Clear, understandable introduction to the topics of cultural psychology or comparative cultural psychology Scientific answers to social questions through globalization, migration, etc Critical examination of culturally influenced science

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Prof. Dr. Hede Helfrich was Chair of Psychology and Intercultural Communication at the Universities of Hildesheim and Chemnitz (Germany) as well as Visiting Professor at the Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (DUFE) in Dalian (China). She is also Honorary Doctor and Honorary Professor at the Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (NNGASU) in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia).

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Subject area of cross-cultural psychology.- Methodological considerations.- Culture and phylogenetic development.- Nature-nurture controversy from a cross-cultural perspective.- Description and classification of cultures.- Perception.- Cognitive abilities and performance.- Emotion.- Language and communication.- Personality.- Biological and social gender.- Childhood and adolescent development.- Working world.- Mental disorders.