Human Behavior in Global Perspective by Marshall H Segall

Human Behavior in Global Perspective by Marshall H Segall

This book emphasizes the need to explore human behaviour in its socio-cultural context. * Includes an exposition of recent biological and anthropological research on the concept of race (Ch. 1). * Provides enhanced clarity in a presentation of "emic" and "etic" approaches (Ch. 2). * Introduces the socio-historical and socio-cultural perspectives to the study of cognition (Ch. 6). * Applies cross-cultural research findings to real world social issues (Chs. 8-10). * Expands upon discussion of social identity theory (Ch. 10). * Incorporates recent findings from studies reported in the three volumes of "Handbook of Cross-Cultural Psychology." *Incorporates landmark studies that show how cross-cultural psychology developed *Includes research done across national groups and ethno-cultural groups residing within multicultural societies

Berry, John W.: - John W. Berry (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is Professor Emeritus of psychology at Queen's University, Canada, and Research Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia. He received honorary doctorates from the University of Athens and Universitü¾Ž–”¼ de Geneve (in 2001). He has published over 30 books in the areas of cross-cultural, intercultural, social and cognitive psychology with various colleagues. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology and the International Academy for Intercultural Research. He received the Hebb Award for Contributions to Psychology as a Science in 1999, the award for Contributions to the Advancement of International Psychology in 2012 (from CPA), the Interamerican Psychology Award from the Sociedad Interamericana de Psicologia (in 2001) and the Lifetime Contribution Award from IAIR (in 2005). His main research interests are in the role of ecology and culture in human development and in acculturation and intercultural relations, with an emphasis on applications to immigration, multiculturalism, educational and health policy.

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ISBN 13	9780205188611
ISBN 10	0205188613
Title	Human Behavior in Global Perspective
Author	Marshall H Segall
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pearson Education (US)
Year published	1999-05-25
Number of pages	416
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