Culture and Psychology

Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Chapter 1 * Introduction to the Psychological Study of Culture 1.1 The Journey of Culture 1.2 What Is Culture? 1.3 A Very Brief Prehistory of Human Culture 1.4 Structural Components of Human Thought 1.5 Human Groups 1.6 Communication and Innovation 1.7 Elements of Culture: Putting the Pieces Together Chapter 2 * Cultural Processes 2.1 Social Learning 2.2 Tradition and Cultural Creation 2.3 Cultural Learning and Transmission 2.4 Identity Information and Cultural Processes 2.5 Cultural Change 2.6 Arts and Culture: Creating, Transmitting, and Leading the Changes Chapter 3 * Research Considerations and Methods for Cultural Context 3.1 Issues in the Psychological Study of Culture 3.2 History of Culture and Psychology 3.3 Approaches to Studying Psychology and Culture 3.4 Participant Considerations in Cultural Research 3.5 Methodological Considerations 3.6 Issues of Replicability 3.7 What Can We Measure in the Arts of a Culture? Chapter 4 * The Self Across Cultures 4.1 Persona: The Self as Individual 4.2 Perspectives on the Self in Context 4.3 I and We: Identifying Self and Others 4.4 Self-Awareness, Perception, and Choice 4.5 Evolving Dimensions of Self 4.6 Arts and the Self Chapter 5 * Lifespan Development and Socialization 5.1 Perspectives on Development 5.2 Birth and Infancy 5.3 Childhood 5.4 Adolescence Through Adulthood 5.5 Death and Dying 5.6 Arts and Development Across Cultures Chapter 6 * Close Relationships 6.1 Roles and Interpersonal Relationships 6.2 Dyadic Relationships: Attraction 6.3 Couples: Romance and Reality 6.4 Marriage and Intimacy 6.5 Art and Relationships Chapter 7 * Cognition and Perception 7.1 Thinking About the World: Culture and Cognition 7.2 Culture and Perception 7.3 Culture and Intelligence 7.4 Culture and Consciousness 7.5 Arts, Perception, and Cognition Chapter 8 * Communication and Emotion 8.1 Evolution of Human Communication 8.2 Language Acquisition 8.3 Cultural Patterns in Communication 8.4 Emotions 8.5 Cultural Differences in Emotional Experience and Expression 8.6 Communication and Emotion in the Arts Chapter 9 * Motivation and Morality 9.1 Motivation: Why We Choose What We Do 9.2 Morality: Deciding What Is Right 9.3 Culture and Values 9.4 Morals, Values, and Motivations Expressed in the Arts Chapter 10 * Adaptation and Acculturation in a Changing World 10.1 Multiculturalism and Migration 10.2 Acculturation and Adaptation 10.3 Approaches to the Psychological Study of Acculturation 10.4 Sociocultural Contexts in Acculturation 10.5 Outcomes of Acculturation 10.6 Acculturation and the Arts in Intercultural Contact Chapter 11 * Health and Well-Being 11.1 Health and Wellness 11.2 Physical Health Around the World 11.3 Understanding Well-Being 11.4 Psychopathology and Culture 11.5 Care and Treatment of Illness 11.6 Arts and Well-Being Chapter 12 * Living in a Multicultural World 12.1 Multiculturalism, Globalization, and Psychology 12.2 Applied Psychology: Working With Culture 12.3 Culture, Competition, and Conflict 12.4 Arts and Multiculturalism: Hope for the Future References Name Index Subject Index

"This book is very innovative and a refreshing new look at culture and psychology; it covers many topics in detail and appears to be inclusive of new and old ideas, values, and beliefs." -- Carol R. Huckaby