Culture and Psychology

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorChapter 1 • Introduction to the Psychological Study of Culture1.1 The Journey of Culture1.2 What Is Culture?1.3 A Very Brief Prehistory of Human Culture1.4 Structural Components of Human Thought1.5 Human Groups1.6 Communication and Innovation1.7 Elements of Culture: Putting the Pieces TogetherChapter 2 • Cultural Processes2.1 Social Learning2.2 Tradition and Cultural Creation2.3 Cultural Learning and Transmission2.4 Identity Information and Cultural Processes2.5 Cultural Change2.6 Arts and Culture: Creating, Transmitting, and Leading the ChangesChapter 3 • Research Considerations and Methods for Cultural Context3.1 Issues in the Psychological Study of Culture3.2 History of Culture and Psychology3.3 Approaches to Studying Psychology and Culture3.4 Participant Considerations in Cultural Research3.5 Methodological Considerations3.6 Issues of Replicability3.7 What Can We Measure in the Arts of a Culture?Chapter 4 • The Self Across Cultures4.1 Persona: The Self as Individual4.2 Perspectives on the Self in Context4.3 I and We: Identifying Self and Others4.4 Self-Awareness, Perception, and Choice4.5 Evolving Dimensions of Self4.6 Arts and the SelfChapter 5 • Lifespan Development and Socialization5.1 Perspectives on Development5.2 Birth and Infancy5.3 Childhood5.4 Adolescence Through Adulthood5.5 Death and Dying5.6 Arts and Development Across CulturesChapter 6 • Close Relationships6.1 Roles and Interpersonal Relationships6.2 Dyadic Relationships: Attraction6.3 Couples: Romance and Reality6.4 Marriage and Intimacy6.5 Art and RelationshipsChapter 7 • Cognition and Perception7.1 Thinking About the World: Culture and Cognition7.2 Culture and Perception7.3 Culture and Intelligence7.4 Culture and Consciousness7.5 Arts, Perception, and CognitionChapter 8 • Communication and Emotion8.1 Evolution of Human Communication8.2 Language Acquisition8.3 Cultural Patterns in Communication8.4 Emotions8.5 Cultural Differences in Emotional Experience and Expression8.6 Communication and Emotion in the ArtsChapter 9 • Motivation and Morality9.1 Motivation: Why We Choose What We Do9.2 Morality: Deciding What Is Right9.3 Culture and Values9.4 Morals, Values, and Motivations Expressed in the ArtsChapter 10 • Adaptation and Acculturation in a Changing World10.1 Multiculturalism and Migration10.2 Acculturation and Adaptation10.3 Approaches to the Psychological Study of Acculturation10.4 Sociocultural Contexts in Acculturation10.5 Outcomes of Acculturation10.6 Acculturation and the Arts in Intercultural ContactChapter 11 • Health and Well-Being11.1 Health and Wellness11.2 Physical Health Around the World11.3 Understanding Well-Being11.4 Psychopathology and Culture11.5 Care and Treatment of Illness11.6 Arts and Well-BeingChapter 12 • Living in a Multicultural World12.1 Multiculturalism, Globalization, and Psychology12.2 Applied Psychology: Working With Culture12.3 Culture, Competition, and Conflict12.4 Arts and Multiculturalism: Hope for the FutureReferencesName IndexSubject Index

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