Social psychology across cultures : analysis and perspectives
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Social psychology across cultures : analysis and perspectives
Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 61 libraries
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Bibliography: p. 227-261
Includes indexes
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Description
Teachers and students of social psychology have become increasingly dissatisfied with the way introductory textbooks pretend that the world is made up of only one culture. Peter Smith and Michael Bond remedy the neglect of cultural influences within social psychology by introducing the student to the field from a cross-cultural perspective. Starting with the well-known classic studies, this text shows how the validity of empirical findings can be usefully extended, and draws from a wide range of theories and research reported by social psychologists in many countries from around the world. These studies demonstrate that processes such as self-perception, communication, conformity, leadership and decision-making all occur differently in cultural groups which are more collective and less individualistic.They explain further varying results with other dimensions of cultural differences.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The worldview of the social psychology textbook: an instructive cross-cultural episode. Part 2 The world of social psychology: the where and when of social psychology
- how well do the classic studies replicate?
- some second thoughts on replication
- culture - the neglected concept
- what is culture?
- nations and cultures
- culture as a theoretical cure-all
- the search of universals of social behaviour
- gender relations
- emotional expression
- personality traits
- aggression
- pro-social behaviour
- some interim conclusions
- going back to one's roots - the search for indigenous psychologies
- social identity theory
- the theory of social representation
- Third World psychologies. Part 3 Social cognition: the self in its social context
- the self in its physical context
- perceiving others
- success and failure
- comparing oneself and others
- progress review
- the individual and the group - pathways to harmony
- the nature of group membership
- distributive justice
- co-operation and competition
- negotiation
- conflict resolution
- intimate relationships. Part 4 Social influence processes: communication style
- time perspective
- conformity revisited
- minority influence
- leadership and hierarchy. Part 5 The characteristics of cross-cultural interaction: meeting others
- identifying the other
- beliefs about out-group members
- communication with foreigners
- communication breakdown
- one more time - Mr Chan and Mrs Robertson, conclusion
- the consequences of cross-cultural contact
- culture shock
- cross-cultural outcomes
- cultural loss?
- cultural gains?
- improving outcomes
- organizational considerations. Part 6 Cross-cultural social psychology - history or a helping hand toward the future?: social psychology as history?
- how do cultures change?
- the convergency hypothesis
- the evidence against convergence
- a middle way between convergence and divergence
- future contributions.
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