Table of Contents

Foreword Introduction Human Culture in Evolutionary Perspective
Michael Tomasello Culture, Emotion, and Expression
David Matsumoto and Hyi-Sung Hwang Infectious Disease and the Creation of Culture
Mark Schaller and Damian R. Murray Attachment, Learning and Coping: The Interplay of Cultural Similarities and Differences
Fred Rothbaum, Gilda Morelli, and Natalie Rusk Culturally Situated Linguistic Ecologies and Language Use: Cultural Tools at the Service of Representing and Shaping Situated Realities
Gün R Semin Micro-Macro Dynamics of the Cultural Construction of Reality: A Niche Construction Approach to Culture
Toshio Yamagishi Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism: Implications for Understanding Psychological Processes
Sharon Shavitt, Carlos J. Torelli, and Hila Riemer Index

About the Author

Michele J. Gelfand is Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland Chi-yue Chiu is Dean and Faculty of Social Science at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong. Ying-yi Hong is Professor, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Reviews

"It is wonderful to see the next generation of cross-cultural and cultural psychologists undertake a series that will include not only psychology, but also many other disciplines. Just as the Experimental Social Psychology series shaped social psychology, this new series promises to shape our understanding of the relationship between culture and psychology."
Harry C. Triandis
Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
"This important series presents the field of cultural and cross-cultural psychology at its best. With the increasing scientific knowledge on brain plasticity, it is no longer possible to ignore potent influences socio-cultural contexts have on human development and ensuing mental processes. With the growing volume of cross-cultural data the news of enormous diversity in the human mode of being has arrived in psychology at long last. The eight beautifully
written chapters included here in the first volume of the series in combination, are breaking the ground to mark a new milestone, making a convincing case for culture as a central element in human
psychology."
Shinobu Kitayama
University of Michigan
"Human diversity and cultural dynamics are pressing questions in today's globalized world in flux. After three decades of explosive growth, the field of culture and psychology now has a forum that presents a cacophony that sings the tune of culture in its breathtaking dynamic complexity. From evolutionary and social underpinnings of culture to psychological processes involving language, emotion, and attachment, from traditional research topics to recent
breakthroughs in the field, the first volume of the Advances in Culture and Psychology provides fresh, diverse, and penetrating perspectives on the nexus of culture and psychology. Invigorating renewed
interests, celebrating newest advances, and pointing to future directions, it is a welcome addition to the field that ensures its further growth."
Yoshihisa Kashima
University of Melbourne
"We found this book to be well-organized, accurate, and engaging. We plan to use it in
many of the classes we teach and are likely to cite it in much of our research and writing in
the future. We eagerly look forward to future volumes and recommend the series to
everyone working in or studying psychology in the early 21st century." -- Sherri McCarthy and Natalie Hess, PsycCRITIQUES
"The editors have done a thorough job of compiling articles from an array of subfields, each answering questions concerning the degree to which culture may be affecting diverse psychological phenomena. It is clear that the current series has taken into account a wide array of fields that could benefit from considering culture as a potential variable when one is predicting behavior. Ultimately, the series paints an all-encompassing picture of where the field of
cultural psychology stands with regard to theory and methodology, and would be ideal for anyone, either scholar or student, interested in how culture interacts with well-studied psychological
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