For undergraduate courses in cultural psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and multicultural psychology. Culture comes in many forms. Cultural Psychology: Cross-Cultural and Multicultural Perspectives combines hard science with everyday issues to explore how the intangible forces of our cultural milieu--including the power of race, religion, class, and gender--powerfully changes the way we want, think, and do the things that we do. It covers both cross-cultural differences and multicultural issues, incorporating both approaches to tackle modern issues of diversity and living in a multicultural world. -Combines both cross-cultural and multicultural approaches in a single comprehensive text. -Includes chapters on the newest, most ground-breaking issues facing the study of culture: οUnpacks the origins of where culture comes from οDiscusses the history of culture and modern-day laboratory studies οExplains how culture shapes the brain (and how the brain changes culture) οDescribes cultural change in the era of globalization