American and post-Soviet perspectives on contemporary issues in psychology
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Diane F. Halpern & Alexander E. Voiskounsky.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1997
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(xx, 428 pages) : illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
OUP E-Books.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Psychology -- Former Soviet republics.
PSYCHOLOGY -- History.
Psychology -- United States.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
BF121
Book number
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E358
1997
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
edited by Diane F. Halpern & Alexander E. Voiskounsky.