Cross-Cultural Psychology

📖 The Scoop

Dynamic author team provides comprehensive overview with focus on critical-thinking. The fifth edition continues a heavy focus on applying critical thinking framework in examining, analyzing, and evaluating psychological data. With significant rewriting and additional new topics as well as updated references on new research, Cross-Cultural Psychology keeps pace with the rapidly changing conditions of modern times. The dynamic team from two different worlds bring a unique set of experiences and perceptions in writing this book. Eric Shiraev was raised in the city of Leningrad in the former Soviet Union and David Levy is from Southern California,. Between the diverse backgrounds and having each author spent an extended period teaching in the other's home country, the authors provide a comprehensive review of theories and research in cross-cultural psychology. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to:

• Better understand the field of cross-cultural psychology
• Understand contemporary theories and research in cross-cultural psychology
• Use critical thinking to examine, analyze, and evaluate the field of cross-cultural psychology
• Assist current and future practitioners from a wide variety of fields and services

Genre: Psychology / Ethnopsychology (fancy, right?)