In today’s globalized world of international contact and multicultural interaction, effectiveintercultural communication is increasingly a prerequisite for social harmony andorganizational success. The APA Handbook of Intercultural Communication illustrateshow the practical, problem-solving approach of applied linguistics can illuminate a rangeof issues that arise in real-life intercultural interaction. Experts from a range of socialscience disciplines, including psychology,…

When we use language to interact with one another, we become involved in acontinuous and dynamic process of exchange. This fact makes interpersonalcommunication a fascinating area for behavioral research. During the give-and-takeof discourse, the communicators exchange facts, ideas, views, opinions, emotions,and intentions in such a way as to enhance or impede social relationships; create,maintain, and…

Description In recent years China has witnessed unprecedented economic growth, emerging as a powerful, influential player on the global stage. Now, more than ever, there is a great interest and need within the West to better understand the psychological and social processes that characterize Chinese people. The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology is the first book of…

  Content Introduction. The Struggle for Happiness and Autonomy in Personal and Cultural contexts: An Overview Valery I. Chirkov, Kennon M. Sheldon, and Richard M. Ryan Part 1. A Theoretical Context of Human Autonomy, People’s Well-Being, and Happiness 1. Positive Psychology and Self-Determination Theory: A Natural Interface Kennon M. Sheldon and Richard M. Ryan  2.…

  IACCP member discount: click here Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Human Culture in Evolutionary PerspectiveMichael Tomasello Culture, Emotion, and ExpressionDavid Matsumoto and Hyi-Sung Hwang Infectious Disease and the Creation of CultureMark Schaller and Damian R. Murray Attachment, Learning and Coping: The Interplay of Cultural Similarities and DifferencesFred Rothbaum, Gilda Morelli, and Natalie Rusk Culturally…

Topics covered include: Psychological Adjustment and Clinical Issues, Family Interaction and Styles of Parenting, Resilience and Coping with Perceived Rejection, Comparative Studies of Parental Acceptance-Rejection, Methodological Issues. 

  About the Book This volume contains contributions from 24 internationally known scholars covering a broad spectrum of interests in cross-cultural theory and research. This breadth is reflected in the diversity of the topics covered in the volume, which include theoretical approaches to cross-cultural research, the dimensions of national cultures and their measurement, ecological and…

  About the Book   Everyone, everyday, everywhere has to cope with climatic cold or heat to satisfy survival needs, using money. This point of departure led to a decade of innovative research on the basis of the tenet that climate and affluence influence each other’s impact on culture. Evert Van de Vliert discovered survival…

  While value-based frameworks have offered revealing insights about culture, other conceptualtools need to be explored and deployed for a comprehensive understanding of both culture and individuals and how culture shapes individual processes and outcomes. To achieve this end, the authors and editors propose the construct of social axioms to augment values in interpreting culture…

Table of Contents: 1. How to avoid fooling ourselves 2. Information processing 3. Fooling ourselves across cultures 4. Fooling ourselves in politics 5. Fooling ourselves and religions 6. Fooling ourselves in Terrorism 7. What can we do?