The Handbook of Culture and Psychology

Cultural and cross-cultural psychology and research continue to make strong contributions to mainstream psychology. Researchers and theoreticians from all parts of the globe increasingly contribute to this endeavor, enabling cultural and cross-cultural psychology and research to be one of the most exciting areas of study in psychology. This book describes the continued evolution and advancement of the main research domains of cultural and cross-cultural psychology. Renowned authors not only review the state-of-the-art in their respective fields but also describe the challenges and opportunities that their respective research domains face in the future.
New chapters cover the teaching of a culturally informed psychology and the increasing changes and advancements of cultures and societies around the world and their impact on individual psychologies. This volume covers standard areas of well-studied concepts such as development, cognition, emotion, personality, psychopathology, psychotherapy, and acculturation, as well as emerging areas such as multicultural identities, cultural neuroscience, and religion. It is a must read for all culturally informed scholars, both beginning and experienced.

David Matsumoto is a renowned expert in the fields of emotion, nonverbal behavior, deception, and culture. He has been a Professor of Psychology at San Francisco State University (SFSU) since 1989 and is the Founder and Director of SFSU's Culture and Emotion Research Laboratory. He is the recipient of many awards and honors in the field of psychology and is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and the International Academy of Intercultural Research. He has been Director of Humintell (www.humintell.com) since its founding in 2009. Hyisung C. Hwang is a senior research scientist, teacher, and lecturer in cross-cultural psychology. Her research interests are in emotion, nonverbal behavior, and culture. She has also co-authored numerous scientific articles and book chapters on nonverbal behavior and culture.

Chapter 1 Culture and the Psychology Curriculum: Foundations and ResourcesWalter J. Lonner, Kenneth D. Keith, and David Matsumoto
Chapter 2 Traveling From the Past into the Future of Cross-Cultural Psychology: A Personal-Scientific JourneyMichael Harris Bond
Chapter 3 Dimensions of Cultural VariationPeter B. Smith
Chapter 4 Cold, Heat, Wealth, and CultureEvert Van de Vliert and Dejun Tony Kong
Chapter 5 What is Culture For?Yoshihisa Kashima
Chapter 6 Research MethodsJia He and Fons J.R. van de Vijver
Chapter 7 Culture, Context, and DevelopmentHarry W. Gardiner
Chapter 8 The Role of Emotions in Socialization Processes Across Cultures: Implications for Theory and PracticeHeidi Keller
Chapter 9 Gender and CultureDeborah L. Best and Angelica R. Puzio
Chapter 10 Culture and Moral DevelopmentJoan G. Miller, Matthew Wice, and Namrata Goyal
Chapter 11 Culture and CognitionQi Wang and Sawa Senzaki
Chapter 12 Culture and Emotion: Integrating Biological Universality with Cultural SpecificityDavid Matsumoto and Hyisung C. Hwang
Chapter 13 Culture and PersonalityJüri Allik and Anu Realo
Chapter 14 Abnormal Psychology and CultureJunko Tanaka-Matsumi
Chapter 15 Culture and Psychological InterventionsCindy Y. Huang and Nolan Zane
Chapter 16 Control Orientations in the East and WestSusumu Yamaguchi and Takafumi Sawaumi
Chapter 17 The Culturally Situated SelfAmir Rosenmann and Jenny Kurman
Chapter 18 Social Representations of History as Common Ground for Processes of Intergroup Relations and the Content of Social IdentitiesJames H. Liu and Dario Páez
Chapter 19 Multicultural IdentitiesYing-yi Hong and Siran Zhan
Chapter 20 Affect, Behavior, Cognition and Development: Adding to the Alphabet of AcculturationColleen Ward and Agnes Szabo
Chapter 21 Emerging AreasJoan Y. Chiao and Katherine D. Blizinsky
Chapter 22 Religion and Related Morality Across CulturesVassilis Saroglou
Chapter 23 Living in a Changing World: The Change of Culture and PsychologyHuajian Cai, Zihang Huang, and Yiming Jing