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International and Cultural Psychology Ser.: Internationalizing the Psychology Curriculum in the United States by Mark M. Leach (2011, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSpringer New York
ISBN-101461400724
ISBN-139781461400721
eBay Product ID (ePID)109035811
Product Key Features
Number of PagesXiv, 342 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameInternationalizing the Psychology Curriculum in the United States
SubjectEducation & Training, Globalization, Curricula, Higher, Social Psychology
Publication Year2011
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Education, Psychology
AuthorMark M. Leach
SeriesInternational and Cultural Psychology Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight24.7 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2011-936971
ReviewsFrom the reviews:The book Internationalizing the Psychology Curriculum in the United States puts psychology into an accurate global perspective. It will appeal to psychologists who want to expand their views of traditional psychology to be more inclusive, contextual, and global. … It is an easy-to-use quick reference, as well as an in-depth examination. Most of the chapters are straightforward and easy to read, even while covering complex topics. The book can serve as an important guide for faculty who wish to update their courses. (Gloria Grenwald, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 57 (32), August, 2012), From the reviews: The book Internationalizing the Psychology Curriculum in the United States puts psychology into an accurate global perspective. It will appeal to psychologists who want to expand their views of traditional psychology to be more inclusive, contextual, and global. … It is an easy-to-use quick reference, as well as an in-depth examination. Most of the chapters are straightforward and easy to read, even while covering complex topics. The book can serve as an important guide for faculty who wish to update their courses. (Gloria Grenwald, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 57 (32), August, 2012), From the reviews: "The book Internationalizing the Psychology Curriculum in the United States puts psychology into an accurate global perspective. It will appeal to psychologists who want to expand their views of traditional psychology to be more inclusive, contextual, and global. ... It is an easy-to-use quick reference, as well as an in-depth examination. Most of the chapters are straightforward and easy to read, even while covering complex topics. The book can serve as an important guide for faculty who wish to update their courses." (Gloria Grenwald, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 57 (32), August, 2012)
Dewey Edition22
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal150.71173
Table Of ContentChallenges of a Global Era.- History and Systems of Psychology.- Developmental Psychology.- Social Psychology.- Personality.- Testing and Assessment.- Gender and Psychology.- Clinical Psychology.- Counseling Psychology.- Health Psychology.- Industrial/Organizational Psychology.- Ethnopolitical Psychology.- Professional Psychology.- Conclusion.
SynopsisThe psychology community recognizes that cultivating an international worldview is crucial not only to professionals and researchers, but more importantly, for professors and students of psychology as well. It is critically necessary for psychologists to learn from their colleagues who are working in different cultural contexts in order to develop the type of knowledge and psychological understanding of human behavior that will be maximally useful to practitioners and researchers alike. This volume, Internationalizing the Psychology Curriculum in the United States, provides information and resources to help psychology faculty educate and train future generations of psychologists within a much more international mindset and global perspective. Recognizing that cultural context are central to a true and accurate psychology, the authors describes how cultural, economic, political, and social factors in different countries frame individual experience and affect the science and practice of psychology. Each of the chapters will provide a content-specific overview of how the curriculum in psychology with regards to social, development, clinical, counseling psychology, etc will need to be modified in order to present a much more global view of psychology., Challenges of a Global Era.- History and Systems of Psychology.- Developmental Psychology.- Social Psychology.- Personality.- Testing and Assessment.- Gender and Psychology.- Clinical Psychology.- Counseling Psychology.- Health Psychology.- Industrial/Organizational Psychology.- Ethnopolitical Psychology.- Professional Psychology.- Conclusion., This book describes how economic, political and social factors in different countries affect the science and practice of psychology. It offers recommendations on how the various psychology specialties can be updated to reflect a multicultural viewpoint.
LC Classification NumberGN502-519
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