Culture and Social Behavior

by Harry C. Triandis

Harry Triandis is the godfather of cross cultural psychology and this is the synthesis of the state-of-the-field in the 1990's that brings together decades of research and expertise from one of the giants. This brief overview focuses on social behavior and culture's influence on how people interact. Employing the latest social psychological research, this text will serve as the core on the subject. A great supplement for social psychology, advanced social psychology, cross-cultural psychology, introductory psychology, sociology, and political science courses. This is a brief, inexpensive paperback that can easily be purchased to complement a large hard-cover text, or used in conjunction with other Series titles.

Genres: Sociology, Nonfiction, Psychology

Paperback

Published January 1, 1994

About the author

Harry Charalambos Triandis was Professor Emeritus at the Department of Psychology of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He was considered a pioneer of cross-cultural psychology and his research focused on the cognitive aspects of attitudes, norms, roles and values in different cultures.