People: Psychology from a Cultural Perspective

by David Matsumoto

Psychology that reflects our diverse cultures and backgrounds! This concise, unique book challenges many of the "truths" presented in mainstream, introductory treatments of psychology. Matsumoto, extracting some of the most important and compelling findings in the cross-cultural literature, goes beyond the ordinary to reveal how culture has an impact on society, behavior, and expression. His review of the cross-cultural research literature in nine popular areas of psychology (perception, cognition, developmental psychology, language and language acquisition, cognitive development and intelligence, emotion, abnormal psychology, social psychology, and the self) provides readers with a more detailed discussion of the issues than is usually possible in other introductory books, keeping the material from becoming superficial or tokenistic. Readers are exposed to psychology from around the world and are provided options from which they can choose the perspective on psychology and human behavior that is right for them.

Genres: Psychology

184 pages, Paperback

First published August 3, 1993

About the author

David Matsumoto (born August 2, 1959) is an author, psychologist and judoka. His areas of expertise include culture, emotion, facial expressions, nonverbal behavior and microexpressions. He has published over 400 articles, manuscripts, book chapters and books on these subjects. Matsumoto is a professor at San Francisco State University and also the director of Humintell - a company that provides "unique training in the fields of facial expression of emotion, nonverbal behavior, detecting deception and cultural adaptation." In addition, he is an 8th degree black belt in judo and the founder and program advisor of the East Bay Judo Institute in El Cerrito, California. He was most recently inducted into the 2021 United States Judo Federation (USJF) Hall of Fame which acknowledges outstanding judoka who have made significant contributions to the sport of judo.

Reviews

[Flungoutofspace (Chris) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good introduction to 101 topics of psychology with a cross-cultural perspective. Very interesting