Cross-Cultural Psychology: Research and Applications

by John W. Berry, Ype H. Poortinga, Marshall H. Segall

This second edition of the best selling textbook has been substantially revised to provide the student with the most comprehensive overview of cross-cultural psychology available in one volume. The team of internationally acclaimed authors have included the most up-to-date research in the field and two new chapters on language and on emotion. The book covers basic processes and theory and applications of cross-cultural psychology with respect to acculturation, organizational processes, communication, health and national development. The new format, glossary and textual features are designed to enhance reader usability.

Genres: Psychology

610 pages, Hardcover

First published January 31, 1992

Reviews

[Wilmington · Rating 1 out of 5]

I frequently read books on various fields of science and academia, but it's been a while since I have read a book so poorly written. It is unnecessarily abstract and lacks examples. The whole book reads like a long bibliography, in which the authors essentially mention papers by other psychologists, but without explaining or summarising their findings. It takes energy to decipher their dense prose, and when I look back on the chapter I have read and look at my notes to see what I have learned, it turns out that there was very little content of interest. The book doesn't provide any statistical data, graphs or tangible comparisons about world cultures. They mention studies and books that do, but it would have been much more useful and enjoyable if they had tried to explain and summarise those other studies. It is supposed to be an educational book, but it feels like a book written solely to display the authors' knowledge of other people's work, without making any attempt to make the reader want to check those studies. Very disappointing.

[Sofia Babar]

amazing

[Megan · Rating 2 out of 5]

For a course, I had to read this book. And as course material, there is way too much information on each and every page. It does give a good overview of what cross-cultural psychology is, but there is too much in there.
It would've been better if they had cut out some details and stuck to the bigger picture.

[Santi Sari · Rating 1 out of 5]

susaaaaaaah dan mbulet.