Cross-Cultural Psychology: Critical Thinking and Contemporary Applications

by Eric B. Shiraev, David A. Levy

This international best-selling textbook provides an interdisciplinary review of the theories and research in cross‐cultural psychology. The dynamic author team brings a diverse set of experiences in writing this text that provides cross-cultural perspectives on a wide range of applied topics. Written in a conversational style that transforms complex ideas into accessible ones, the text incorporates a unique critical thinking framework, including Critical Thinking boxes, which helps students develop analytical skills. Exercises interspersed throughout promote active learning and encourage class discussion. Case in Point sections review controversial issues and opinions about behavior in different cultural contexts. Cross‐Cultural Sensitivity boxes underscore the importance of empathy in communication. New to this eighth Bringing cross-cultural perspectives on key psychological topics such as cognition, sensation, perception, consciousness, intelligence, emotion, motivation, human development, psychological disorders, social perception, personality and more, this text is an essential resource for all students of cultural psychology. Its numerous applications also prepare students for working in various multicultural contexts such as teaching, counseling, business, health care, and social work.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Textbooks, School

546 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Eric Shiraev is Professor and Head of CARP (Character Assassination and Reputation Politics Research Lab) at George Mason University.

Reviews

[Morgan Blackledge]

I love this subject.

But this textbook took a chip out of that love.

[Rahul Jacob]

A pretty decent if at times simplistic look into cross-cultural psychology, although to be fair it is an introductory text.

Also I read the first edition and it's 25 years old. I'd be curious to know how many of the results they cite in this book have survived the Replication crisis, especially since this field more than any other has studies that couldn't be replicated.

[wulfofallstreets A]

I'm lucky to have been a student of Dr. Shiraev.

[Srushya Krishnan]

Textbook for the class I'm teaching. Not rating it, just adding it to my read books.

[Conrad]

Plenty of great information. Probably my favorite class I've taken in college so far.

[Aidan]

This textbook is great overall. It has a wide range of subjects from cognition across cultures to how cultures systematize psychopathologies and their associated treatments. It is well written and balances the naturalist and social constructionist approaches fairly well throughout the text however, the lean of the author does come into play at some points with some chapters omitting sections pertaining to the naturalists entirely.

However, there is one section in this book that irks me most particularly. There is a section on Sexual Identity where the main, and possibly the only, scientific reference used when claiming sex is a spectrum, a non-dichotomous variable, is the United Nations sector for LGBTQ rights and equality. Which as far as I am concerned is not an objective and scientific organization being used as a reference for a scientific textbook. A claim such as this, with the references used, is nothing but a political appeal.

[Mymy Thatha]

is good book for me.

[Sonya Wanvig]

Good textbook but it's hard to find a particular piece of information because discussions are broad. But it is a complicated subject...