ISBN-13: 9780805854770 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 268 str.
ISBN-13: 9780805854770 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 268 str.
This book aims to help resolve two urgent needs of our era: the need to develop a scientific comprehension of human psychology, and the need to reform society in order to solve pressing social ills. Author Carl Ratner seeks to explain how broad cultural factors, such as social institutions, cultural artifacts, and cultural concepts, are central to psychological functioning. Written in a straightforward and jargon-free style, this book outlines a qualitative methodology for investigating the psychology of individuals. The objective is to explain how cultural elements shape the minds of individuals and demonstrate how individuals can utilize the theory presented to understand how they are influenced by cultural factors. In addition, this book contributes to multicultural understanding and communication. It sensitizes us to the ways that psychological phenomena are organized differently in different ethnic groups, helps us understand psychological differences, which lead to different behaviors, and enables us to communicate more effectively by taking psychological differences into consideration.