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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783449603321

Titolo

Handbook of international psychology / / edited by Michael J. Stevens and Danny Wedding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Brunner-Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-94109-2

1-135-94110-6

1-280-09935-6

0-203-32359-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (562 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StevensMichael J. <1954->

WeddingDanny

Disciplina

150/.9

Soggetti

Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents

Sommario/riassunto

World events have raised pressing questions of psychology as it is practiced all over the globe. The Handbook of International Psychology chronicles the discipline of psychology as it evolves in different regions, in the hope of reducing the isolated, parochial, and ethnocentric nature of the American profession. It surveys the history, methodology, education and training, and the future of psychology in nine distinct regions across six continents. They represent long histories in the field, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, emerging practices, such as Uganda,