Cross-Cultural and Multicultural Psychology: A Concise Introduction

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Cross-Cultural and Multicultural Psychology: A Concise Introduction explores the specific ways ones cultural background shapes ones sense of self, emotions, motivation, judgments, relationships, and more. It discusses race, politics, God, sex, money, and how you like your coffee. In the process, this book unpacks culture in all its various forms, including (but not limited to) ethnic, socioeconomic, gender, and religious culture. It also covers what happens when cultures collide (e.g., diversity issues and multiculturalism) and presents insights into the future of culture.
To this end, this book uses empirical psychological research on culture and applies it to real-world issues, like whether money makes one happy or being online makes one unwell. It presents the mounting evidence suggesting that much of our psychological processes is culture-specific, theory-driven, and context-dependent. It includes chapters on the newest, most groundbreaking issues facing the study of culture, including how to unpack the origins of culturewhere it comes from, how to test the history of culture in modern-day laboratory studies, how culture shapes the brain (and how the brain changes culture), and the question of cultural change in the era of globalization.

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Using an approachable, conversational tone, Cross-Cultural and Multicultural Psychology: A Concise Introduction takes a current events approach to discussing and understanding cross-cultural differences and similarities. Additionally, this text explores timely topics regarding how similarities and differences in culture can manifest intergroup conflict and harmony. I appreciate the inclusions of recent history, including the COVID-19 pandemic, US Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade, and the Black Lives Matter movement. Important, relevant, timely, and comprehensive. -- Monica Sherri Kearney, University of Maryland
Cross-Cultural and Multicultural Psychology by Ma-Kellams provides both a readable and authoritative introduction to the fields of cross-cultural and multicultural psychology. The author weaves a compelling social psychological orientation to daily cultural situations commonly encountered in the U.S. -- Glenn Gamst, University of La Verne
This book covers topics from both cross-cultural and multicultural perspectives, and integrates social psychology to cover relevant concepts related to intercultural conflict as well. -- Michiko Nohara-LeClair, Lindenwood University

Author Bio

Christine Ma-Kellams is an associate professor of psychology at San Jose State University and the coordinator of the Research & Experimental Psychology Masters Program. Her empirical work has been published in numerous journals and covered by news outlets, including Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Wall Street Journal, and the Boston Globe. Her fiction (short stories, essays, and novel, The Band) has been published by HuffPost, Salon, Chicago Tribune, Electric Literature, the Rumpus, ZYZZYVA, Kenyon Review and Atria/Simon & Schuster.