Cross-Cultural Psychology

by John W. Berry, Ype H. Poortinga, Seger M. Breugelmans

Cross-Cultural Psychology is a leading textbook offering senior undergraduate and graduate students a thorough and balanced overview of the whole field of cross-cultural psychology. The team of internationally acclaimed authors presents the latest empirical research, theory, methodology and applications from around the world. They discuss all domains of behavior (including development, social behavior, personality, cognition, psycholinguistics, emotion and perception), and present the three main approaches in cross-cultural psychology (cultural, culture-comparative, and indigenous traditions) as well as applications to a number of domains (including acculturation, intercultural relations and communication, work and health). With new additions to the writing team, the third edition benefits from an even broader range of cross-cultural perspectives. Now in 2-color, the format is even more reader-friendly and the features include chapter outlines, chapter summaries, further reading and an updated glossary of key terms. This edition also offers an accompanying website containing additional material and web links.

Genres: Psychology

652 pages, Paperback

First published January 31, 1992

Reviews

[Waltram · 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.