Culture and Cognition: Patterns in the Social Construction of Reality
Brekhus, Wayne.
Culture and Cognition: Patterns in the Social Construction of Reality Wayne H. Brekhus. - vi, 218 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-210) and index.
In this lively and engaging book, Wayne H. Brekhus, shows us the many ways that culture influences our cognitive thought processes. Drawing on a wide range of fascinating examples, such as how members of different subcultures perceive danger and safety, how cultures variably classify and perceptually weight race, how social actors use and present identity as a strategic resource, and how people across different organizational setting experience time, the author takes us on creative, diverse, and insightful tour of the socio-cultural character of cognition.
9780745671765 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780745671772 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2015004488
Cognition and culture.
Social psychology.
BF311 / .B7224 2015
306.4/2
Culture and Cognition: Patterns in the Social Construction of Reality Wayne H. Brekhus. - vi, 218 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-210) and index.
In this lively and engaging book, Wayne H. Brekhus, shows us the many ways that culture influences our cognitive thought processes. Drawing on a wide range of fascinating examples, such as how members of different subcultures perceive danger and safety, how cultures variably classify and perceptually weight race, how social actors use and present identity as a strategic resource, and how people across different organizational setting experience time, the author takes us on creative, diverse, and insightful tour of the socio-cultural character of cognition.
9780745671765 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780745671772 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2015004488
Cognition and culture.
Social psychology.
BF311 / .B7224 2015
306.4/2