

You Cannot Explain Pain if You Have Never Been Hurt: Differences in Emotional Experience

169

(2)

Emotions: Different or Universal?

171

(1)

Physiological Arousal

171

(2)

The Meaning of Preceding Events

173

(3)

Emotion as an Evaluation

176

(1)

We Are Expected to Feel in a Particular Way

177

(1)

How People Assess Emotional Expereince

178

(1)

When Emotions Signal a Challenge: Cross-Cultural Research on Stress

179

(1)

Expression of Emotion

180

(4)

When Emotion Hurts: Cross-Cultural Studies of Anger

184

(1)

Emotion and Inclination to Act

185

(1)

Emotion and Judgment

186

(5)

Motivation and Behavior

191

(28)

Sociobiology: A Glance into Evolution

192

(2)

Social Science: See the Society First

194

(1)

Drive and Arousal: Two Universal Mechanisms of Motivation

194

(1)

The Power of the Unconscious: Psychoanalysis

195

(1)

Humanistic Theories

196

(2)

Learning and Motivation: Cognitive Theories

198

(1)

A Carrot and a Beef Tongue: Hunger and Food Preference

199

(1)

When Hunger Causes Distress: Eating Disorders

200

(1)

Victory and Harmony: Achievement Motivation

200

(5)

Aggressive Motivation and Violence

205

(5)

Culture and Sexuality

210

(4)

Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders

214

(1)

Sex and Sexuality: Some Cross-Cultural Similarities

215

(4)

Human Development and Socialization

219

(28)

Development and Socialization

220

(1)

Quality of Life and the Child's Development

221

(1)

Norms, Customs, and Child Care

222

(2)

Parental Values and Expectations

224

(2)

Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development

226

(2)

Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development

228

(1)

Stages of Moral Development According to Kohlberg

229

(2)

Developmental Stages

231

(1)

Life before Birth: Prenatal Period

232

(1)

First Steps: Infancy

233

(2)

Discovering the World: Childhood

235

(3)

Major Rehearsal: Adolescence

238

(3)

Adulthood

241

(1)

Late Adulthood

242

(5)

Mental Disorders

247

(30)

American Background DSM-IV

249

(1)

Two Views on Culture and Psychopathology

249

(3)

Central and Peripheral Symptoms

252

(2)

Environment, Culture, and Mental Health

254

(2)

Schizophrenia

256

(1)

Depressive Disorders

257

(2)

Culture and Suicide

259

(2)

Anxiety Disorders

261

(1)

Dementia

262

(1)

Attention-Defict/Hyperactivity Disorder (AHDH)

263

(1)

Persoanlity Disorders

264

(1)

Is Substance Abuse Culturally Bound?

265

(4)

Psychodiagnostic Biases

269

(1)

Psychotherapy

270

(1)

Culture Match?

271

(6)

Social Perception and Social Cognition

277

(26)

The Nature of Attitude

279

(1)

Values

280

(2)

Western and Non-Western Values

282

(1)

Striving for Consistency: The Cognitive Balance Theory

283

(1)

Avoding Inconsistency: Cognitive Dissonance

284

(1)

Psychological Dogmatism

285

(1)

Social Attribution

286

(1)

Attribution as Locus of Control

287

(2)

Explaining the Behavior of Others

289

(2)

Attribution of Success and Failure

291

(1)

Self-Perception

292

(2)

Do Social Norms Affect the Way We See Our Own Body Weight?

294

(1)

Duty and Fairness in Individualist and Collectivist Cultures

295

(2)

Stereotypes and the Power of Generalizations

297

(6)

Social Interaction

303

(24)

Universal Interaction

304

(4)

Direct Contacts

308

(2)

Conformity

310

(2)

Is Conformity Universal across Cultures?

312

(4)

Following Orders

316

(2)

Social Influence

318

(1)

Feeling Good about Some Views

319

(1)

Is Social Loafing Universal?

320

(1)

Cooperation and Competition

321

(1)

Leaders: Born or Bred?

322

(5)

Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology: Some Highlights

327

(25)

Resources and Health

329

(1)

Prejudice: Is It Inevitable?

330

(3)

Cross-Cultural Psychology and Negotiations

333

(2)

Streotypes in Daily Life

335

(2)

Acculturative Stress

337

(2)

Culture and Cognitive Tests

339

(1)

Race and Perception of Political Candidates

340

(1)

Immigration and Immigrants

341

(2)

Cross-Cultural Psychology and Human Rights

343

(2)

Culture, Ethnicity, and Equality

345

(2)

Discrimination and Minority Status

347

(1)

Multiculturalism and Religion: A Campus Context

348

(1)

Conclusion

349

(3)

Appendices

352

(5)

References

357

(32)

Author Index

389

(6)

Subject Index

395

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