Social Psychology Arena

Attachment

Expanding the Cultural Connections

• Edited by Phyllis Erdman, and Kok-Mun Ng.

Published May 2010

Insightful analysis, remarkable case studies, and groundbreaking research make Attachment: Expanding the Cultural Connections essential reading for any clinician or scholar interested in perceptions of love and attachment.…
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Psychology and Culture

Thinking, Feeling and Behaving in a Global Context

• By Lisa Vaughn.

Published February 2010

With increasing globalization, countries face social, linguistic, religious and other cultural changes that can lead to misunderstandings in a variety of settings. These changes can have broader implications across the world, leading to changing dynamics in identity, gender, relationships, family,…
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Symbolic Transformation

The Mind in Movement Through Culture and Society

• Edited by Brady Wagoner.

Published November 2009

This book brings together scholars from around the world to address the question of how culture and mind are related through symbols: it is through the mediation of symbols that we think, act, imagine, feel, dream and remember. Thus, to understand the structure, function and development of symbols…
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Cultural Issues in Psychology

A Student's Handbook

• By Andrew Stevenson.

Published October 2009

Does our cultural background influence the way we think and feel about ourselves and others? Does our culture affect how we choose our partners, how we define intelligence and abnormality and how we bring up our children? Psychologists have long pondered the relationship between culture and a range…
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Evolution, Culture, and the Human Mind

• Edited by Mark Schaller, Ara Norenzayan, Steven J. Heine, Toshio Yamagishi and Tatsuya Kameda.

Published September 2009

An enormous amount of scientific research compels two fundamental conclusions about the human mind: The mind is the product of evolution; and the mind is shaped by culture. These two perspectives on the human mind are not incompatible, but, until recently, their compatibility has resisted…
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Cognitive and Cultural Influences on Eye Movements

• Edited by Keith Rayner, Deli Shen, Xuejun Bai and Guoli Yan.

Published May 2009

It is well-known that cognitive variables influence eye movements during reading. To what extent do cultural differences influence eye movements? This volume contains chapters that examine these two issues. The first half of the volume documents recent research findings with respect to models of…
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Psychology of Terrorism

Classic and Contemporary Insights

• Edited by Jeff Victoroff, and Arie W. Kruglanski.

Published March 2009

Substate terrorism now represents one of the gravest threats to human civilizations. As the frequency of interstate wars has declined since the end of the Second World War, terrible violence against innocent civilians is increasingly perpetrated by non-state groups with extreme agendas and…
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Understanding Culture

Theory, Research, and Application

• Edited by Robert S. Wyer, Chi-yue Chiu and Ying-yi Hong.

Published January 2009

This volume contains contributions from 24 internationally known scholars covering a broad spectrum of interests in cross-cultural theory and research. This breadth is reflected in the diversity of the topics covered in the volume, which include theoretical approaches to cross-cultural research,…
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Asian American Psychology

Current Perspectives

• Edited by Nita Tewari, and Alvin N. Alvarez.

Published September 2008

This is the first textbook written to welcome those who are new to Asian American psychology. Concepts and theories come to life by relating the material to everyday experiences and by including activities, discussion questions, exercises, clinical case studies, and internet resources.…
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Religious Fundamentalism

Global, Local and Personal

• By Peter Herriot.

Published September 2008

How does a religious fundamentalist come to embrace a counter-cultural world view? Fundamentalism can be analysed from a variety of perspectives. It is a type of belief system which enables individuals to make sense of their lives and provides them with an identity. It is a social…
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