The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology

2012-03-08
The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology

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  • Author: Jaan Valsiner
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 0199930635
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 1152

The goal of cultural psychology is to explain the ways in which human cultural constructions -- for example, rituals, stereotypes, and meanings -- organize and direct human acting, feeling, and thinking in different social contexts. A rapidly growing, international field of scholarship, cultural psychology is ready for an interdisciplinary, primary resource. Linking psychology, anthropology, sociology, archaeology, and history, The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology is the quintessential volume that unites the variable perspectives from these disciplines. Comprised of over fifty contributed chapters, this book provides a necessary, comprehensive overview of contemporary cultural psychology. Bridging psychological, sociological, and anthropological perspectives, one will find in this handbook: - A concise history of psychology that includes valuable resources for innovation in psychology in general and cultural psychology in particular - Interdisciplinary chapters including insights into cultural anthropology, cross-cultural psychology, culture and conceptions of the self, and semiotics and cultural connections - Close, conceptual links with contemporary biological sciences, especially developmental biology, and with other social sciences - A section detailing potential methodological innovations for cultural psychology By comparing cultures and the (often differing) human psychological functions occuring within them, The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology is the ideal resource for making sense of complex and varied human phenomena.

The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology

2013-12-15
The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology

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  • Author: Jaan Valsiner
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 0199366225
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 1136

The goal of cultural psychology is to explain the ways in which human cultural constructions -- for example, rituals, stereotypes, and meanings -- organize and direct human acting, feeling, and thinking in different social contexts. A rapidly growing, international field of scholarship, cultural psychology is ready for an interdisciplinary, primary resource. Linking psychology, anthropology, sociology, archaeology, and history, The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology is the quintessential volume that unites the variable perspectives from these disciplines. Comprised of over fifty contributed chapters, this book provides a necessary, comprehensive overview of contemporary cultural psychology. Bridging psychological, sociological, and anthropological perspectives, one will find in this handbook: - A concise history of psychology that includes valuable resources for innovation in psychology in general and cultural psychology in particular - Interdisciplinary chapters including insights into cultural anthropology, cross-cultural psychology, culture and conceptions of the self, and semiotics and cultural connections - Close, conceptual links with contemporary biological sciences, especially developmental biology, and with other social sciences - A section detailing potential methodological innovations for cultural psychology By comparing cultures and the (often differing) human psychological functions occuring within them, The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology is the ideal resource for making sense of complex and varied human phenomena.

The Handbook of Culture and Psychology

2001-09-20
The Handbook of Culture and Psychology

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  • Author: David Matsumoto
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 0190285087
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 480

This book provides a state of the art review of selected areas and topics in cross-cultural psychology written by eminent figures in the field. Each chapter not only reviews the latest research in its respective area, but also goes further in integrating and synthesizing across areas. The Handbook of Culture and Psychology is a unique and timely contribution that should serve as a valuable reference and guide for beginning researchers and scholars alike.

The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture

2015
The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture

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  • Author: Lene Arnett Jensen
  • Publisher: Oxford Library of Psychology
  • ISBN: 0199948550
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 769

A comprehensive synopsis of theory and research on human development, with every chapter drawing together findings from cultures around the world.

The Oxford Handbook of Social Psychology and Social Justice

2018
The Oxford Handbook of Social Psychology and Social Justice

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  • Author: Phillip L. Hammack
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 0199938733
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 505

"The twentieth century witnessed not only the devastation of war, conflict, and injustice on a massive scale, but also the emergence of social psychology as a discipline committed to addressing these and other social problems. In the twenty-first century, the promise of social psychology remains incomplete. We witness the reprise of authoritarianism and the endurance of institutionalized forms of oppression such as sexism, racism, and heterosexism across the globe. This volume represents an audacious proposal to reorient social psychology toward the study of social injustice in real-world settings. Contributors cross borders between cultures and disciplines to highlight new and emerging critical paradigms that interrogate the consequences of social injustice. United in their belief in the possibility of liberation from oppression, the authors of this book offer a blueprint for a new kind of social psychology." --

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Climate and Culture

2014-05-07
The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Climate and Culture

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  • Author: Karen M. Barbera
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 0199860726
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 752

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Climate and Culture presents the breadth of topics from Industrial and Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior through the lenses of organizational climate and culture. The Handbook reveals in great detail how in both research and practice climate and culture reciprocally influence each other. The details reveal the many practices that organizations use to acquire, develop, manage, motivate, lead, and treat employees both at home and in the multinational settings that characterize contemporary organizations. Chapter authors are both expert in their fields of research and also represent current climate and culture practice in five national and international companies (3M, McDonald's, the Mayo Clinic, PepsiCo and Tata). In addition, new approaches to the collection and analysis of climate and culture data are presented as well as new thinking about organizational change from an integrated climate and culture paradigm. No other compendium integrates climate and culture thinking like this Handbook does and no other compendium presents both an up-to-date review of the theory and research on the many facets of climate and culture as well as contemporary practice. The Handbook takes a climate and culture vantage point on micro approaches to human issues at work (recruitment and hiring, training and performance management, motivation and fairness) as well as organizational processes (teams, leadership, careers, communication), and it also explicates the fact that these are lodged within firms that function in larger national and international contexts.

The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology

2010
The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology

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  • Author: Michael Harris Bond
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 019954185X
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 754

In recent years China has witnessed unprecedented economic growth, emerging as a powerful, influential player on the global stage. Now, more than ever, there is a great interest and need within the West to better understand the psychological and social processes that characterize the Chinese people. The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology is the first book of its kind - a comprehensive and commanding review of Chinese psychology, covering areas of human functioning with unparalleled sophistication and complexity. In 42 chapters, leading authorities cite and integrate both English and Chinese-language research in topic areas ranging from the socialization of children, mathematics achievement, emotion, bilingualism and Chinese styles of thinking to Chinese identity, personal relationships, leadership processes and psychopathology. With all chapters accessibly written by the leading researchers in their respective fields, the reader of this volume will learn how and why China has developed in the way it has, and how it is likely to develop. In addition, the book shows how a better understanding of a culture so different to our own can tell us so much about our own culture and sense of identity. A book of extraordinary breadth, The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology will become the essential sourcebook for any scholar or practitioner attempting to understand the psychological functioning of the world's largest ethnic group.

The Handbook of Culture & Psychology

2001
The Handbook of Culture & Psychology

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  • Author: David Ricky Matsumoto
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • ISBN: 0195131819
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 475

This is a review of selected areas and topics within cross-cultural psychology. The chapters presented provide a review of where cross-cultural psychology has been, and where it is headed in the future; and should be a valuable guide for beginning researchers and scholars alike.

The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Neuroscience

2016
The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Neuroscience

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  • Author: Joan Y. Chiao
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 0199357374
  • Category : Medical
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 429

This Handbook examines disparities in public health by highlighting recent theoretical and methodological advances in cultural neuroscience. It traces the interactions of cultural, biological, and environmental factors that create adverse physical and mental health conditions among populations, and investigates how the policies of cultural and governmental institutions influence such outcomes. In addition to providing an overview of the current research, chapters demonstrate how a cultural neuroscience approach to the study of the mind, brain, and behavior can help stabilize the quality of health of societies at large. The volume will appeal especially to graduate students and professional scholars working in psychology and population genetics. The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Neuroscience represents the first collection of scholarly contributions from the International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium (ICNC), an interdisciplinary group of scholars from epidemiology, anthropology, psychology, neuroscience, genetics, and psychiatry dedicated to advancing an understanding of culture and health using theory and methods from cultural neuroscience. The Handbook is intended to introduce future generations of scholars to foundations in cultural neuroscience, and to equip them to address the grand challenges in global mental health in the twenty-first century.

The Oxford Handbook of Language and Social Psychology

2014
The Oxford Handbook of Language and Social Psychology

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  • Author: Thomas Holtgraves
  • Publisher: Oxford Library of Psychology
  • ISBN: 0199838631
  • Category : Medical
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 569

This title provides an innovative compilation of research that lies at the intersection of language and social psychology. The contributors address the role of social processes in language, the linguistic underpinnings of social psychological processes, the creation of meaning, and the important role played by language and social psychology in applied topics.