David Matsumoto
David Matsumoto is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Culture and Emotion Research Laboratory at San
Francisco State University. He has studied culture, emotion, social interaction and communication for 20 years,
and has written over 250 works in these areas. His books include well-known titles such as CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY:
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD (2nd edition; translated into Dutch and Japanese), THE HANDBOOK OF CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
(Oxford University Press; translated into Russian), and THE NEW JAPAN (Intercultural Press). He is the recipient
of many awards and honors, including being named a G. Stanley Hall lecturer by the American Psychological Association.
Linda Juang
Linda Juang is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at San Francisco State University. She earned her B.A.
in Child Development from the University of Minnesota, her M.A. and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Michigan
State University, and was also a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Jena in Germany for three years. Her
research focuses on adolescent development in various family and cultural contexts. She has published and presented
studies concerning issues of ethnic identity, autonomy, acculturation, and competence of adolescents in the U.S.
and Germany.
Summary
This field-leading book puts psychological theories and concepts into a cross-cultural framework that invites readers to discover, question, and ultimately, understand the relationship between culture and psychology through exploration of topics like changing gender roles, sexuality, self-esteem, aggression, personality, and mate selection. It all adds up to a book that will leave readers with a deeper, more complex understanding of the nature of culture, its relationship to psychological processes, and the differences and similarities between cultures in the increasingly globalized world.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents:
1. What is Culture?
2. Cross-Cultural Research Methods.
3. Enculturation.
4. Culture and Developmental Processes.
5. Culture and Cognition.
6. Culture and Gender.
7. Culture and Health.
8. Culture and Emotion.
9. Culture, Language, and Communication.
10. Culture and Personality.
11. Culture and Abnormal Psychology.
12. Culture and the Treatment of Abnormal Behavior.
13. Culture and Social Behavior, I: Self.
14. Culture and Social Behavior, II.
15. Culture and Organizations.
