Psychological Aspects of Social Axioms
. Ed(S): Leung, Professor Kwok; Harris Bond, Michael
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Hardback. Social axioms are defined as generalized beliefs about oneself, other people, the social environment, or the spiritual and physical world. This book offers a systematic presentation of the current research inspired by the social axioms framework. Editor(s): Leung, Professor Kwok; Harris Bond, Michael. Series: International and Cultural Psychology. Num Pages: 352 pages, 57 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1540.
Humans are surrounded by trillions of stimuli. Their eyes, for instance, can discriminate 7,500,000 colors. But, there is a severe limitation in the number of discriminably different stimuli that they can process at one time. George Miller argued that they can handle no more than seven, plus or minus two independent pieces of information at any given time. Thus, necessarily they must develop ways to simplify the task of processing the information that exists in their environment. They do this in many ways. One way is to select the stimuli that are most imp- tant in their lives, what are ... Read more
Humans are surrounded by trillions of stimuli. Their eyes, for instance, can discriminate 7,500,000 colors. But, there is a severe limitation in the number of discriminably different stimuli that they can process at one time. George Miller argued that they can handle no more than seven, plus or minus two independent pieces of information at any given time. Thus, necessarily they must develop ways to simplify the task of processing the information that exists in their environment. They do this in many ways. One way is to select the stimuli that are most imp- tant in their lives, what are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
International and Cultural Psychology
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387098098
SKU
V9780387098098
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About . Ed(S): Leung, Professor Kwok; Harris Bond, Michael
Kwok Leung is professor and Head of Management at City University of Hong Kong. He received his doctorate in social and organizational psychology at the University of Illinois. He is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Journal of International Business Studies and senior editor of Management and Organization Review. His research areas include justice and conflict, cross-cultural psychology and research methods, and international ... Read more
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