Lives Across Cultures: Cross-Cultural Human Development

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword Walter J. Lonner Preface About the Authors Chapter 1 Introduction What Is Cross-Cultural Human Development? Cross-Cultural Human Development and the Other Social Sciences Some Important Themes Practical Applications Overview of the Book Some Cross-Cultural Teasers Summary Study Questions Further Readings Chapter 2 Theories and Methodology Theories of Development Methodology in Cross-Cultural Human Development Summary Study Questions Further Readings Developmental Analysis Chapter 3 Culture and Socialization Ecological context Some Cultural Variations in the Socialization of Behavior Infancy Childhood Adolescence Adulthood Late Adulthood Summary Study Questions Further Readings Developmental Analysis Summary Study Questions Further Readings Developmental Analysis Chapter 4 The Family in Cultural Context Ecological Context Cultural Variations in the Family Life Cycle The Birth Process Across Cultures The Transition to Parenthood Parenting Infants and Children Parenting Adolescents Adulthood and The Changing Context of Families Summary Study Questions Further Readings Developmental Analysis Chapter 5 Culture and Social Behavior Ecological Context Infancy Child-Caretaker Relationships and Attachment Patterns The Secure-Base Hypothesis The Sensitivity Hypothesis Moderators of Attachment and Social Development Childhood Peer Culture and Social Relationships Moral Development and Prosocial Orientation Cultural Influences on Caring and Justice Orientation Aggression Adolescence Family and Peer Influences on Adolescent Social Behavior Cultural Influences on Adolescent Social Behavior Adulthood Work and Leisure in Middle Adulthood Sport as a Social Phenomenom Late Adulthood Attachment, Social Support, and Well-Being in later Adulthood Summary Study Questions Further Readings Developmental Analysis Chapter 6 Culture, Language, and Cognition Ecological Context: The Language-Cognition-Culture Link Infancy Childhood Adolescence Adulthood Late Adulthood Summary Study Questions Further Readings Developmental Analysis Chapter 7 Culture, Self, and Personality Ecological Context, Temperament, Personality, and Self Temperament and Heritability of Traits The Self: Some Cultural Perspectives Infancy Temperament, Ecological Systems, and the Developmental Niche Temperament and Goodness of Fit Childhood The Emerging Self-Concept Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy Adolescence Identity Formation Social Identity Formation Adulthood A Time of Stability and Change Late Adulthood Personbality Changes in Senescence or Illness The Aging Self Summary Study Questions Further Readings Developmental Analysis CHAPTER 8 Culture and Issues of Gender and Sexuality Ecological Context: Theoretical Perspectives on GENDER Gender Differences Biologicakl Perspectives Evolutionary Perspectives Socialization and Learning Perspectives Infancy Sex Preference and Sex Ratio at Birth Childhood Gender Socialization Cultural Influences on Female and Male Socialization Gender Relationships in Childhood Adolescence Markers of Sexual Maturation Gender, Sexuality, and Cultural Taboos Adulthood Status and the Division of Labor Within the Family Division of Labor in the Worforce Gender Relations in Social Status and Public Policy Later Adulthood The Experience of Menopause Divorce and Widowhood Gender Roles and Status in Old Age Summary Study Questions Further Readings Developmental Analysis CHAPTER 9 Culture, Health, and illness Ecological Context: Cultural Concepts of Health and Healing Cultural-Bound Syndromes Medical Diagnosis Across Cultures Illness, Stress, and Coping Infancy Risks to Infant Health Childhood Childhood Obesity Childhood Mental Health Ecological Influences on Early Coping Behavior Adolescence Eating Disorders Culture and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Adulthood Mental Health Issues Acculturation and Adaptation Later Adulthood Disease and Premature Cultural Views on Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease Coping with Chronic Illness in Older Age The Good Death Summary Study Questions Further Readings Developmental Analysis References Author Index Subject Index

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