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Folk Psychologies Across Cultures
Author(s): R. Murray Thomas (Author)
- Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
- Publication Date: 17 Oct. 2001
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 352 pages
- ISBN-10: 0761924604
- ISBN-13: 9780761924609
Book Description
Features/Benefits:
· Cross-cultural perspectives illustrate typical variations of folk thinking in the world′s cultures and help readers understand the varied ways that people they encounter will likely view life.
· Each chapter opens with and is structured around a central question the chapter is designed to answer, inviting the reader to participate in exploring the issue at hand. A concluding chapter, “Trends in Folk Psychologies,” addresses the value of studying folk psychologies and what can be
Editorial Reviews
Review
“. . .mandatory reading for students hoping to be service providers and for professionals with a multicultural clientele.”
— L.M.C. Abbott Trapp
About the Author
R. Murray Thomas (Ph.D., Stanford University) is an emeritus professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where for three decades he taught educational psychology and directed the program in international education. He began his 50-year career in education as a high school teacher at Kamehameha Schools and Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu, then continued at the college level at San Francisco State University, the State University of New York (Brockport), and Pajajaran University in Indonesia before moving to Santa Barbara. His professional publications exceed 340, including 46 books for which he served as author, coauthor, or editor.
