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Title Culture and cognition : readings in cross-cultural psychology / edited by J.W. Berry, P.R. Dasen
Published London : Routledge, 2019

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Series Psychology library editions. Personality ; volume 2
Psychology library editions. Personality ; volume 2
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: History and method in the cross-cultural study of cognition; Part 1 Quality and Variation of Cognitive Processes; Introduction; 1 Culture and logical process; 2 Studies in ethnoscience; 3 A systematization of the Whorfian hypothesis; 4 An experimental study of language and nonlinguistic behaviour; 5 Cognitive styles across cultures; 6 Sensotypes; 7 Ecological and cultural factors in spatial perceptual development
8 Supernatural beliefs and changing cognitive structures among Ghanaian university students9 Some experimental studies of Kpelle quantitative behaviour; 10 Eidetic images among the Ibo; 11 Repeated memory of oral prose in Ghana and New York; Part 2 Cognitive Level and Attainment; Introduction; 12 The nature of intelligence: some practical implications of its measurement; 13 Radical cultural relativism and the concept of intelligence; 14 Cultural differences and inferences about psychological processes
15 Contributions of ability and attainment testing in Africa to a general theory of intellect16 Towards an understanding of the Kiganda concept of intelligence; 17 The effects of familiarity on classification; Part 3 Cognitive Development: Piagetian Approaches; Introduction; 18 Need and significance of cross-cultural studies in genetic psychology; 19 Cognitive processes among illiterate children and adults; 20 Weight conservation in Zambian children: a nonverbal approach; 21 Skill and conservation: a study of pottery-making children
22 A cross-cultural study of classificatory ability in Australia23 The development of spatial concepts in Zulu children; 24 The influence of ecology, culture and European contact on cognitive development in Australian Aborigines; 25 Cross-cultural Piagetian research: a summary; Epilogue; References; Name Index; Subject Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Cognition.
Personality and culture -- Cross-cultural studies.
Cognition
cognition.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
Cognition
Personality and culture
Genre/Form Electronic books
Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
Author Berry, John W., 1939- editor.
Dasen, Pierre R., editor
ISBN 9780429024214
0429024215
9780429656712
0429656718
9780429659157
0429659156
9780429654275
0429654278