Books in the Culture, Cognition, and Behavior series

Offering a comprehensive summary of psychological studies of Arab-Muslim societies, this book examines psychological development through the life-span, describing how traditional patterns appear to be changing in both "modernizing" and "underdeveloping" sectors of Middle Eastern societies.

Psychologists have rediscovered culture and its influence on emotion, thought, and self. Research appeared to produce a consensus that the world's cultures can be ranked on dimensions of individualist vs collectivist. This book presents an alternative to the individualist vs collectivist approach to identity in a Muslim society.