People: Psychology from a Cultural Perspective

by David Matsumoto

This book challenges many of the truths presented in introductory psychology textbooks. By discussing cultural similarities and differences in research findings in the United States, the book offers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1577661133
• ISBN13: 9781577661139
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Eye Opening

This book illustrates that psychological understanding in the West (especially the US) gleaned from studies of Western subjects (usually college students) is NOT especially generalizable to other cultures. Instead, while a few simple universals do appear to exist, the main finding is that culture has a major influence on how people think, feel, and behave, so a true study of human psychology (as opposed to only Western pscyhology) must draw on cross-cultural research, as is the case with cultural anthropology and other comparative areas of the human sciences. This book provides an excellent introduction to cross-cultural psychology. It is easy to read and, despite being fairly short, it gives plenty of fascinating concrete examples covering many areas of human psychology (development, cognition, emotions, perception, abnormality, etc.) to demonstrate just how much difference culture makes. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the human sciences, and perhaps required reading for those particularly interested in psychology.

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