Understanding Social Psychology Across Cultures
Engaging with Others in a Changing World
- Peter B Smith - University of Sussex, UK (Emeritus)
- Ronald Fischer - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Vivian L. Vignoles - University of Sussex, UK
- Michael Harris Bond - Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Key features:
- Presentation of concepts and theories made accessible to the reader using practical examples and everyday life experiences from diverse parts of the world
- Biographical portraits of key researchers in the field
- Coverage of the appropriate methods for conducting state-of-the-art cross-cultural research
This textbook is appropriate for students of social and cross-cultural psychology. It will also interest practitioners wanting to understand the impact of culture on their fields of work, such as international relations, social policy, health promotion, ethnic relations and international business.
'... For anyone eager to learn about how members of different cultures are fundamentally different - and yet sometimes remarkably similar - this book provides a great read.'
Roy F. Baumeister
Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
'Understanding Social Psychology across Cultures 2e is an intellectual tour de force of the latest developments in cross-cultural social psychology. It is an essential resource for anyone interested in culture and human behavior.'
Michele J. Gelfand
University of Maryland, College Park, USA
'The new edition of this leading textbook in cross-cultural social psychology is the perfect introduction to the field. It has extraordinarily broad and up-to-date coverage of virtually all the important topics that have been studied.'
Shalom H. Schwartz
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
By far the most interesting section of the book for me was the third one entitled "The World in Flux." Here, speech, levels of contact and group behaviour are brought together in plausible narrative at every level from individual interactions to intra- and intergroup dynamics. Acculturation, coping with cultural identity threat as well as bicultural identity development and integration are explored, relevant to many of today’s burning cultural conflicts. What is the impact of globalization and its subtext of concomitant modernity and economic pressures in the mobility of people and cultural discourse?
The material in this book is not very pertinent to more sociological approach of the cultural psychology course I teach.
It is a great book covering major theoretical and methodological perspectives in cross-cultural psychology!
An interesting book - favourite chapter is chapter nine
Good coverage of cultural perspectives and differences within social psychological research.
Too complex for student in their first year
Would be too "high-calibre" for students at this time in their programme. However, I may use this text in the following years for students as they gain further experience in health care.
great source for getting more insights into cross-cultural aspects
This book is appropriate for all students in healthcare, its provides broad knowldge about all different type of cultues, including appropriate way to communicate with the servise users.
