Cultural Psychology: A Perspective on Psychological Functioning and Social Reform

by Carl Ratner

Book Overview

Carl Ratner's new book deepens our understanding of psychology by emphasizing the role that cultural factors, such as social institutions, artifacts, and cultural concepts play in psychological functioning. The author demonstrates the impact of culture on stimulating and structuring emotion, personality, perception, cognition, memory, sexuality, and mental illness. Examples from interdisciplinary social science research illuminate a sophisticated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805854789
• ISBN13: 9780805854787
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"