GEOGRAPHY OF THOUGHT
How Asians and Westerners Think Differently… and Why
Richard E. Nisbett
Free Press, 2004
LEARNING OBJECTIVES - This course was designed to allow the reader to:
• Learn how people think about the world differently because of differing ecologies, social structures, philosophies and educational systems
• Gain a cross-cultural understanding of people
• Learn about Greek individual identity and Chinese harmony
• Understand the meaning of the ancient Chinese sense of collective agency
• Learn what Greek philosophy placed significant focus on
• Learn the principle of Asian dialectical reasoning
Richard E. Nisbett is the Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan. He has received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association, the William James Fellow Award of the American Psychological Society, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
8 CE credits; 288 pages
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