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Culture in Mind: Cognition, Culture, and the Problem of Meaning » Read Now
by Bradd Shore. 432 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Culture in Mind is an ethnographic portrait of the human mind. Using case studies from both western and nonwestern societies. Shore argues that "cultural models" are necessary to the functioning of the human mind. Drawing on recent developments in cognitive science as well as anthropology, Culture...
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Culture in Mind is an ethnographic portrait of the human mind. Using case studies from both western and nonwestern societies. Shore argues that "cultural models" are necessary to the functioning of the human mind. Drawing on recent developments in cognitive science as well as anthropology, Culture in Mind explores the cognitive world of culture in the ongoing production of meaning in everyday thinking and feeling.
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Cross-Cultural Psychology: Research and Applications » Read Now
by John W. Berry, Pierre R. Dasen, Ype H. Poortinga, Marshall H. Segall. 588 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

This second edition of the best selling textbook has been substantially revised to provide the student with the most comprehensive overview of cross-cultural psychology available in one volume. The team of internationally acclaimed authors have included the most up-to-date research in the field and...
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This second edition of the best selling textbook has been substantially revised to provide the student with the most comprehensive overview of cross-cultural psychology available in one volume. The team of internationally acclaimed authors have included the most up-to-date research in the field and two new chapters on language and on emotion. The book covers basic processes and theory and applications of cross-cultural psychology with respect to acculturation, organizational processes, communication, health and national development. The new format, glossary and textual features are designed to enhance reader usability.
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Cross-Cultural Topics in Psychology » Read Now
by Leonore Loeb Adler, Uwe P. Gielen. 253 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Includes bibliographical references p. and index. ISBN 0-275-94524-3 alk. paper .--ISBN 0-275-95062-X pbk. 1. Ethnopsychology. 2. Psychology. I. Adler, Leonore Loeb. II...
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The Senses Still: Perception and Memory as Material Culture in Modernity » Read Now
by C. Nadia Seremetakis. 149 pgs.

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Caring for Patients from Different Cultures: Case Studies from American Hospitals » Read Now
by Geri-Ann Galanti. 178 pgs.

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Racial Identity Theory: Applications to Individual, Group, and Organizational Interventions » Read Now
by Chalmer E. Thompson, Robert T. Carter. 280 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...0-8058-2080-9 alk. paper . -- ISBN 0-8058-2081-7 pbk.: alk. paper 1. Psychotherapy--Social aspects. 2. Race awareness. 3. Ethnopsychology. 4. Racism in psychology. 5...
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Personality and Person Perception Across Cultures » Read Now
by Yueh-Ting Lee, Clark R. Mccauley, Juris G. Draguns . 320 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 0-8058-2813-3 alk. paper 1. Personality and Culture. 2. Ethnopsychology. I. Lee, Yueh-Ting. II. McCauley, Clark...
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Stress and Emotional Health: Applications of Clinical Anthropology » Read Now
by John A. Rush. 219 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Western medicine, including psychiatry and psychology, has had a virtual monopoly of the health industry. This has led to economic incentives that literally keep people sick. Anthropologists, because of their holistic and comparative base, are in a unique position to apply their knowledge within...
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Western medicine, including psychiatry and psychology, has had a virtual monopoly of the health industry. This has led to economic incentives that literally keep people sick. Anthropologists, because of their holistic and comparative base, are in a unique position to apply their knowledge within clinical settings. Written for anthropologists, but useful to all clinicians, Rush's book offers a new model for understanding health and illness, provides a review of techniques found in many cultures for reducing individual and system stress, and offers processes for recovering health and individual and social balance.
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Cross-Cultural Roots of Minority Child Development » Read Now
by Rodney R. Cocking, Patricia M. Greenfield. 431 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Cross-cultural studies. 2. Child psychology - Cross-cultural studies. 3. Child development -- Cross-cultural studies. 4. Ethnopsychology. 5. Minorities -- United States --...
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Comparative Methods in Psychology » Read Now
by Marc H. Bornstein. 302 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Crosscurrents in contemporary psychology Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 1. Psychology, Comparative. 2. Ethnopsychology. 3. Psychology-Methodology. I...