Human Behavior in Global Perspective: An Introduction to Cross Cultural Psychology - Softcover

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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205188613 ISBN 13: 9780205188611

Publisher: Pearson, 1999

Synopsis

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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About the Author

John W. Berry is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, and Research Professor in the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow.

Marshall Segall is Professor Emeritus of Social and Political Psychology in the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. He has also taught at Columbia University, the State University of Iowa and Makerere University in Uganda. He has co-authored a number of textbooks and monographs on cross-cultural psychology and served as President of the International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology and President for the Interdisciplinary Society for Cross-Cultural Research.

Pierre R. Dasen is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology of Education and Cross-cultural Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology and Education of the University of Geneva.He studied developmental psychology in Geneva, was an assistant to J. Piaget, and received a PhD from the Australian National University. He studied the cognitive development of Aboriginal children in Australia, Inuit in Canada, Baoule in Cote d Ivoire, and Kikuyu in Kenya; he has also contributed to research in cognitive anthropology among the Yupno of Papua-New-Guinea, and in Bali. His research topics have included visual perception, the development of sensori-motor intelligence, the causes and effects of malnutrition, the development of concrete operations as a function of eco-cultural variables and daily activities, defi nitions of intelligence, number systems, and spatial orientation. He has also been concerned with intercultural education, and in particular with the access of illegal migrant adolescents to professional training. His main interests are in everyday cognition, informal education, and parental ethnotheories, and his current research in India, Nepal, and Indonesia is on spatial language and cognitive development.

Ype H. Poortinga is part-time Professor of Cross-Cultural Psychology at Tilburg University in the Netherlands and at the University of Leuven in Belgium.

Marshall Segall is Professor Emeritus of Social and Political Psychology in the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. He has also taught at Columbia University, the State University of Iowa and Makerere University in Uganda. He has co-authored a number of textbooks and monographs on cross-cultural psychology and served as President of the International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology and President for the Interdisciplinary Society for Cross-Cultural Research.

Pierre R. Dasen is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology of Education and Cross-cultural Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology and Education of the University of Geneva.He studied developmental psychology in Geneva, was an assistant to J. Piaget, and received a PhD from the Australian National University. He studied the cognitive development of Aboriginal children in Australia, Inuit in Canada, Baoule in Cote d Ivoire, and Kikuyu in Kenya; he has also contributed to research in cognitive anthropology among the Yupno of Papua-New-Guinea, and in Bali. His research topics have included visual perception, the development of sensori-motor intelligence, the causes and effects of malnutrition, the development of concrete operations as a function of eco-cultural variables and daily activities, defi nitions of intelligence, number systems, and spatial orientation. He has also been concerned with intercultural education, and in particular with the access of illegal migrant adolescents to professional training. His main interests are in everyday cognition, informal education, and parental ethnotheories, and his current research in India, Nepal, and Indonesia is on spatial language and cognitive development.

Synopsis

This book emphasizes the need to explore human behaviour in its socio-cultural context. * Includes an exposition of recent biological and anthropological research on the concept of race (Ch. 1). * Provides enhanced clarity in a presentation of "emic" and "etic" approaches (Ch. 2). * Introduces the socio-historical and socio-cultural perspectives to the study of cognition (Ch. 6). * Applies cross-cultural research findings to real world social issues (Chs. 8-10). * Expands upon discussion of social identity theory (Ch. 10). * Incorporates recent findings from studies reported in the three volumes of "Handbook of Cross-Cultural Psychology." *Incorporates landmark studies that show how cross-cultural psychology developed *Includes research done across national groups and ethno-cultural groups residing within multicultural societies

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205188613
• ISBN 13: 9780205188611
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 416