Synopses & Reviews
David Matsumoto and new co-author Linda Juang show students the importance of culture in explaining and understanding human behavior in this new edition of the market-leading text, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY. Using a cross-cultural framework to evaluate psychology, and reflecting the most current research, the authors engage students by inviting them to understand and raise questions about traditional knowledge and theories, and about the relationship of culture and psychology.
Synopsis
An in-depth look at the intimate relationship between culture and psychology, for students at both undergraduate and graduate levels. This second edition doubles the amount of material and references, and contains five new introductory chapters that build baseline knowledge concerning foundations of cultures, plus new chapters on intercultural communication, and culture and personality.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-550) and indexes.
About the Author
David Matsumoto is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Culture and Emotion Research Laboratory at San Francisco State University. He has studied culture, emotion, social interaction and communication for 20 years, and has written over 250 works in these areas. His books include well-known titles such as CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY: PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD (2nd edition; translated into Dutch and Japanese), THE HANDBOOK OF CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY (Oxford University Press; translated into Russian), and THE NEW JAPAN (Intercultural Press). He is the recipient of many awards and honors, including being named a G. Stanley Hall lecturer by the American Psychological Association. He also holds a 6th degree black belt in judo, a Class A Coaching Certificate from USA Judo, and a Class A International Referee License from the International Judo Federation. He is the recipient of the 1999 U.S. Olympic Committee's Developmental Coach of the Year Award in Judo, the 2001 U.S. Judo Federation's Senior and Junior Female Coach of the Year Award, and an acclamation from the City and County of Honolulu, HI in 1977. In addition to his works in psychology he is the author of THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF KODOKAN JUDO (Hon no Tomosha) and JUDO: A SPORT AND A WAY OF LIFE (International Judo Federation).Linda Juang is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at San Francisco State University. She earned her B.A. in Child Development from the University of Minnesota, her M.A. and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Michigan State University, and was also a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Jena in Germany for three years. Her research focuses on adolescent development in various family and cultural contexts. She has published and presented studies concerning issues of ethnic identity, autonomy, acculturation, and competence of adolescents in the U.S. and Germany.
Table of Contents
1. An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology: Understanding and Defining Culture. 2. Cross-Cultural Research Methods. 3. Ethnocentrism, Prejudice, and Stereotypes. 4. Culture and Basic Psychological Processes. 5. Enculturation. 6. Culture and Developmental Processes. 7. Culture and Gender. 8. Culture and Health. 9. Culture and Emotion. 10. Culture, Language, and Communication. 11. Culture, Self, and Personality. 12. Culture and Abnormality. 13. Culture, Testing and Treatment. 14. Culture and Social Behavior. 15. Culture and Organizations. 16. Conclusion.