American and post-Soviet perspectives on contemporary issues in psychology
edited by Diane F. Halpern & Alexander E. Voiskounsky.
New York
Oxford University Press
1997
(xx, 428 pages) : illustrations
OUP E-Books.
Introduction : psychology in a sociopolitical context / Diane F. Halpern & Alexander E. Voiskounsky --;The psychosemantic approach to political psychology : mapping Russian political thought / Victor F. Petrenko & Olga V. Mitina --;Psychological perspectives on international conflict and cooperation / Philip E. Tetlock --;Comprehension of lies : a Russian view / Victor Znakov --;Deception, lying, and demeanor / Paul Ekman --;Russian advertising in search of psychology / Dmitry A. Leontiev --;The social psychology of mass communications : an American perspective / Anthony R. Pratkanis --;Alcoholism in America : extent, diagnosis, etiology, treatment, and prevention / Peter E. Nathan --;Alcoholism in Russia : the enemy within / Boris S. Bratus --;Post-traumatic stress disorder : a historical context and evolution / Teresa L. Kramer & Bonnie L. Green --;Post-traumatic stress disorders as a loss of the meaning of life / Madrudin S. Magomed-Eminov --;Gerontological psychology : the Western perspective / Timothy A. Salthouse --;A life-span approach to the study of psychogerontology in Russia / Vera A. Kol'tsova, Natasha B. Meshalkina, & Yury N. Olegnik --;Strangers in the homeland : ethnopsychological problems of forced immigrants in Russia / Galina U. Soldatova --;Changing ethnic and national identities in Estonia / Aksel Kirch [and others] --;Interethnic intolerance in post-Soviet Ukraine / Evgueny Golovakha & Natalya Panina --;Prejudice and discrimination : old paradigms in new models for psychology / Pamela Trotman Reid & Nicole E. Holland --;Ethnic psychology in the United States / Jonathan S. Kaplan & Stanley Sue --;Environmental psychology : evolution and current status / Paul A. Bell & Eric D. Sundstrom --Environmental and "green" psychology in the former Soviet Union / Sergei Deryabo & Vitold Yasvin --;Conclusion : two faces of psychology / Diane F. Halpern & Alexander E. Voiskounsky.
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.
Psychology -- Former Soviet republics.
PSYCHOLOGY -- History.
Psychology -- United States.
edited by Diane F. Halpern & Alexander E. Voiskounsky.