'The Geography of Thought' documents Richard Nisbett's groundbreaking international research in cultural psychology and shows that people actually think about - and even see - the world differently because of differing ecologies, social structures, philosophies, and educational systems that date back to ancient Greece and China. As a result, East Asian thought is 'holistic' - drawn to the perceptual field as a whole and to relations among objects and events within that field. By contrast, Westerners focus on salient objects or people, use attributes to assign them to categories, and apply rules of formal logic to understand their behavior. A professor of psychology examines the divergent ways in which eastern and western cultures view the world, offering suggestions about how today's interdependent global cultures may be bridged - Bron: uitgeversinformatie
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Onderwerpen
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Overige richtingen in de psychologie | Cross-culturele psychologie
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Taal
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Engels
Meer informatie
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Uitgever
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Nicholas Brealey Publishing, London
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Verschenen
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2019
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ISBN
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9781529309416
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Kenmerken
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263 pagina's
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Aantekening
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Met literatuuropgave en register
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Oorspronkelijke uitgave: New York: Free Press, 2003
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Bevat de hoofdstukken: 1. The syllogism and the Tao : philosophy, science, and society in ancient Greece and China ; 2. The social origins of mind : economics, social practices, and thought ; 3. Living together vs. going it alone : social life and sense of self in the modern East and West ; 4. "Eyes in back of your head" or "Keep your eye on the ball"? : envisioning the world ; 5. "The bad seed" or "The other boys made him do it"? : causal attribution and causal modeling East and West ; 6. Is the world made up of nouns or verbs? : categories and rules vs. relationships and similarities ; 7. "Ce n'est pas logique" or "You've got a point there"? : logic and the law of noncontradiction vs. dialectic and the middle way ; 8. And if the nature of thought is not everywhere the same? : implications for psychology, philosophy, education, and everyday life ; Epilogue. The end of psychology or the clash of mentalities? : the longevity of differences
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