This edited collection brings together scholars from the United States and abroad to provide a concise introduction to selected topics in cross-cultural psychology, the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes under diverse cultural conditions. Topics include history and methods of cross-cultural studies, developmental aspects in cross-cultural psychology, personality and belief systems across cultures, and applications for cross-cultural psychology. Within these categories contributors touch on subjects such as language and communication, child development, moral development, gender roles, aging, emotion and personality, international business, and mental health. This important volume will be of interest to all scholars, students, and practitioners in psychology.
- ISBN10 0275945243
- ISBN13 9780275945244
- Publish Date 30 August 1994
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 January 2001
- Publish Country US
- Publisher ABC-CLIO
- Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 272
- Language English