Progress in Asian Social Psychology: Conceptual and Empirical Contributions

by Kwang-Kuo Hwang, Kuo-Shu Yang, Paul B. Pedersen, et al.

Book Overview

This volume presents ways of thinking dramatically different from mainstream psychology, which is seen by many as primarily a product of Western civilization. Asian social psychologists in this edited collection apply Asian perspectives to issues of major concern in their societies, including parental beliefs about shame and moral socialization in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States; achievement motivation in Taiwan and the United States;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313324638
• ISBN13: 9780313324635
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.5"