Psychology and Culture

This is a broad introduction to the ways culture and ethnicity can affect human behavior. Text features original articles by international experts in the field. An introductory chapter sketches conceptual and methodological issues, and explains the purposes for cross-cultural psychology. Students or professionals interested in cross-cultural psychology, or cultural or ethnic diversity.

Preface

ix

When Psychology and Culture Meet: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology

1

(12)

Section I: The Universal Experience of Being Different

13

(40)

The African American: A Duality Dilemma?

17

(6)

James M. Jones

The Experience of Being A Hispanic in The United States

23

(6)

Gerardo Marin

Being Asian in North America

29

(6)

D. John Lee

Christine C. Iijima Hall

The American Indian: A Psychological Overview

35

(6)

Sandra K. Bennett

Continuing Encounters with Hong Kong

41

(6)

Michael Harris Bond

First Experiences in Thailand

47

(6)

Ernest E. Boesch

Section II: Cultural Variations on Some Common Human Dimensions

53

(38)

Property

55

(4)

Floyd W. Rudmin

Culture and Altered States of Consciousness

59

(6)

Colleen Ward

Cleanliness and Culture

65

(6)

Elizabeth Fernea

Robert Fernea

Moral Development and Its Measurement across Cultures

71

(8)

Lutz H. Eckensberger

Cultural Variations in Use of Alcohol and Drugs

79

(6)

Joseph E. Trimble

A Multicultural View of Stereotyping

85

(6)

Donald M. Taylor

Lana E. Porter

Section III: Culture's Influence on Social and Developmental Processes

91

(36)

The Developmental Niche

95

(6)

Charles M. Super

Sara Harkness

Children's Social Networks and Social Supports in Cultural Context

101

(6)

Anne Marie Tietjen

Behavior across Cultures: Results from Observational Studies

107

(6)

Ruth H. Munroe

Robert L. Munroe

Patterns of Parenting: The Warmth Dimension in Worldwide Perspective

113

(8)

Ronald P. Rohner

The Longest War: Gender and Culture

121

(6)

Carole Wade

Carol Tavris

Section IV: Culture's Influence on Basic Psychological Processes

127

(38)

Absolutism, Relativism, and Universalism in the Study of Human Behavior

129

(6)

John Adamopoulos

Walter J. Lonner

A Cross-Cultural Research Contribution to Unraveling the Nativist-Empiricist Controversy

135

(4)

Marshall H. Segall

Remembering in Cultural Context

139

(6)

Jayanthi Mistry

Barbara Rogoff

Culture and Cognitive Development from a Piagetian Perspective

145

(6)

Pierre R. Dasen

Learning Styles and Culture

151

(6)

Judith Kleinfeld

The Cultural Construction of Intelligence

157

(8)

Robert Serpell

Section V: Everyday Modes of Functioning as Shaped by Culture

165

(44)

Culture and Social Behavior

169

(6)

Harry C. Triandis

World without Words: Messages from Face and Body

175

(8)

Caroline F. Keating

Values and Culture

183

(8)

Norman T. Feather

Cross-Cultural Views of Women and Men

191

(6)

John E. Williams

Deborah L. Best

Mate Preferences in 37 Cultures

197

(6)

David M. Buss

Prejudice and Guilt: The Internal Struggle to Overcome Prejudice

203

(6)

Patricia G. Devine

Julia R. Zuwerink

Section VI: The Stresses, Strains, and Challenges Facing Humans in Transition

209

(50)

Acculturative Stress

211

(6)

John W. Berry

Risk and Culture

217

(8)

George T. Cvetkovich

Timothy C. Earle

Sexual Values in a Moroccan Town

225

(6)

Douglas A. Davis

Susan Schaefer Davis

The Contact Hypothesis in Intergroup Relations

231

(8)

Yehuda Amir

Preparing to Live and Work Elsewhere

239

(6)

Richard W. Brislin

Culture Shock

245

(8)

Stephen Bochner

Re-entry Shock: Coming ``Home'' Again

253

(6)

Joyce Hickson

Section VII: Health Psychology as Mediated by Cultural Factors

259

(44)

Description of WHO's Mental Health Program

261

(6)

Norman Sartorius

Problems of Rapid Population Growth

267

(6)

Andrew R. Davidson

Community Health in Ethiopia

273

(6)

Frances E. Aboud

Medical Diagnosis and Treatment across Cultures

279

(6)

Lisa Marie Beardsley

Culture and Depression: Discovering Variations in the Experience of Illness

285

(6)

Spero M. Manson

A Culture-Centered Approach to Counseling

291

(6)

Paul Pedersen

Reaching the Underserved: Mental Health Services Systems and Special Populations

297

(6)

Lonnie R. Snowden

Alice M. Hines

Psychology and Culture: What Lies Ahead

303

(8)

Index

311

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