Cross-cultural psychology : critical thinking and contemporary applications /
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| Author / Creator: | Shiraev, Eric, 1960- |
|---|---|
| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
| Imprint: | Boston, MA : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, ©2007. |
| Description: | xiv, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5894430 |
Table of Contents:
- All chapters conclude with "Chapter Excercise,"
- Chapter Summary
- Glossary of Key Terms.
- Preface
- 1. Understanding Cross-Cultural Psychology
- What Is Cross-Cultural Psychology?
- Basic Definitions
- Cultural Traditionalism
- Empirical Examination of Culture
- Collectivism and Individualism: Further Research
- Cultural Syndromes
- Sociobiological Approach
- Sociological Approach
- Ecocultural Approach
- The Cultural Mixtures Approach: A New Cross-Cultural Psychology in the 21st Century?
- The Integrative Approach: A Summary
- What Is Indigenous Psychology?
- What Is Ethnocentrism?
- What Is Multiculturalism?
- A Brief History of the Field
- 2. Methodology of Cross-Cultural Research
- Goals of Cross-Cultural Research
- Quantitative Research in Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Quantitative Approach: Measurement Scales
- Quantitative Approach: Looking for Links and Differences
- Qualitative Approach in Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Major Steps for Preparation of a Cross-Cultural Study
- Sample Selection
- Observation in Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Survey Methods
- Experimental Studies
- Content Analysis
- Focus-Group Methodology
- Meta-Analysis: Research of Research
- A Hidden Obstacle of Cross-Cultural Studies: Test Translation
- Comparing Two Phenomena: Some Important Principles
- On Similarities and Differences: Some Critical Thinking Applications
- Cultural Dichotomies
- Avoiding Bias of Generalizations
- Know More About Cultures You Examine!
- 3. Critical Thinking in Cross-Cultural Psychology
- The Evaluative Bias of Language
- To Describe Is to Prescribe
- Differentiating Dichotomous Variables and Continuous Variables: Black and White, or Shades of Grey?
- The Similarity-Uniqueness Paradox: All Phenomena Are Both Similar and Different.
- The Barnum Effect: "One Size-Fits-All" Descriptions
- The Assimilation Bias: Viewing the World through Schema-Colored Glasses
- The Representativeness Bias: Fits and Misfits of Categorization
- The Availability Bias: The Persuasive Power of Vivid Events
- The Fundamental Attribution Error: Underestimating the Impact of External Influences
- The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: When Expectations Create Reality
- Correlation Does Not Prove Causation: Confusing "What" with "Why."
- Bi-Directional Causation and Multiple Causation: Causal Loops and Compound Pathways
- The Naturalistic Fallacy: Blurring the Line Between "Is" and "Should."
- The Belief Perseverance Effect: "Don't Confuse Me with the Facts! "
- Conclusions: "To Metathink or Not to Metathink?"
- 4. Cognition: Sensation and Perception, and States of Consciousness
- Sensation and Perception: Basic Principles
- How Culture Influences What We Perceive
- How People Perceive Depictions
- Perception of Depth
- Are People Equally Misled by Visual Illusions?
- Some Cultural Patterns of Drawing Pictures
- Perception of Color
- Other Senses
- Perception of Time
- Perception of the Beautiful
- Perception of Music
- Consciousness and Culture
- Sleep and Cultural Significance of Dreams
- Beyond Altered States of Consciousness
- 5. Intelligence
- Defining Intelligence
- Ethnic Differences in IQ Scores
- Explaining Group Differences in Test Scores: Intelligence and Intelligent Behavior.
- Do Biological Factors Contribute to Intelligence?
- Incompatibility of Tests: Cultural Biases
- A Word about ldquo;Cultural Literacy
- Environment and Intelligence.
- Socioeconomic Factors
- The Family Factor
- Natural Selectionrdquo; and IQ Scores?
- Cultural Values of Cognition
- General Cognition: What Is ldquo;Underneathrdquo; Intelligence?
- Cognitive Skills, School Grades, and Educational Systems
- Culture, Tests, and Motivation
- IQ, Culture, and Social Justice And in the End, Moral Values
- 6. Emotion
- When We Laugh We Are Happy: Similarities of Emotional Experience
- You Cannot Explain Pain if You Have Never Been Hurt: Differences in Emotional Experience
- Emotions: Different or Universal?
- Physiological Arousal
- The Meaning of Preceding Events
- Emotion as an Evaluation
- We Are Expected to Feel in a Particular Way
- How people Assess Emotional Experience
- When Emotions Signal a Challenge: Cross-Cultural Research on Stress and Anxiety.
- Expression of Emotion
- When Emotion Hurts: Cross-Cultural Studies of Anger
- Emotion and Inclination to Act
- Emotion and Judgment.
- 7. Motivation and Behavior
- Sociobiology: A Glance into Evolution
- Social Science: See the Society First
- Drive and Arousal: Two Universal Mechanisms of Motivation.
- The Power of the Unconscious: Psychoanalysis
- Humanistic Th
