| Description |
1 online resource (449 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; Contributors; Introduction: Psychology in a Sociopolitical Context; Part One: POLITICS AND PERSUASION; Political Psychology; The Psychology of Truth and Lies; Advertising and Media; Part Two: CONTEMPORARY CRISES IN MENTAL HEALTH; Alcoholism; Psychological Trauma; Changing Demographics: The New Old; Part Three: PREJUDICE AND INTERETHNIC HOSTILITIES; 13 Strangers in the Homeland: Ethnopsychological Problems of Forced Immigrants in Russia; 14 Changing Ethnic and National Identities in Estonia; 15 Interethnic Intolerance in Post-Soviet Ukraine |
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16 Prejudice and Discrimination: Old Paradigms in New Models for Psychology17 Ethnic Psychology in the United States; 18 Environmental Psychology: Evolution and Current Status; 19 Environmental and "Green" Psychology in the Former Soviet Union; Conclusion: Two Faces of Psychology; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Summary |
This volume takes advantage of recent political events to study the ways in which two major world powers have defined contemporary psychological issues. It explores areas of psychology that are important at this time in history, and addresses these topics from post-Soviet and American perspectives |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Psychology -- Former Soviet republics
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Psychology -- United States
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Psychology
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Soviet Union -- Former Soviet republics
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Voiskounsky, Alexander E
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| LC no. |
96028089 |
| ISBN |
9780195356014 |
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0195356012 |
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9780195103502 |
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0195103505 |
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1280528710 |
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9781280528712 |
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1429415622 |
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9781429415620 |
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