Understanding Social Psychology Across Cultures: Living and Working in a Changing World (SAGE Social Psychology Program) - Hardcover

Smith, Peter B; Bond, Michael H. (Harris); Kagitcibasi, Cigdem

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412903653 ISBN 13: 9781412903653

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

This long-awaited new textbook will be of enormous value to students and teachers in cross-cultural and social psychology. The key strength of Understanding Social Psychology Across Cultures: Living and Working in a Changing World is how it illustrates the ways in which culture shapes psychological process across a wide range of social contexts. It also effectively examines the strengths and limitations of the key theories, methods and instruments used in cross-cultural research.

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About the Author:

Peter B. Smith was born near Colchester, UK, in 1937. and obtained his PhD from Cambridge University in 1962. After working at Leeds University, he joined the University of Sussex in 1966 and never found a good reason to leave. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Social Psychology. He has studied cross-cultural aspects of leadership, conformity and informal influence processes, as well as cultural differences in styles of communication. He is the author of eight books and more than 180 other publications. He is former president of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, and has served as Editor of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.

Review:

"This textbook takes the study of social psychology one step deeper, as context is layered across the levels of place, society, and individual and historical time." Author: Susannah Paletz Published On: 2007-05-31

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1412903653
• ISBN 13: 9781412903653
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 336