Human Behavior in Global Perspective An Introduction to Cross Cultural Psychology

, by Segall, Marshall H.; Dasen, Pierre R.; Berry, John W.; Poortinga, Ype H.

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ISBN: 9780205188611 | 0205188613
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 3/2/1999

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This book emphasizes the need to explore human behavior in its socio-cultural context. Designed for upper level undergraduate courses or graduate level courses.

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Preface
The Socio-Cultural Nature of Human Beings
How to Comprehend Behavior and Culture
The Centrality of Learning
The Essence of Being Human
Anthropological Perspectives on Culture
Culture and Biology
Race: Can This Tenacious Concept Be Supplanted?
The Point of View of This Book
The Scope of This Book
Cross-Cultural Research: Scope and Methods
A Conceptual Framework for Cross-Cultural Psychology
The Social and Cultural Context: Basic Concepts
Cross-Cultural Psychology's Paradigm: A Balanced Approach
An Antecedent of the Eco-Cultural Framework: The Culture and Personality School
Methodology in Cross-Cultural Research: Some Problems and Some Solutions
Conclusion
Human Development and Informal Education
Why Study Developmental Psychology Cross-Culturally?
The Developmental Niche
Informal Education
Adolescence, Life Span, and Old Age
Conclusion
Perceptual and Cognitive Processes
Perception and Visual Illusions
Categorization
Memory
Problem Solving
The Cognitive Consequences of Literacy and Schooling
Experimental Anthropology
Conclusion
Alternative Views on Human Competence: General Intelligence and Genetic Epistemology
The Historical Legacy
General Intelligence
Deficiency versus Difference Interpretations of Cognitive achievement
Genetic Epistemology
Conclusion
Everyday Cognition and Cognitive Anthropology
The Sociohistorical Approach: Piaget versus Vygotsky
Ethnography of Daily Life
Cognitive Anthropology or Ethnoscience
Everyday Knowledge of Arithmetic
Everyday Space and Geometry
Transfer and Generalization
Learning and Teaching Processes
The Sociocultural Paradigm
Conclusion
Motives, Beliefs, and Values
Why Study Values Cross-Culturally?
Culturally-Influenced Beliefs about Illness
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Human Behavior in Global Perspective An Introduction to Cross Cultural Psychology

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